Facebook, and on the delta lou youtube channel to meet other blues fanatics. Cross road blues robert johnson lesson part 1 delta lou. Mar 07, 2020 in this free lesson, youll learn how to play the first three licks from my 8 bar blues course. Play solo pieces in the style of texas blues, chicago blues, bluesrock, slide guitar. For a long time, postwar blues solos were played with only one single scale. Many delta blues artists, such as big joe williams, moved to detroit and chicago, creating a popinfluenced city blues style. This turnaround is played in the style of robert johnson.
There have been many blues books published over the years focussing on individual blues styles and artists. And the reason is that it is a valuable collection of solos by players like charley patton, son house, willie brown, robert johnson, and others. Stefan grossman, noted roots blues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 14 songs from seven pivotal early blues guitarists from the mississippi delta. Improvising the blues on the piano is a lot easier than you might think. Delta blues guitar lesson black mattie rl burnside mdbg. This site is like on very big guitar lesson book with around 200 lessons about licks, songs, techniques. If you listen to blues legend albert king for instance, youll notice that there are only 5 notes being played in his solo improvisations.
Dec 20, 2016 this lesson comes with over 40 minutes of video, pdf tabs and four audio backing tracks. Plus, youll pick up a few cool licks and a sweet little turnaround. In this video guitar lesson from youtube user deltabluestips, youll learn the very basics of delta style blues. New bluesfocused guitar lesson posted every single tuesday.
Delta blues, texas blues, chicago blues, boogiewoogie, bluesrock. Premium members click here to view the lesson on mybgi. Delta blues guitar lesson fingerstyle composition ep145. Delta blues giant robert johnson may 8, 1911 august 16, 1938 is one of the most fascinating and mysterious performers in music history. Bending and advanced tongue blocking are covered along with three fulllength song studies. The roots of almost every style of modern music can be traced back to the delta, and our lessons today will give you an introduction to this all. In this lesson a d chord is substituted for the 5 chord which is a b7 because of the difficul. I will be buying books 2, 3 and his finger style blues guitar book as well. This lick is taken from my premium course where you will learn a complete blues solo in the style of duane allman. In this free lesson youll learn a duane allman style blues lick. Here is the tablature for the whole blues guitar arrangement.
The title says it all most famous blues licks by british greatest rockblues legend. In this ebook you find 20 important blues licks and solos in the style of great bluesmen. Most of them deal with crime in one way or another, and a few give established writers a chance to experiment, usually with satisfying results. Become a premiere member to access this fulllength video and all of the instruction at my site. Lesson 7 the blues in e rhythm dvd 3 in this lesson. Mar 08, 2007 the early masters of american blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Delta blues fingerstyle lesson heres a great little riff similar to what jimmy page might play if bring it on home had been recorded in a delta blues style. In this lesson, well have a look at a delta blues style tune in e that will help you get the basics of the style down. But that bar chord at the end on 7th and 5th fret is the toughest for me to lay down. The roots and origin of the blues language are firmly planted in the players of the mississippi delta area. The title says it all most famous blues licks by british greatest rock blues legend. Take a look below to check out the different teachers that cover blues.
Heres a great little riff similar to what jimmy page might play if bring it on home had been recorded in a delta blues style. Acoustic blues guitar unleashed playing on the porch style blues griff hamlin. In this free lesson, youll learn how to play the first three licks from my 8 bar blues course. This lick can be used as a great intro when playing acoustic blues on guitar on draws from robert johnson and eric claptons style playing. It originated in the mississippi delta, a region of the u. This lesson is in the key of a and is played in standard tuning. Players such as robert johnson and son house shaped the style to come and paved the way for a musical tradition that changed the entire world. Learn blues guitar from hawkeye herman with an intermediate guitar lesson for delta blues turnaround. This lesson comes with over 40 minutes of video, pdf tabs and four audio backing tracks.
This was displaced by the new chicago blues sound in the early 1950s, pioneered by delta bluesmen muddy waters, howlin wolf and little walter, harking back to a delta influenced sound, but with amplified instruments. November 23, 1926 september 1, 2005, born robert lee burnside, was a north mississippi hill country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around holly springs, mississippi. School of the blues lesson series school of the blues. For the free e book robert johnson vol 1 that goes along with this lesson click on the link below. In this video guitar lesson from youtube user deltabluestips, youll learn how to play a number of simple delta blues style riffs and runs, all in the key of e. He demonstrates this turnaround in the key of e major. How to play an a7 chord technically called an a dominant 7th, but we say a7 for short. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. In this acoustic blues guitar lesson i want to show you a cool piece taken from my acoustic blues course. You dont need a resonator guitar like the one im using a regular acoustic will do just fine.
Go to the the german version this homepage came from the desire to make a good homepage with good blues guitar lessons and is a place for all guitar players who want to learn how to play blues guitar. Today, delta blues is a melting pot of traditional blues, a bit of pop and a good pinch of cajun spice. In this lesson were gonna explore a really cool regional blues style, that was played in the mississippi delta by guys like robert johnson and son house, and is a lot of fun to play. Play licks from blues legends like eric clapton, john lee hooker, albert king and many more. Seventh chords are used a ton in blues and in this lesson, youll learn. In its earliest form, the style became the first black guitardominated music to. If youre just browsing, scroll to the bottom of this page and listen to the audio example to get an idea of what this lesson is about. Learn to fingerpick melodies and solos over independent bass patterns, and perform in the acoustic bottleneck slide style in both standard and open tunings.
