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Winter Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson – With a Pick – EP084

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In this lesson, learn how to play an acoustic blues with a pick (no fingerstyle), with no accompaniment. You’ll be alternating back and forth between rhythm and lead (call and response style). This works on both acoustic or electric guitar.

Part 1 - Rhythm

Part 2 - Lead Licks

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Part 3 - Intro Lead Part

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    • Mark M says

      This was exactly what I needed! It hit that sweet spot of just beyond my current skills – pushed me, but not too much. Each new lick was clearly explained – well done! (I would love some beginner Dead lead lessons – you have a few but most are too beyond my skills)

  2. guldndragn says

    Thank you Brian. I love these rhythm and leads on acoustic.  I had to unsubscribe for a while, but I’m back and enjoying this lesson.  Great job! And great site!

  9. more toys than talent says

    Another good piece Brian.  It was sunny and in the 70’s today here in Houston TX—too cold to go swimming but a nice day to be out in the back yard—so if you don’t mind, and for my own purposes, I will call it the “picking out by the pool, Houston in January blues”  🙂

  11. wayneduke says

    Brian,
    I want to thank you for taking the time to teach us another great lesson. I have picked up the guitar after not playing for over 30 years and with your lessons I am having a blast!

  13. Brian Belsey says

    I enjoy all the lessons, but for me there is something extra rewarding about ones like this that don’t need any accompaniment. As this is in the same key as EPO65 & 66, when we have all three under our fingers it could be fun to bring it all together as sections of a longer piece, adjusting tempos or playing order if needed.

  20. skye high says

    These acoustic blues are the best .I prefer fingers style but this one with rhythm and lead is good fun and hopefully i can add in a few licks from some of your other lessons.    Thank you once again.

  21. 153776 says

    Brian - Another great lesson!!  I do have a question regarding the tab post for the intro and what is shown in the video.  I’ve tried tabbing out the video portion and it looks a little different from the posted tab.  I’m probably missing something, but I do not see the first three bars of the posted tab the same as the intro video.  I’m probably missing something, but could you please verify that the tab and video are in concert together?

  22. Brian says

    Good catch on the tab.  Somehow I left off a part of the intro when I exported this file.. I’ve added it back so if you re-download the tab it should now be correct.  Thanks for the catch!

  23. redgum says

    …… Winter blues ??  Not here in Australia - 33 degrees C, warm and sunny (sorry all you northern hemisphere guys, but oh well, why miss an opportunity to rub it in! ). I love fingerstyle playing but I find lessons like this always put some sizzle (sorry, there I go again) into my playing. Don’t know how you do it Brian but keep doing what you do ….. amazing stuff.

  26. David Milers says

    Hi Brian.
    Loved this last lesson. Not needing a jam track, so as to be able to just pick up acoustic and play to yourself is just great! One question though, “Winter Blues” - I thought blues had to be 1-4-5 sequence, is E/A/G 1-4-5? Can you explain?

    David Miles.

  28. 153776 says

    Brian - Thanks to you for the response.  I am obviously an amateur if I can’t pick it up first hand, but from what I have learned from you has made me a MUCH BETTER guitar player and enhanced my love for playing.  Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  29. David Milers says

    Brian. Thanks for your answer. I am so pleased to now know that these things are not set in stone. I think that just about everytime I have read about “the Blues”, 1-4-5 has been mentioned. You have now demolished all that. You must be correct as it sounded so bluesy! I do remember though reading that Paul Jones asked Lightning Hopkins when they were on tour in the UK, “is this number going to be a 12 barre blues and Lightning responded by saying - Lightning will play as many barre’s as Lightning wants to play.!!
    Thanks again.

    David.

  30. drlknstein says

    hot stuff brian…great rhythm lesson…the world needs rhythm players..and you are right..I COUDNT STOP PLAYING THAT . . RHYTHM   ONCE I GOT IT. 

    THANKS

    MARK

  34. Bob Furnes says

    Enjoy your lessons and appreciate all the effort you put in to them making it understandable.. The whys and how comes are very inportant and you have made these lessons reachable for us…Also thanks for have accoustic involved in your teaching…………

  35. thetendertutor@sbcglobal.net says

    I’m finally mastering the ghost strum technique. keeping the left hand going
    (I’m leftie) has been a challenge for me. It’s more fun now.
    I love it! Thanks Brian, Jill

  36. DJG says

    Brian, great stuff, thanks.  In the beginning of the lesson you show palm muting with the right hand and later show muting with the fretting left hand.  Do I need to master both to get the right effect?

  38. tridum says

    Love your site Brian . This is going to do wonders for my playing .All the pieces are approachable and thoroughly explained. Thanks for all the work you’ve done.Much appreciated.

  43. Mick D says

    I`m quite new in the ActivMelody community. Your lessons reach me in Germany. They help me verry, verry much. I wish Ihave had them ten years ago when I started on my own.
    Thank you very much!

  45. Dale P says

    Hello Brian

    I have been away from the guitar for a few months and have stumbled across your website while I’m recovering from back surgery.
    I have been interested in Blues for some time now, a bit outside my wheel house, but none the less interesting. I have been working on your Winter Acoustic Blues, the strum pattern you show only addresses the first bar and the last half of the second, maybe it’s the Meds but I can’t find the strum pattern in the lesson. If you could check it out that would be great. Great stuff here, thank you.

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