| Song |
level |
tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
When I Lay My Burden Down |
 |
EZ |
A classic gospel tune, easy enough with the left hand but you'll need some right hand picking skills to create your own version of the song as I don't go into any detail on exactly what notes to play, around lesson 8 you should be OK. |
EZ |
On The Road Again |
 |
EZ |
The classic John Lee Hooker riff in a Canned Heat tune from the late '60's. The main thing to get right with this one is your right hand. This is a great tune to practice those Hooker boogies, a shuffle with a s sharp staccato back beat. |
EZ, 3 string, blues, song |
how to play a blues shuffle |
 |
EZ |
There's mountains of stuff throughout the site on playing a shuffle so subscribers will have seen most of this before, could still be worth a look though. |
EZ, musicianship, 3 string, blues |
Come On In My Kitchen (EZ version) |
 |
EZ |
This song, as do many of Johnson's, implies a 12 bar structure without actually playing the changes. In this version, we play the changes which maks it a lot asier to navigate. Not one for the purists though. |
EZ, blues |
Playing Rock |
 |
EZ |
To play Rock you need that attitude happening, but how does that translate musically? |
EZ, groove, musicianship, improv, rock |
Hoochie Coochie Man |
 |
EZ |
This is actually the harmonica riff but the guitar underneath is not nearly as strong in Muddy's version so everyone just plays this, and it works better on the 3 string anyway. |
EZ, 3 string, blues, slide, song |
Vibrato |
 |
intermediate |
A closer look at how to improve your vibrato |
intermediate, slide, technique |
Crossroad Blues |
 |
intermediate |
A lesson on how to play Crossroads based on my live version. |
intermediate |
Playing in Tune |
 |
intermediate |
Fine tune your ear by learning to construct a major scale on one string. |
intermediate, musicianship, slide, technique |
Anatomy of a Blues |
 |
intermediate |
How to dissect a blues standard, in this video I'll play Driftin' Blues but the principles are the same everywhere. |
intermediate |
