Aug 12 • Current Challenges w Guitar 🎸
How To Target Notes in a Blues Progression
🔥 Unleash Your Inner Guitar Hero Challenge
You’ve learned the chords, the scales, the theory…
Now it’s time to start making it your own — through improvisation.
Today we’ll use one of the most effective and beginner-friendly tools to start soloing with purpose — the Goal Note Method — and apply it over a 12-bar blues progression in the key of C.
🎯 What Is the Goal Note Method?
Instead of just noodling around randomly, the Goal Note Method helps you target specific chord tones (especially the 3rd and 7th) of the chords you're playing over.
This gives your solos:
- 🎯 Direction
- 🎯 Melody
- 🎯 That pro-level “inside the changes” sound
🔁 Here’s How to Start (Key of C Blues)
12-Bar Blues Progression in C:C7 | F7 | C7 | C7F7 | F7 | C7 | C7G7 | F7 | C7 | G7
🧠 Step-by-Step Goal Note Drill:
- Choose just 2 strings to solo on (like G and B).
- Learn the 3rd and 7th of C7, F7, and G7:
C7: C E G Bb, so the 3rd and 7th are E, Bb
F7: F A C Eb, so the 3rd and 7th are A and Eb
G7: G B D F, so the 3rd and 7th are B and F
3. Play short phrases using the C minor pentatonic or C blues scale…Then resolve to a chord tone when the chord changes.
🎯 Each time the chord changes, “land” on one of the goal notes — your solo will sound instantly more musical and intentional.
🎥 Today’s Challenge:
🎸 Improvise over a 12-bar blues in C using the Goal Note Method.🎯 Focus on hitting those 3rds and 7ths right as the chords change.📲 Post a 30–60 second clip of your solo in the group!
Long form version coming soon!
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How To Target Notes in a Blues Progression
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