LESSON DESCRIPTION Here are 4 sweet-sounding, jazzy little R&B guitar fills that work perfect over minor chords.WATCH MORE R&B / SOUL LESSONS
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R&B / Soul Sub-Genres
Rhythm and Blues is an umbrella term for numerous other genre names. To name a few, there are Motown, Jazz Soul, Philadelphia Soul, Neo-Soul …
Wikipedia has pages for 18 genres that fit under R&B / Soul Music. Here are the two ‘parent’ pages for these sub-genres so that you can read up on any specialist musical interest that you have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_Blues
In the videos below you will find 15 free r&b/soul guitar tutorials of exceptionally high quality. More free lessons can also be found on the “TastyGuitar.com” YouTube channel. You’ll find the link at the bottom of the page.
Soul Guitar Lessons
Rick Stickney is a rhythm and blues and soul guitar specialist. He has probably the most in depth course available on soul licks, fills, riffs and r&b guitar chord progressions available, and played in the authentic style of the original artists. (See more in his e-books and guitar membership site).
These free sample lessons include licks from Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree and David T Walker, 3 of the most recorded guitarists in theses styles. The membership site also analyzes the styles of numerous other soul guitar legends, as well as top artists from funk and blues.
Learn more about membership here.
Enjoy!
7 Soulful Fills For Major7 Chords
LESSON DESCRIPTION Here are 4 sweet-sounding, jazzy little R&B guitar fills that work perfect over minor chords.WATCH MORE R&B / SOUL LESSONS
Creating R&B Fills Using 6ths – A New Approach
LESSON DESCRIPTION Learn a technique of applying 6th intervals to anticipate chord changes and create very colorful fills for r&b, soul, pop/rock etc. WATCH MORE R&B / SOUL LESSONS
Tasty R&B Guitar Fills in 3 Simple Steps
LESSON DESCRIPTION In this guitar lesson, we break down 3 simple steps to create your own tasty R&B guitar fills. First, we break down the chords in our progression into groups of intervals moving vertically on the neck. Secondly, we break down the chords into...
David T Walker Style Chord Embellishments
LESSON DESCRIPTION David T. Walker is the session legend who recorded on over 2500 albums with the biggest names in R&B and Soul in the 60's-80's. His chord embellishments and fills are his unique signature that have helped define the genre. Learn some of the...
6 Great R&B Guitar Fills You MUST Know
LESSON DESCRIPTION In this free video tutorial "6 Great R&B Rhythm Guitar Fills You Must Know" we go through 6 fairly easy rhythm guitar fills that work great over motown, soul and r&b tunes. If you like this one make sure you check out "7 Soulful Rhythm...
Using Gospel Guitar Chords – 3 Soulful Licks and Fills
LESSON DESCRIPTION The title refers to "gospel guitar chords" but, to be clear, the chord movements you will learn from these 3 guitar fills emulate the playing of the organ or piano in the African American churches. Once you have learnt these sweet harmonized melody...
5 Cornell Dupree Licks You Should Be Playing
LESSON DESCRIPTION 5 great licks from the master of rhythm guitar Cornell Dupree. Cornell Dupree played on over 2500 sessions with the biggest names in music, learn some of his signature licks here. These subtle but very tasteful fills are perfect for adding color to...
How To Play R&B Rhythm Guitar On a 6/8 Ballad
LESSON DESCRIPTION In this video, I show you 3 steps to playing an R&B Rhythm guitar part over a 6/8 ballad feel. Learn punchy chord accents, chord arpeggiation and more. This stuff will have you sounding authentic over one of the most important feels in R&B...
6 More Great R&B Guitar Fills
LESSON DESCRIPTION A lot of viewers have been asking for more R&B guitar fills, so here are 6 MORE super useful fills for playing over RnB, soul, gospel tunes!WATCH MORE R&B / SOUL LESSONS
Let’s Stay Together – Playing Fills Around a Vocal Line
LESSON DESCRIPTION Learn 9 tasty R&B style guitar fills, placing them in the gaps between vocal lines.WATCH MORE R&B / SOUL LESSONS
Building R&B Guitar Fills Part 1 – Seeing Chords As Intervals
LESSON DESCRIPTION Learning how to create amazing rhythm guitar fills for R&B, Soul, Funk, Rock, and Country etc is a crucial skill every guitarist should master. Today's lesson is the first of in-depth 4 part series that will not only teach you the building...
10 Amazing Steve Cropper Licks & Fills, Plus Essential Rhythm Guitar Techniques
LESSON DESCRIPTION Steve Cropper is the legend that played on some of the most important tunes in history. In this lesson you will learn 10 Steve Cropper guitar licks and fills. These tasty soul and r&b gems include double stop bends, low-down bluesy slides, some...
Another Common R&B/Soul Chord Progression You Must Know
LESSON DESCRIPTION The bVImaj7-V7-iminor chord progression is one of the most important and used in soul/r&b and it's easily recognizable in Bill Wither's/Grover Washington's "Just the 2 of us" and Bobby Caldwell's "What you won't do for love". In this video learn...
Soul & Funk Chord Progression – Rhythm Guitar Chord Fragment Lesson
Learn This Popular Soul & Funk Progression - A Rhythm Guitar Chord Fragment LessonA COMMON R&B/SOUL GUITAR CHORD PROGRESSION YOU MUST KNOWLESSON DESCRIPTION Learn one of the most important progressions up and down the neck using guitar chord fragments in a...
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