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Jim Oblon

How to find new approaches to blues soloing – using fingerstyle improv ideas and Roy Buchanan-inspired licks

Roy Buchanan wears a flat cap and works some Telecaster magic in the shadows onstage.

In my last column, I demonstrated a Jimmy Reed-inspired eight-bar rhythm figure played with a funky, syncopated half-time feel, moving from the I (one) chord, A7, to the V (five) chord, E7, and back to the I, A7.

As I almost always do, I perform the part with fingerpicking, using a thumbpick in conjunction with my first two fingers. I’d now like to demonstrate an improvised solo over this eight-bar rhythm part.

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