The G Form

Lesson 2/53 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Blues Lead Guitar Technique
The G Form

The G Form

Now you come to the last of the fingerings. the G form. The notes at the 12th fret in the G from played with the fourth or third fingers are exactly the same notes played with the first finger in the high fingering of the E form. Study the following diagram.

E Blues Scale - G Form

Try the following example which ascends the G form of the Blues scale.

The next lick shows how double-stops can be used in the G form.

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1- Developing a Theme 2- Moving Licks 3- Grace Notes 4- Set Rhythms 5- More Set Rhythms 6- Two Bar Rhythms 7- Ties 8- Across the Bar 9- Triplets 10- Triplet Set Rhythms 11- Sliding Scales 12- Major Pentatonic - Other Forms 13- Chords and Arpeggios 14- Major Pentatonic Scales 15- LESSON TWENTY TWO 16- 12 Bar Arpeggio Riff 17- Arpeggio Solo 18- Sixteenth Notes 19- Set Rhythms With Sixteenths 20- The C Form 21- INTRODUCTION 22- Slow Blues Solo 23- Tremolo 24- The Blues Scale 25- Blues Licks 26- Blues Solo 27- Higher Up 28- The Trill 29- The D Form 30- LESSON THIRTY ONE 31- The Rake 32- Twelve-Eight Time 33- The A Form 34- LESSON THIRTY THREE 35- The G Form 36- Combining Major and Minor 37- Rhythm Notation 38- Common Picking Directions 39- Adding the Minor Third 40- Summary of Scales 41- Chords 42- A New Solo 43- Note Values 44- G Form Solo 45- A Form Solo 46- C Form Solo 47- Diagrams 48- Arpeggios 49- Dotted Notes 50- Combining Forms 51- Tablature 52- The Shuffle 53- Tablature Symbols

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