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In this acoustic blues guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a driving rhythm as well as lead licks, and will go back and forth between them using a “call and response” technique. I’ll break down the strum pattern in detail and have included a bonus video focusing solely on strumming (strum patterns are included in the tab as well). I’ll also explain where the lead licks come from so that you can improvise in this style.
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Bonus - Strumming Breakdown
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Slow Walkthrough
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Brian thank you a particularily instructive lesson for me it will be lots of help. Johnstrat
Brilliant Brian, Love this one its really helping my overall technique and rhythm playing
Thanks, Brian, that sounds great, kind of reminds me of something by Delaney & Bonnie.
Cool! Yeah I can hear that. Never thought of it that way
If I can think of the song, I’ll mention it. May just be a general feeling though.
Another on my list to play on top of Hundred haha, to much on my brains…Aloha!!..
Love those Acoustic Blues Brian !!!
Awesome!! I always look forward to Fridays.
love the acoustic stuff
Great lesson Brian ! Also enjoyed the jam lingo insight of “tag the end”.
First thing that came to mind was: Bellamy Brothers, Let Your Love Flow.
Looking forward to digging in to this lesson.
Best,
Michael
Love it Brian, oh, so can’t wait to get on to this, so much material, so little time!! Cheers Phil
Nicely done Brian! Not only is the rhythm part cool, but I got a huge takeaway regarding different chord voicings when I started playing this piece. So much in fact that I’m now playing something completely different and need to start over to be able to play the lesson! 🙂
Thanks Brian! This is another great lesson that is unlocking the door to strumming a rhythm and a response. I’m loving the sound coming out of my guitar this week!
Mike
Great lesson Brian. Funny that strum pattern sounds a little like “She talks to angels ” to me.
I like this one a lot! Just added it to my favorites.
Sweet groove , and super nice Taylor
Hi Brian just finished learning this little beauty great the way you can add your own licks in there and keep it going great lesson cheers mate .
Every lesson I study on here ,I end up going off on a tangent for hours, it’s like eureka Friday for me. I love these lightbulb lessons 💡.. the acoustic lessons I’m really digging as I see my self as a rock player and this is making me think outside my rock box . Thanks Brian.
Great teaching and a good lesson
Another great sounding tune! Love learning these fun little riffs. I’m happy to finally get to the second half of the videos now that I’m a premium member! So much to learn and never enough time-and why does it have to come so bloody slowly? I guess I’m just glad to finally be on this journey! Thanks for being a huge part of my guitar education and fun Brian.
This lesson really cries out for me to get into some serious improvisation. I started hearing improv licks in my head just as I was listening to it for the first time.
Echos of ” listen to the music ” …by the DOOBY Bros ( think)
GREAT job
Jay
Can you give some more tuition on muting please or have I missed it somewhere ?
Thanks Brian, great lessons and tunes,
Robin from Brexit Island
Palm mute with your strumming hand or slightly lift the fingers of your fretting hand. Play with it slowly, you’ll get it. 🙂
Yep…. Like it too…
Your call and response lessons are amazing!
So are your other lessons of course but these are my favorite’s.
Thanks Brian. Especially the strumming pattern. Thats great. (Love the beard btw.)
fantastic Brian one for locker ” go on then play me something ” great strummer
Hey Brian, no hat! I was enjoying the hat theme! Had money on this weeks lesson being a slow reggae decked out in an Rasta Tam:-)
Great lesson yet again, lots to enjoy straight away and lots to work on going forward. Really like the additional video just concentrating on the strum pattern too. Thanks
Brilliant piece, Brian -Thank you! I’m a terrible strummer and this is exactly what I was looking for !
Hey Brain, could please just teach us how to count the beat instead of the down up thing? Details about how to play down & up mess up my brain 🙂
Hi Brian, what kind of prong did you use? Thank you.
Prong?
Sorry, pick
are you slapping the strings down for the mute or are you using your picking hand to mute all the strings?
Hi Brian
Thank you for the great lesson. Can you explain how you are doing the string muting? Thank you
I use a combination of palm muting (with my strumming hand) and muting with my fretting hand by slightly lifting my fingers off the fret board while strumming. I think Brian may be muting with just his fretting hand, but I enjoy the extra percussive sound from banging my palm into the strings with my strumming hand. If you play with it you can get a full mute as well as tone ringing out, depending on how exactly you hit it. Sort of gives you a Neil Young – Old Man feel.
What is that E voicing with the 4th (A) instead of the major 3rd (G#)?
There have been various requests for further explanation of “muting”. Bratwurst has given some explanation but nothing from Brian. I am finding it difficult too. How about a Micro lesson on the topic ?
Thxs for that one too !
Interesting to get the connection between the chords and the scale position.
New to this site. I love the tune, but man the muted strumming is killing me. Any lessons designed just for that? Thanks!
15 minutes and the palm muting is sounding a little better…..not quite “Brianesque” but better.