Thursday, March 19, 2026

20 thoughts on “Tim Lerch Blues Lesson #2 – Phrasing Tricks

  • I love these lessons SO MUCH!! And appreciate Tim as a master player and teacher… but has he EVER met or taught a female player?? I was playing this type of music I'm a band when I was 13 in 1982. Thought by 2010 the stigma would be gone. I mentioned in another comment that when I was jamming with Brian Setzer before interviewing him (I'd already photographed him 3 times, so he knew about me), he said, "I didn't know a girl could play like that!" Ha! I gave him the stink eye ac a joke because I heard that my entire life (actually got free gear from BBE because their advertising was only for guys)… Brian apologized then told me about Rosetta Tharpe.

    Seriously. Via asked my why I never went pro.

    I started in 1977 and knew of no other female guitarists except Barbara Mandrell was a GREAT guitarist… no one took her seriously. (Iij didn't care for her music, but dang, she could flat pick and finger pick like Roy Clark!)

    Anyway… there's a lesson to be learned here.

    I'm not currently playing due to spinal injury…my brother Jason Becker and I keeping it real, continuing to study and write and visualize ourselves playing.

    So yeah. It's one thing to say, "Ok guys, you got that?"
    Our language is patriarchal by nature. But always saying "I always see guys doing …"

    Mimi Foxx called…

    Dang! I'd LOVE to see Tim and Mimi jam. They're both Masters and they're both incredible teachers. But mostly, neither of them ever plays an arbitrary note.

    Wow. I wonder if TrueFire could make that happen.

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  • Tim – thank you for this video and for introducing me to Ted Greene's web-site which to date I did not know existed – I have been surfing through videos only.
    Yours is an excellent video empathic to Ted's emotions. I wish to get to understand this video fully. The link to Ted's PDF is not cited under Blues – – – , Ted's – – – or, Progression – – – in any of his PDF lessons on the web-site. Is it possible for you to provide a direct link to the music PDF please – much appreciated.

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  • Excellent presentation and playing in this Blues series.Others uploading to youtube should take note ( no pun intended ).It is a delight to find this stuff amongst so much dross.Frank, Scotland.

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  • Great teacher pneumonial tone. What neck pickup in your tele Tim. Keep the lessons comin.

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  • great sound, great lesson, but the tab is not te be found… can you give me a link?

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  • Very tasty sound Tim, great! Is that a Charlie Christian pu at the neck? Thank you!

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  • Im learning here so the TAB will help a lot, BUT Where do I find the TAB for your lessons? Im on You Tube, Great lessons

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  • Question: Flat wound guitar strings would be a good choice on a Telecaster? If So what size? I like the Thomastik brand. Thank you

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  • Great video. I'm enjoying these lessons and cannot wait to try them. Thanks for being patient enough to explain what you're doing. You're a good teacher.

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