Today we’re looking at possibly my favorite musician in the world, Mr. Hi everyone, Simon here once again for the awesome Fundamental Changes.
Make sure you log on and subscribe to our new YouTube Channel, dedicated to bringing you the finest free guitar lessons. The combination of rhythm and lead playing is a fantastic way to remain creative.įor classic John Mayer style guitar licks, I recommend buying the album “ Continuum.” My favourite track on that album being “Gravity.” Subscribe on Youtube Alternatively, try to create a one guitar part arrangement of the two. Try recording example two, and playing example three over it. Bends, slides and vibrato form the core of this lick. This lick combines the main blues essentials you will see in Mayer’s playing. You can hear the passion in everything he plays. Phrasing, phrasing, phrasing! Every note counts in John Mayer’s lead lines. John Mayer Guitar Example 3 – G Major Pentatonic Super Lick Look at the number of single note, and double-stop opportunities, and fit them in at the end of each bar. Take a simple progression like this, and write out your scales on a scale diagram sheet. The double stops are based on G Major (over the G chord,) and C major (over the C chord.) I often find that students get stuck for ideas of what to play. The double-stop fills between them are the bit to work on. This progression follows a simple pattern that goes between G and C. His rhythm playing has a strong Hendrix influence. John Mayer Guitar Example 2 – Hendrix Chords Suspended (sus) chords are a great way to expand your chord knowledge and can replace either a major or a minor chord, as they possess no 3rd, or minor 3rd. This example revolves around the Dsus2 chord. John Mayer always shows his superior knowledge of open chords, combining nice voicings with finger-picking. We often become obsessed with Barre Chords, how many extensions and alterations we can use in any given piece of music. Open chords are the most commonly neglected part of rhythm playing. John Mayer Guitar Example 1 – Open Chords Mixing harmonious blues lines, with well written pop songs has made John Mayer one of the most famous modern-day blues guitarists.
His style is full of beautiful phrasing and passion. In this lesson, we are checking out three guitar licks in the style of the soulful blues-pop sensation, John Mayer.