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    Default If you want to learn blues guitar

    Here is a new blues guitar lesson for you guys. Let me know what you think.

    I call it "Slow Blues With Groove". You can get Guitar Pro notation and tabs here -
    http://www.box.net/shared/j48j95mgtt

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    Excellent lesson for a foundation to build off of.
    The Hag sounds great!
    Last edited by Tig; August 10th, 2010 at 02:05 PM.
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    Good stuff!

    When I saw the title I thought it'd be...if you wanna know how to play the blues...get yourself a woman...;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by deeaa
    When I saw the title I thought it'd be...if you wanna know how to play the blues...get yourself a woman...;-)
    Shooting a man in Memphis is a good idea, too....

    Another very useful lesson, RR!
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    I can't wait to get home and try this! Thanks!
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    Great stuff as always.

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    +1 on the "great stuff as always" comment, Robert.
    Thanks for your practical lessons.

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    Thanks, glad you like. You can download the HD video from my box too - download, share it and spread the word!
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    Quote Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
    Shooting a man in Memphis is a good idea, too....

    Another very useful lesson, RR!
    Hehe, yeah...back in the day when I briefly played much blues, I said I'd like my tombstone to say 'He didn't wake up this morning' :-) but then I changed it to 'He was a simple man who died of complications'.

    Then I decided to hell with and I've requested to be cremated and they can just toss the ashes in the nearest bin. Make a Wikipedia page in memoriam or something if like.
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    Sweet lesson Robert, I have some more goodies to learn now. Nicely done and nice gear!
    Thank you!

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    That is great Robert! I like how you focused on the counting on this one. I have been trying to work on that myself for increased precision and consistency. This one will be good to practice to.
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    Robert, I gotta say, you're deliberate and really break it down, but somehow avoid turning it into a yawner. Basic, with just enough fluff to make it interesting and fun.

    Excellent instruction. keep it up!

    What I'm realizing is that I need right hand work. Flatpick technique is important as well. Sometimes the quick up/down(as opposed to down/down) on the same string or two adjacent strings is key to a riff.

    This is a skill bluegrass and mando players develop early. I'm realizing I did not.

    What do you suggest? Practicing scales by alternating?
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    Tio, yes practice alternate picking to a metronome or drum track, or even a tune. You can also to tremolo picking this way, where you just stay on one note a la Dick Dale. Make sure you are accurate with timing - playing 4ths, 8ths, 16ths, triplets, etc. All in good time!
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    Tio, I am no instructor, but as a student, I can say that learning basic versions of "Red Haired Boy" and "Billy in the Low Ground" (see here: http://www.bluegrassguitar.com/top10.php ) and playing along with a metronome and foot tapping has helped. They are to be played with strictly alternate picking, down on down beats, up on up beats. It helps, but I still need work though. That is more fun to me than alternate scales, though I suppose that would be good for me to do too so I learn my scales better.

    To relate that suggestion to Robert's lesson, I like sometimes to add some vibrato or a little bend like Robert is doing above to my bluegrass fiddle tunes to blues 'em up a bit. Probably not approved by blue grass purists . . .
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    thank you Robert, awesome as always....!
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    As good as this sounds playing this on an electric, I'm enjoying it even more on my acoustic. It has that ol' roots-blues feel to it, which shines well acoustically, and the variations are almost limitless.

    Thanks a thousand, Robert!
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    Glad you like. Rhythm is everything. Once you get this groove going, it's unstoppable!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tig
    As good as this sounds playing this on an electric, I'm enjoying it even more on my acoustic. It has that ol' roots-blues feel to it, which shines well acoustically, and the variations are almost limitless.

    Thanks a thousand, Robert!
    +1 on that! It's been abt a year now since I've been in my acoustic phase, and that is pure acoustic blues heaven! Embellish it w some slide and turn-arounds, oh man! There's no end to the fun to be had!

    Another great one, Roberto!
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