Noel Hathaway
@theBelperGuitarist · Guitar · United Kingdom
Guitarist, Music Teacher, Transcriber, New Knowledge Seeker. Based in Derbyshire, UK.
Transcribed from James Burton's 1971 recording; 'The sounds of James Burton'. This version is more 'country' than the Dale Hawkins version he played on in 1958. and a mile away from Credence Clear Water… More…
Transcription of 'Freight Train' by Elizabeth Cotten More…
An 8 bar solo where lots of music is made from a single idea - the 2nd to major 3rd, over the perfect fifth. More…
Intro Phrase and Guitar Solo for Jason Aldean's 'Any Ol' Barstool'. The song is in the key of E Major and features some nice sounding open string chords. The lead guitar features slides and bends, as well… More…
Opening Lick from Jason Aldeans 2012 release when she says. Played around the A minor pentatonic, box 1 over a repeated 3 chord phrase Am, G, F, this lick uses two legato techniques - bending and sliding… More…
Playing 'outside' the pentatonic framework is seen to be incredibly hip at the moment. Here's a short exercise utilising a Triad with an inversion and the whole half diminished scale to make getting to… More…
Mid Week Blues. A new blues idea most Wednesdays. This week; creating a boogie pattern in G based on one chord form, the 'E' form position 3. More…
My interpretation of Keith Urban's country guitar lick from 'Bet you look good in my shirt'.… More…
How to move away from forcing the tonic minor pentatonic over the whole of a blues progression, by matching scales to chords. This really only involves changing one note of the tonic minor scale to outline… More…
Using rootless dominants to outline an uptempo Country track. More…
Country Guitar: Creating a lick by using sixth intervals. Based around A and D Major chords this idea makes use of sixths to add texture to the chord changes. More…
Country Guitar: Turnaround/Ending over a V - I Cadence. Work on your; Pedal Steel Bends, Sliding Thirds and Tritone Double stops. Enjoy! More…
Open String Lick in A Major. Use pick, pick, pull pattern on picking hand during first bar. More…
Use triads to provide structure and flow to a melodic 8 bar solo over a common modern country chord progression in C. More…
Moving a lick around the fretboard and playing it in different registers can help create a theme and a sense of movement. Here I've taken one idea and shown it in different areas of the neck over a medium… More…
A swinging line in B flat. Somewhere in the region of T Bone Walker or Charlie Christian. In trying to stay true to them the line is in one position (1, E - sixth position) over the B flat chord. More…
Major Pentatonic shape 2 moving to Minor Pentatonic Shape 3 during a 12 bar blues. Effectively they are same pentatonic 'pattern' moved along the fretboard. Here they outline the I chord (Major Pentatonic)… More…
Learn to see and use the relationship between the major and minor pentatonic scales for a given key. By doing this you'll have the ability to create some interesting sounding lines. Importantly these will… More…
B flat Jazz Blues. An etude looking at the use of the third when playing arpeggiating lines.… More…
Knowing the relationship between chord tones can help you give your improvisations more power. Here the minor third C (in the key of A) becomes the minor 7th when viewed from the IV chord D7. More…
Two part Line, V - I; A Melody using the diminished (HW). Then all scale - descending through A diminished scale to resolve to the I, D. More…
Chords are available all over the place once you stop jumping from root voicing to root voicing. Here are voicings for IV and V chords that are available to the left and right of the tonic or I chord. More…
Use the hidden half diminished sound which is found inside the tonic 9th chord in your blues soloing. More…