In this lesson, i show 10 intro licks with tabs in the style of the great bb king. In this tutorial, anders mouridsen will reveal some of the secrets in the style of blues legend albert king. It is important to have a set of basic blues licks to use for an intro to a basic 12 bar blues. King was lefthanded, but usually played righthanded guitars. Any guitarist who wants to play the blues has to know the common licks words that are in the style language. King and freddie king, albert king stood 6 4, weighed 250 lbs and was known as the velvet bulldozer. Jeff massey walks through some of king s riffs in standard tuning so you can add them to.
For the most part each lick should work over any of the chords in a blues, but let your ear tell you what works and what doesnt. Lyrics, guitar chords and tabs to the songs on the blues albums made by albert king. In this months column were going to look at some of the cool albert king licks that have inspired me over the years. Albert king chords, tabs, powertab, guitarpro files. Albert king guitar signature licks dvd hal leonard online. This has the basic drums, the bass, and albert kings fabulous guitar part all lovingly transcribed.
Albert king king of the blues guitar 1969, terre haute. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. However, there is a key difference in each king s bluesy flavor. Learn the licks and style of the three kings with 40 blues guitar lessons, backing tracks and tabs. King and albert kingused such idiosyncratic phrasing and scale choices that guitar scholars named a pair of. Albert king guitar licks reverb learn to play duration. Choose from albert king sheet music for such popular songs as i cant. Albert king style blues licks lesson guitar masterclass. Albert king, the best guitar pro tabs and music sheets for guitar, bass, drums, piano and more. This article is the first in a series of 3 lessons covering easy blues licks. This blues lick is influenced by the bluesman himself, mr.
If you like this video, youll love the full series. In this guitar lesson were going to check out a great albert king lick to add to your blues vocabulary. In this free lesson, youll learn 4 licks from the alberts influence lesson series. An introduction to the guitar styles of the three kings. Join the txba locals txba locals can watch this lesson in the pro player with the following extras and features. Humbucker better is neck but i used bridge with tone rolled off, pro co rat drive pedal emulation, fender blackface amulation, slightly overdriven, a touch of reverb. As always with albert kings music the problems of transposing his playing from his upside down strung guitar, a right hand model played left handed with strings still strung as though for a right. Watch the king albert online guitar lesson by jeff mcerlain from 50 blues guitar licks you must know this is some albert king magic for you. Albert king blues guitar lesson leg021 active melody. Access courses via the truefire app for windows, mac, ios, tvos, or android. Download free and accurate pdf guitar tabs for albert king songs made from power tab files. Albert king all, official, chords, tabs, pro, power, bass tabs, video, ukulele chords tabs including born under a bad sign, ill play the blues for you, sky is crying, as the years go passing by. Hal leonard albert king guitar signature licks dvd.
Watching srv and albert king trade licks is inspiring. Jeff massey walks through some of kings riffs in standard tuning so you can add them to. Register on the site still free get pdf downloads for many lesson. Click the button to download overall junction guitar pro tab. His instantly recognizable playing was compiled of his phrasing. Check out king of the blues guitar by albert king on amazon music. In this lesson ive put together several popular guitar licks that albert king would commonly use. Albert king, eric clapton, chuck berry, stevie ray vaughan and jimi hendrix.
We will cover some of the most famous licks of the great blues legend mr. This ebook and mp3 track set contains 5 blues guitar solos, and complete tab and notation transcriptions of both the rhythm and lead parts. One of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists that ever lived is the incomparable albert king april 25, 1923 december 2, 1992, known for his incredible stringbending mastery as well as his signature use of a gibson flying v guitar, which he. Classic blues, texas blues, chicago blues and rockabilly blues. In this lesson ive put together several popular guitar licks that albert king would.
Through the years, these licks have evolved into a vocabulary for the guitar. One of the three kings of the blues guitar along with b. Srv especially was inspired by this style, but even guys like scott henderson and joe bonamassa often play licks similar to this. Each solo comes with a full tab transcription and a gpx file to use in guitar pro so you can check your transcription at the end and see how you did or take a sneaky peak if you really need to. Licks and lessons in the style of players such as bb king, muddy waters, buddy guy, stevie ray vaughan, albert king, eric clapton and more. Blues style of albert king lots of great blues licks index finger bending slides syncopation settings used. And like great writers who are always able to find the right word to make a point, great guitarists always have that essential lick at their disposal to express, in the moment, what. Youll see some of the features that make this my best series of lessons yet. The guitar albert kig is associated with is a 1958 gibson flying v.
Albert king guitar pro tabs crosscut saw albert king born under a bad sign albert king crosscut saw albert king. Albert king was an american blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. The justinguitar blues licks app all 56 licks from my blues masters series are available in ios app format where you can download the video lessons into your device, see the lick tab onscreen, loop section of the video and with an easy bookmarking system to find the bits of the video you want to see. King of the blues guitar by albert king on amazon music. We have an official born under a bad sign tab made by ug professional guitarists. Demonstrated in this lesson is albert kings unique lead guitar style.
Today, we bring you an essential blues lick in the style of the late, great albert king. Use this link to download the tab for each of the licks. Albert king himself was a lefthander who played a right handed guitar by flipping it upside down, which probably made this style of bending slightly easier as he would have been pulling the highest strings down towards the floor rather than pushing them up. Tab notes, amp settings and help for this lick and. Ill play the blues for you interactive tab by albert king. Examine the blues guitar style and soloing techniques of albert king.
These types of licks have been used by many other players over the years. Rumba blues, key of g learn blues licks for guitar in the style of albert king, one of the original three kings of blues guitar and inspiration to clapton, hendrix, stevie ray vaughan and gary moore. The guitar licks in this app would be perfect for guitar solos in blues and rock music. Learn how to add quarterstep bends to blues phrases and create blues licks in the style of albert king. Albert king tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including born under a bad sign, oh pretty woman, as the years go passing by, the hunter, ill play the blues. Albert king with stevie ray vaughan in session 0884088985264. Albert king an american blues guitarist and blues artist. Contains blues style of albert king, lots of great blues licks, index finger bending, slides, syncopation. Bluesman albert king was a lefthanded guitar hero whose tuning and techniques mystify many to this day.
A stepbystep breakdown is probably the best guide to albert kings signature songs and distinctive guitar licks. Blues guitar licks and lessons in the style of players such as bb king, muddy waters, buddy guy, stevie ray vaughan, albert king, eric clapton and more. He is playing both, it takes time to perfect this idea of nailing the. In this lesson, guitar world presents 20 country licks designed to teach you how to play authentic country guitar. Albert was a lefthanded player which means that he was pulling the strings when he did his bends as opposed to pushing the strings, this is fairly common with left handed players because the order of the strings are updside down. The following is a study of and a lesson in the lead guitar style of albert king using video, audio examples, written music, tab and backing tracks. Albert kingstyle blues licks anyone can play guitar. An albert king inspired riff that can be heard in texas flood and many slow blues songs that stevie played.
Follow following unfollow albert king april 25, 1923 december 21, 1992 was an american blues guitarist and singer. Guitar recorded versions with tab, guitar tab transcription. I came to know the blues from rock and started to play guitar because of jimmy page and jimi hendrix. Well start off with an introduction to alberts approach, then look at his touch, tone, and use of the pentatonic box. Albert king guitar licks reverb learn to play youtube.