He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. Blues fingerpicking lesson this lesson is included in the book a guide to acoustic blues guitar. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in playing slide guitar or just learning the style of the delta blues. Perhaps i havent looked hard enough or know where to look. Guitar lesson for beginner exploring shuffle and the 1, 4, 5 progression common to blues progressions. In this video guitar lesson from youtube user deltabluestips, youll learn the very basics of deltastyle blues. Discover the most collected and trending delta blues music. The blues you can use books have been great, but i agree that there isnt much that i can find that i consider intermediatelevel books. Blues delta blues delta blues the delta blues style comes from a region in the southern part of mississippi, a place romantically referred to as the land where the blues were born. I purchased some stevie ray vaughan tab books and one with a play along cd that can be slowed down, but lets face it, going from a beginners book to. Blues has been a major inspiration for jazz, bluegrass, country, rock and as such is very important for every guitarist to study. Delta blues lessons how to play blues guitar burninguitar. The mississippi delta is famous for its fertile soil and for its poverty.
In the next style well examine, the thumb typically plays an alternating bass line, usually composed of quarternotes, with the remaining pickinghand fingers providing syncopated melodic material. One of the coolest things about this style, is that you can play it completely by yourself. The best acoustic blues guitar lessons to learn how to play in the style of the greatest bluesmen such as robert johnson, big bill broonzy, son house and many others. Delta blues guitar 3 cd set taught by stefan grossman. In this introduction to finger style blues we will cover an alternating bass pattern over a 12 bar blues progression in e.
Hawkeye teaches a delta blues turnaround in the key of a. Eric clapton style licks, blues licks and slow shuffled rhythm blues. The ideas presented are solid in the blues tradition with great sounding exercises and songs to play. The guitar riff makes use of slides, pulloffs, and a slight bends called smears. Ive gotten several requests to cover the song hard time killing floor blues, by skip james. Virtually every style of blues and bluesinfluenced guitar is touched on. Mastery of finger picking techniques will also help you to move on to study other delta blues artists that will follow in lessons to come in the future. That said, getting 1on1 attention from a blues teacher is tough to beat, and online lessons need to come with support and feedback and be created by blues guitarists to make it all work out well. Overall, in my opinion, youll get the most bang for your buck if you take blues guitar lessons online. However, there isnt a single source that traces the entire arc of the delta blues from its absolute origins at the turn of the century, through the era of the classic blues singers of the 20s and 30s. Learn to play the guitar with these fingerstyle blues songs. Beginning finger picking for the delta blues guitar.
Heres a quick way to get started with delta blues tuesday blues. How to play an a7 chord technically called an a dominant 7th, but we say a7 for short the 4 notes needed in any 7th chord. Stefan grossman, noted rootsblues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 14 songs from seven pivotal early blues guitarists from the. In this guitar lesson, youll learn how to play a solo delta blues guitar composition thats played fingerstyle meaning no picks with the right hand. He created an essential body of blues guitar music, recording 29 songs in 1936 and 1937 that would exert a powerful influence on the likes of eric clapton, jimi hendrix, keith richards, johnny winter and. Guitarpro and mp3 files for all included licks and solos. What started out as acoustic blues is now arranged for electric guitar. This lesson teaches you how to play a robert johnson inspired delta blues song. Willie browns future blues in an open g tuning d g d g b d presents many of the hallmark licks that were also used by willies two. The song is played fingerstyle with the right hand no pick. Delta blues fingerstyle lesson youtube guitar, rockabilly.
Develop a foundational, working repertoire in the acoustic blues style that includes early and contemporary material from the mississippi delta, texas, georgiacarolinas, and more. Remember that this turnaround can be varied and played as a. Acoustic blues guitar online course berklee online. This is something i pulled together rather quickly, just a combination of licks from various artists like lightin hopkins, howlin wolf, and john lee hooker to name a few. You can scope out the entire series or sample it out by clicking to view the free lesson. How to play chords on the guitar in a delta blues style. How to play simple delta bluesstyle riffs in the key of e. This lesson comes with over 40 minutes of video, pdf tabs and three audio backing tracks. Down home blues in e delta and chicago style blues. Delta blues guitar is a book that has been around for quite awhile, that is, it has stood the test of time.
Please keep putting out delta blues and instruction on how to improvise the delta sound. Delta blues is one of the earliestknown styles of blues. The mississippi delta of the 1920s1940s was a treasure chest of powerful blues performances. When learning this piece, a great place to start is with the chords. This unusual arrangement has become a standard in todays. While this lesson is geared more toward intermediate and advanced guitarists, this. This is something i pulled together rather quickly, just a combination of licks from various artists like lightin hopkins, howlin wolf. The early masters of american blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Delta blues guitar lesson fingerstyle like robert johnson.
In this guitar lesson, youll learn how to play a delta blues fingerstyle arrangement that is played solo guitar no accompaniment. Recorded in 1942 by alan lomas for the library of congress, willie browns mississippi blues a different willie brown then the one presented in our first two lessons is an unusual delta blues played in the key of a that imitates the popular piano blues of its time. Its a great way for beginners to sound very cool, without having to be as good as oscar peterson. Connect with delta blues collectors across the globe and complete your collection. Blues guitar lesson compare the top 3 blues guitar lessons. You may remember a while ago i mentioned that you have to keep some motion going since youre the only one carrying it. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3.
In this lesson youll learn one of the most common rhythm figures that gets used instead of just playing open e7, a7, and b7 chords. Then we will add melody notes on the beat and between the beat. Thank you for downloading this e book, and i hope that you continue to love and play the blues forever. At delta lou music, we preserve the american blues and the lost art of slide guitar through our freedownloadable lessons and our community commentary of the american delta blues circa 19201939. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. While this blues guitar arrangement is mostly a riff and some bass notes, below are a few of the chord shapes that are used. Delta blues the delta blues style comes from a region in the southern part of mississippi, a place romantically referred to as the land where the blues were born. Blues guitar lessons from old school mississippi to high gain alagarymoore, you have all styles of blues covered here.
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