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Yes. A lot of blues phrasing uses triplets, although generally the song is still in 4:4 rather than 12:8.
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^ and this. It's very easy to fall into the rut of just playing notes from the pentatonics sequentially.
over the A (I chord), G#m penta
over the D (IV chord), F#m penta
over the E (V chord), Gm penta
This works particularly well if you play IV-V-I (D-E-A) because the minor pentatonics slide up a semitone each time: F#m - Gm - G#m.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I found this online which I enjoyed reading. A lad coming back to guitar after some absence, gave himself 31 days to learn how to do an improvised 5 minute Blues solo at the drop of a hat. He goes through a lot of basic theories, ideas, techniques. Well worth a read as either a refresher of things you may already now or things you might not yet know.
https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/how-to-become-a-master-of-improvisational-blues-guitar-in-one-month-d05a1afcb465
Try staying on the root through the whole progression.
B. This is practice, I struggle, especially when there is not enough tension in the string. Use at least 10s maybe more on a Gibson scale length. Have a listen to Clapton Bluesbreakers and Buddy Guy. Also pay attention to which direction you're bending the string, no right or wrong but they feel different.
C. This goes back to phrasing. BB and Freddie King. Could always raise your action, make things a bit harder.
Again, can try playing a 'one note' solo (or two notes), just for fun- mess with the phrasing but stick to one or two notes.
Edit: Just re read and I reckon you probably know all that after 40 years! Sorry. I'll leave it anyway.
Reckon the best advice is to listen to Texas Cannonball and try and fathom how he does it.
I still haven't worked it out but it's fun trying...
I've been playing a while but spent some time with a good teacher at the start of the year. What I learned was focusing on timing and feel really helps, especially with blues. You could pick some tunes from your favourite players and try to transcribe it, with a focus on the rhythm that are using for their lead lines.
I've defo improved by transcribing and learning how to use proper notation. Because it's given me a much better understanding of rhythm and how my fav players subdivide the beat.
I put a Matt Schofield transcribe up on my FB and it got liked and shared by Matt Schofield himself. Was well chuffed!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2602660019764415&id=128907697139672&sfnsn=scwspmo&extid=YCvOrAD26PYhxVNW
One of the most effective ways to improve your playing is to target your choice of notes over the chords in the backing music. One of the most effective and easiest way to do that is target the third and the fifth note of the accompanying chord as it changes into it.
So basically imagine you have a typical minor blues in Am ...... think about what notes your gonna land on and use over the Dm rather than thinking about box shapes. Box shape players will generally just keep going in the shapes they know will work in Am but if we apply a bit of thought to it we can see targeting an F (third note in Dm ) for example will generally sound better and more melodic. When we reach the 5 chord turnaround then think about the third note in that chord and target it.
I generally make sure the student knows what chords they are playing over and what triads (root, third and fifth) make up those chords. Just that alone will get you sounding more professional.