JACK RUCH
Unbeatable tone. Clear teaching style.
SHADES of BLUES
Jack Ruch is a Nashville guitar player and teacher known for his jazz flavored blues and soul stylings. Follow Jack as he teaches simple, yet sophisticated, harmonic, melodic and improvisational approaches to coloring the blues.
With this TrueFire course Jack shares 10 of his favorite approaches to elegant, distinctive solos over basic blues changes.
Direct, no-nonsense approach.
VIDEO LESSONS
Lessons covering practice routines, triads, arpeggios, and chord tones, jump blues, slow blues and jazz blues and so much more.
To dig deeper join Jack’s Patreon for tabs, notations, backing tracks, discussion and more.
Quick licks
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Quick Lick of the Week - Ep.1
Tabs and backing tracks available on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Check out my Truefire course here:
https://truefire.com/order?add=17610&...
Follow me on Instagram:
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Trying something new on the channel. Weekly quick lick lessons! This week we're looking at a great slow blues lick from Joe Pass and discussing how to use the locrian scale over minor 7 b5 chords. The tabs for this lick are on my Patreon page. Check out the original version from Joe here ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBdlY11GarQ
Thank you for supporting this channel! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Tip Jar-
Venmo: Jack-Ruch-1
PayPal: [email protected]
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My Gear:
Xotic XTC Guitar
Josh Williams Mockingbird Guitar
Tone Specific Bloombucker Pickups
Providence Cables
Jim Dunlop Medium Picks
D'addario Stings 10-46
TC Electronics Polytune
Kingtone Duelist Overdrive
Analogman King of Tone Overdrive
Vahlbruch Spacetime Delay
Pedaltrain Nano+ Pedalboard
Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS6
Fender '61 Bassman Amp
Headstrong Lil King S Amp
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow
Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R
Sennheiser MKE600
Mountdog Softbox Lights -
Quick Lick of the Week - Ep.2
Tabs and backing tracks available on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Check out my Truefire course here:
https://truefire.com/order?add=17610&...
Follow me on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jackruchgui...
Weekly quick lick lessons! This week we're looking at a great minor II-V-I line from Wes Montgomery. The tabs for this lick are on my Patreon page. Check out the original version from Wes here ➡️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_49ScFrSY
Thank you for supporting this channel! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Tip Jar-
Venmo: Jack-Ruch-1
PayPal: [email protected]
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My Gear:
Danocaster Guitar
Budz Pickups
Providence Cables
Jim Dunlop Medium Picks
D'addario Stings 10-46
TC Electronics Polytune
Kingtone Duelist Overdrive
Analogman King of Tone Overdrive
Vahlbruch Spacetime Delay
Pedaltrain Nano+ Pedalboard
Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS6
Fender '61 Bassman Amp
Headstrong Lil King S Amp
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow
Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R
Sennheiser MKE600
Mountdog Softbox Lights
Play the masters
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Albert King Guitar Lesson - 3 Licks to Get Started!
Tabs and backing tracks available on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Check out my Truefire course here:
https://truefire.com/order?add=17610&...
Follow me on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jackruchgui...
In this lesson we talk about the great Albert King. I'll show you 3 licks that highlight his unique bending technique. I play each lick to a backing track and then break them down.
Thank you for supporting this channel! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Tip Jar-
Venmo: Jack-Ruch-1
PayPal: [email protected]
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My Gear:
Danocaster Guitar
Budz Pickups
Providence Cables
Jim Dunlop Medium Picks
D'addario Stings 10-46
TC Electronics Polytune
Kingtone Duelist Overdrive
Analogman King of Tone Overdrive
Vahlbruch Spacetime Delay
Pedaltrain Nano+ Pedalboard
Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS6
Fender '61 Bassman Amp
Headstrong Lil King S Amp
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow
Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R
Sennheiser MKE600
Mountdog Softbox Lights -
B.B. King Guitar Lesson - 5 Licks To Get Started!
Tabs and backing tracks available on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Check out my Truefire course here:
https://truefire.com/order?add=17610&...
Follow me on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jackruchgui...
In this video we look at, what has become know as, the 'BB Box.' A position on the guitar made famous by the great B.B. King. I'll show you the underlying chords, scales, and arpeggios needed to have a full understanding of this position and 5 different lick examples to get you started.
Thank you for supporting this channel! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Tip Jar-
Venmo: Jack-Ruch-1
PayPal: [email protected]
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My Gear:
Josh Williams Mockingbird Guitar
Tone Specific Bloombucker Pickups
Providence Cables
Jim Dunlop Medium Picks
D'addario Stings 10-46
TC Electronics Polytune
Kingtone Duelist Overdrive
Analogman King of Tone Overdrive
Vahlbruch Spacetime Delay
Pedaltrain Nano+ Pedalboard
Truetone 1 Spot Pro CS6
Fender '61 Bassman Amp
Headstrong Lil King S Amp
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow
Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R
Sennheiser MKE600
Mountdog Softbox Lights
More lessons
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The Scales and Arpeggios to Use in the Blues and How to Practice Them
Welcome to this weeks lesson! Let's dive into some basic tools we need to start building a Blues vocabulary.
Many of the notes used in the Blues fall within the major and minor pentatonic scales. As I demonstrate, we can make great sounding solos with that alone but, if we want to dive deeper into outlining each chord change, we need to know our arpeggios.
