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Mar 20, 2024 · The most resonant dominant chord you can play on the guitar and very easy to play. 8. E7 (moveable) This is the moveable variant of the open C7 shape. It’s important to ensure the open sixth string is muted with your third finger. 9. D7 (open) The absence of doubled notes in this chord gives it a tight, concise sound.
Mar 14, 2018 · The Blues is one of the simplest styles of music of the 19th Century. Today I want to show you how to play an easy 12 bar blues on your acoustic guitar using the fingerstyle technique. In this guitar lesson, we are going to combine chords and melody. This is an entertaining approach because it allows you to play the melody along with the chords.
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- “Boom Boom” - John Lee Hooker
- "The Thrill Is Gone" - B.B. King
- “Ain’t No Sunshine” - Bill Withers
- “Lucille” - B.B. King
- “I Put A Spell on You” - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- B. B. King: “Rock Me Baby”
- “Smokestack Lightning” - Howlin' Wolf
- “Mary Had A Little Lamb” - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- “Who Do You Love” - Bo Diddley
- “Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues” - Buddy Guy
Riding the line between classic and modern blues, “Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker was once dubbed “"the greatest pop song he ever wrote" by music critics. The song exemplifies the blues great’s strumming prowess and rhythmic riffing. Hooker pioneered playing Delta blues on an electric guitar, revolutionizing the sound of blues and paving the way for...
If you’re new to the blues, a great place to start learning is with the songs of B.B. King. King’s iconic style was tone-rich and used techniques such as string-bending to twist notes in expressive ways. Yeah. The thrill is most definitely NOT gone. Listen and learn from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s take on “The Thrill Is Gone.” Watch Now: Learn h...
Moody and soulful, Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” takes on the traditional blues structure with 16 bars playing A minor, E minor, G and D minor. Withers’ repetitive lyric – not to mention his dynamic voice – helps drive the rhythmic pulse of his 1971 breakout hit. Learn how to play “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
Named for the legendary B.B. King’s guitar, “Lucille” is played in the key of E flat. A prime example of 12 bar blues, “Lucille” gives beginner blues guitarists the chance to play through chord progressions and experiment with 12/8 time signatures. Learn how to play a 12-bar blues shuffle before trying your hand at “Lucille” with this video lesson:...
From the legend of Robert Johnson’s crossroads pact to “Screamin’” Jay Hawkins’ macabre-tinged stage shows, the blues has a long history with the supernatural. Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell On You” works its witchy ways on blues fans and is an easy song for beginners to learn. The song incorporates such subtle techniques as string muting and 8th note str...
Helping to cement your blues patterns, “Rock Me Baby” is one of many Willie Dixon-penned classics covered by BB King. It’s a perfect way to brush up on the 12-bar blues form with the chords G, C and D. Learn how to play “Rock Me Baby” here.”
Tried-and-true blues guitar techniques like pull-offs and alternate picking give “Smokestack Lightning” its distinctive punch. The memorable riff that permeates “Smokestack Lightning” was dreamed up by guitarist Hubert Sumlin, a member of Howlin’ Wolf’s band. Sumlin’s distinctive blues guitar style wove together expressive blurs of “lightning”-fast...
The late great Stevie Ray Vaughan covered Buddy Guy’s bluesy, irreverent rendition of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” giving the nursery rhyme a whole new lease on life with a hard rock edge. Techniques such as hammer ons and pull offssit within the realm of rock, while the picking style is pure blues. Hear how modern guitarist Charlie Bereal reinterpret...
Bo Diddley brought blues to the mainstream with his unique mix of rockabilly rhythms and pop flavor. “Who Do You Love” combines bass note strumming with slide guitar, essential skills for blues guitarists to crib. Don’t know ‘em? Then you don’t know Diddley. Check out Larkin Poe playing Bo Diddley’s classic, “Who Do You Love” and watch for techniqu...
After limited recording for about 10 years through the 1980s, Buddy Guyroared back with “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues,” the title track off his 1991 worldwide hit album. With this modern classic featuring three chords (A minor, D minor and E minor), you can learn about playing hammer-ons, a crucial lead guitar technique.
Essential Blues Guitar For Beginners – Blues Riff #3. This riff would sound killer, in either a solo or as a separate riff to a blues chord progression. You don’t have to play this riff in the E minor pentatonic position, you can move it around the fret board as the chords change in a 12 bar blues. To play this riff in the key of E, start ...
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3:01 – What We Mean by 1 4 and 5 Chords. 3:23 – Blues In The Key of A. 6:30 – Easy Blues – Chord Order. 7:58 – Strumming Acoustic Blues. 8:34 – Classic Blues Rhythm (Boogie Woogie) 13:27 – I IV V Memory Exercise. 14:38 – Essential Turnaround Lick. 16:27 – Easy Turnaround Lick.
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We start of simple, and gradually turn it into an amazing blues! This is a step by step guide of how we can play blues on the electric or acoustic guitar. A ...
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