Play Delta Blues by yourself! Sound Vintage & Complete even on your own! Guitar Lesson with Tabs!
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Blues by yourself.. no need for backing tracks or loopers on this one. Guitar playing rarely gets more rewarding than being able to sit down and improvise entire pieces of music by yourself.. and blues is the perfect form for learning how to do just that!
As always, we cover a ton of important, fundamental concepts needed to play authentically in this vintage blues style so don’t skip through the lesson in case you miss something profoundly important.
Also, stick around til the end to hear how I dialled in my tone for this one. Featuring my 53’ Gibson es125 and my 1957’ Fender Tweed Champ.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Performance
01:28 – Introduction
02:07 – Lesson materials
02:36 – Separating the bassline from the melody
03:07 – Breakdown of the First 12 Bars
12:46 – Breakdown of Bars 13 to 25 (full of little tricks!)
24:38 – Technique – important stuff!
26:20 – Time Feel & Proper Practice!
26:48 – Slow playthrough w/metronome
28:26 – Tone Talk
29:40 – You do NOT need long nails to play finger style!
30:13 – Recommended listening
Videos referenced in this lesson;
Gear used in this video;
1953’ Gibson es125
Thomastik 12 gauge flats
1957’ Fender Tweed Champ
Open Plan Recording “the grill” mic
Neumann KM184 mic
Universal Audio OX – amp top box
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins
Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro
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Originally posted by UCkTfxhJAJjCBITdmu2Cx1xw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qZcCuf15k
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incredible lesson
So, now I've got the finishing touches from you. Great tune. It also took me 4 months. But worth every minute of practicing. Very well instructed by you. Thanx. What a fun to play
Top man. Been on the lookout for some delta blues to practice. The older I get I feel more connected to blues. A reflection of the times.
As a 68-yr-old UK guitar teacher who teaches acoustic blues and ragtime (amongst other styles) to novices in this genre, I have to say that this video is by far the most succinct, concise and clear explanation – with the best and most useable examples – that I've come across to date. I'll be recommending your channel to my students, so hopefully you'll pick up some more subs. Please keep up the absolutely sterling work.
I need to learn this style because you can entertain with simply an acoustic. You don't need to sing, it's soulful and as I get older it's at a pace that I can execute. Not that it's easy, but more attainable. Thanks Alex!!
Incredible detail, passion and knowledge Alex, even down to the mic choices, positioning and string gauge! We are very lucky to have you!
FRICKIN FANTASTIC
That a Delta Blues masterpiece there Alex. Beautifully played and I am super inspired by this.
Holy shit you have some lovely guitars and as always it sounds amazing
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Alex, I found Play Delta Blues by Yourself – excellent
It doesn't get any better than this. Never.
2nd chorus haver 14 bars right?
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Superb !!
Awesome. Thanks for posting
I love that guitar I had the same one given to me from my grand parents. I sold it along time ago how dumb I was back then.
Actually didn’t stick around for the lesson but thoroughly enjoyed the tune you played. Thanks
Flatwounds?
Hello Alex, I hope everything is healthy and cheerful. I'm still working on the piece and I'm starting to despair a little. I've already managed it, but there's still a long way to go. I had already thought about giving up, but I can't get this great song out of my head and then it grabs me again. I'm not a pro player, as I say here in this forum, I started 2 years ago and the first year was hard on my fingers
I'm sure I still lack some skills to put my wish into practice. Well, I just wanted to give you some feedback on where I am now…
pretty much at the beginning
9:07 When you say the root note on top, do you mean the first note you see looking down? i thought you went by how the notes would appear as pitches on a music staff. i'm confused.
Can you take apart Tampa Red's The Jitter Jump and analyze it like this one?
I highly recommend downloading the materials for this little etude! Diving in a little deeper will be very rewarding. At first glance this typical E-Blues may appear like something we have all played a million times before. But this incredible teacher has added some EXTREMELY interesting little tricks and details to the basic concept! These small elements definetely make a huge difference and adds enormous freshness to the relationship with the beloved Instrument. I cannot thank You enough, Alex!!!
Very nice! I’ll buy this lesson
Bang on!!
Thank you Alex for providing the most exciting lesson I've had for long ! I discover your channel with this one and you instantly get a new subscriber. cheers !
This is really nice, I'll be deep into this tomorrow no doubt. Thanks again Alex!
Alex. Where do I find this particular lesson in your Patreon page?
Why didn’t your channel feed appears on my phone sooner! Lovely lesson. I don’t sing. But I love fingerstyle acoustic blues. Just the type of instructions I need. Subscribed. Joined your Patreon. Look forward to improving acoustic blues with your help. Thank you.
Nice playin', nice guitar, nice lesson & nice hat…! Thanks!
Made this purchase got Audio! Git no Tab ! Help ????
Wyatt a great sound
Man! Thank you for going into such detail. This is something to work on for awhile
Ive been doing deep dives of the old style blues and how they got there sound…one documentary said it came from British ballads. Eitherway i had to find out how to play it. Love the sound, since all our music stems from the blues. Kinda like every dog got a wolf in em , you know….we all got some blue in us ???????? thx brotha
I appreciate that you explain this in a deliberate, moderately slow manner.
Also that you identify the proper notes on the fretboard, so that 71 year old Geezers can absorb this knowledge gradually.
You explain how to work in the arpeggios in a relaxed mode.
22:49 brilliant innit
Thank you for this lesson! I purchased the sheet music and subscribed. I appreciate your in depth explanation of what’s going on here
there's so much tasty stuff here, it's keeping me going for a long time! thanks
Absolutely fantastic Alex! Reminds me of kimborough. Have you got any recommendations for more music like this?
What a great lesson. I got the pdf and been enjoying it and learning allot.
This lesson contains all the Delta Blues moves I was lacking. I was in the doldrums and now the sun has come out.
Hello Alex, thank you very much for your super good blues piece. I'm from Germany and I'm trying to play your lesson. I find it really hard to get the right beat and then the right string, but it's a challenge.
My question is how long did you practice this piece to play it perfectly. Maybe you'll have the chance to write me a short message.
Sorry for my Google English.
Got a small exposure to this style but not enough to comfortably improvise. This reaaaally filled in some blanks. One of the best vids out there, and instant sub. Thank you!