How to Add a Trilling Effect to a Box Pattern on Blues Guitar

Learning to play the blues guitar can be exciting and difficult. It is a great new challenge for anyone interested in blues and guitars to take on. The trilling effect is a technique that is used to get a great sound out of the blues guitar.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Master the basic chords and notes of the blues guitar. This is reflective of the same basic notes of a standard electric guitar, but based off of 2 scales--the pentatonic scale, which you should know well, and the blues scales. The blues scale can be used anywhere you would use the pentatonic scale. You add a flatted fifth note to the pentatonic scale and use this to create a 6-note scale and that is your blues scale.
2. Learn the hammer on and pull off techniques. These techniques will be used to create the trilling technique and its unique sound. You do this by pushing on a string to make the hammer on, then pluck for the pull off part of the technique. Practice this a few times before integrating it into the other techniques.
3. Pick a note, say G, and trill between the minor and major third chord. Add a chromatic walk up to connect the 1 to 4 chords. Do this by starting on the root and walking up 4 chords. Also, add an extended turnaround at the end.
4. Practice these techniques separately until you are comfortable with them. Also, take the time to practice alone without accompaniment, as this will allow you to hear the notes correctly before the addition of a track or band mates.