I'll show you exactly how I go about practicing these scales and arpeggios by grouping them together in 5 different positions. These scales and arpeggios provide us with a blueprint for many of the notes we can use to be expressive over the Blues and, by mapping them out all over the fretboard, we can play start to play with freedom!
Follow me on Patreon for the Tabs and Backing Track-
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Follow me on Instagram for more guitar videos-
https://www.instagram.com/jackruchguitar/ -
How to add II-V-I's the the Blues
Find notation/tabs, plus addition lick examples for this lesson on my Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/jackruch -
How to Play 3 Great Jump Blues Solos
Join me on Patreon for Tabs and Backing Tracks
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Check out my course on Truefire
truefire.com/set_cart.html?add=17610&src=artist
In this lesson we look at three great lesser know blues guitarists. Hollywood Fats, Ronnie Earl, and Junior Watson.
I demonstrate and breakdown solos from each player over an uptempo shuffle in the key of A.
Here are link to the solos covered in this lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Be0goMgI9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3-_gbg7Ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMXY3TV_Nqs
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Gear used in this video:
Josh Williams Mockingbird Guitar
ToneSpecific 'Bloombucker' pickups
Providence cables
Jim Dunlop Medium picks
D'addario XT 10-46 gauge stings
Kingtone Duelist overdrive
Headstrong Lil King S amp
UAD Ox Box
UAD Arrow interface
Camera Gear:
Canon EOSR
Sennheiser MKE 600
Mountdog Softboxes -
How to play over a VI-II-V-I chord progression in 3 levels
For backing tracks and additional tabs/notation join me on Patreon-
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
And for more in depth lessons, check out my Truefire course-
http://truefire.com/set_cart.html?add=17610&src=artist
Today we're taking a look at the 'VI-II-V-I' chord progression and a few different approaches to soloing/improvising over these changes. This chord change is commonly found in jazz blues changes as well as tons of standards and r&b tunes. We'll discuss three different approaches including:
Chord tone solos
Arpeggio substitutions
The altered scale
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My Gear:
Josh Williams Mockingbird Guitar w/ Tone Specific Bloombuckers
Headstrong Amps Lil King S
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow -
Spice Up Your Chord Progressions With Secondary Dominants and II-V-I's
Understanding harmony is an essential part of being a well rounded musician. Knowing how chords function will help with you with your composing as well as improvising. In this lesson I'll talk about some of the basic fundamentals of harmony, as well as some of the harmonic devices I use to spice ordinary chord progressions. We'll get into:
Basic Diatonic Harmony
Secondary Dominants
II-V-I's
Altered Upper Extensions
I'll demonstrate how we can take a simple chord progression (C-Amin-F-G) and, using different harmonic concepts, turn it into something more complex. I'll also demonstrate my approach to soloing over the different iterations of the chord progression.
The notation and tablature for the solo at the beginning, as well as all the tabs throughout the video and the the backing track are available on my Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
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My Gear:
Josh Willams Guitars Mockingbird w/ Tone Specific Bloombuckers
Kingtone Duelist Overdrive
Headstrong Amps Lil King S
Universal Audio Ox Box
Universal Audio Arrow Interface
Apple Mac Mini w/ Universal Audio Luna -
Minor Blues Basics: Pentatonic Scales, Chord Tones, Harmonic Minor, Diminished Arpeggios
The notation and tabs for the arpeggio examples are FREE here- https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
Feel free to come join me on Patreon for additional tabs, notation, backing tracks and more!
Today we'll look at a basic minor blues progression and what you need to get started improvising and creating solos over this chord form. We look at a very simple version of this progression with the chords: Amin7, Dmin7, and E7.
I'll take you through a few approaches I use to outline these chords, along with 4 solo examples that put these approaches into action. I'll show you:
Minor Pentatonic Scale Approaches
Outlining Chord Tones w/ Arpeggios
The Harmonic Minor Scale
and 2 Diminished 7th Arpeggio Substitutions
Thank you all for watching and supporting my channel!
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My Gear:
Xotic XTC guitar with Mojotone Quiet Coil pickups
Kingtone Duelist overdrive
Headstrong Amps Lil King S
UAD Ox Box
UAD Arrow interface
Mac Mini with UAD LUNA
Gear reviews
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Static Effectors Purple Glaze Fuzz Demo
This is a great new fuzz face style pedal made by Static Effectors. I use three different settings for each guitar part in this tune.
Rhythm Guitar-
Volume: 11 o'clock
Fuzz: All the way up
Thickness: Thickest
Bias: All the way up
Arpeggio Guitar-
Volume: 11 o'clock
Fuzz: All the way up
Thickness: Middle
Bias: 12 o'clock
Lead Guitar:
Volume: 11 o'clock
Fuzz: All the way up
Thickness: Thin
Bias: 12 o'clock
All the sounds are recorded using my Josh Williams Mockingbird with Tone Specific Bloombuckers into my Headstrong Amps Lil King S into the Universal Audio Ox Box.
For more info on these pedals go here-
https://www.instagram.com/static_effectors/?hl=en
To support this channel go here-
https://www.patreon.com/jackruch
And to check out my Truefire course go here-
truefire.com/set_cart.html?add=17610&src=artist -
Slow blues with a Headstrong Amps Lil King S and the UAD Ox Box
Here's the first sound I dialed up with the Universal Audio Ox Box and my Headstrong amps Lil King S combo. Playing a Josh Williams Mockingbird into a Kingtone Duelist overdrive.
