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“It works every time… although you'll ruin your pick”: Joe Bonamassa shows you how to get out of a slow blues solo

Joe Bonamassa wears a blue suit, polka dot shirt and shades as he takes a solo on his signature Epiphone Les Paul. Josh Smith is in the background on rhythm guitar.

In my last column, I discussed a few ways to begin a slow blues solo. I’d now like to talk about approaches to wrapping it up, which is an entirely different matter.

The most important part of a slow blues solo is how to get out of it! At that tempo, I typically like to take two or three choruses, tops. If I take two, I might play the first in a lower register and work my way up into a higher register. It depends on my mood, though.

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