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In this MicroLesson (ML047) you’ll learn how to play a slow and laid-back fingerstyle blues composition in the key of E, using the “call & response” technique. This works great on electric or acoustic guitar.
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Another great MicroLesson thanks Brian. Looking forward extending this with a simple chord progression.
Rick
Thanks Brian! I am the worst finger style player but hope the simple repetition of this one will help. Maybe a micro breakthrough.
Nice one Brian, you can do so much with so little and you keep on showing us how. Here’s to a New Year full of blues!
Great lesson Brian, love the groove! Just to clarify the call the bend on 2nd fret 2nd and 3rd strings is always on the 2nd beat and the response just fits in somewhere on beats 3&4 right?
Another great micro lesson Brian. This one has such a cool sound that I can spend hours on improvising different ‘call & response’ ideas. This is also great for helping with ‘fingerstyle’ and keeping the thumb/base line going independently from the other fingers.
HI Brian and Thanks for new lesson. This form of playing really help me to use my “Fingers” and Thumb separately and at the same time using the palm of my hand to mute.
Perfect
Thanks, Imi
Merci beaucoup encore une fois brian
Great Groove! Thanks Brian, I love fingerstyle
It’s amazing how much fun I’m having with this very simple lesson. I’m finding a lot of riffs that sound good with this. I’m also finding that it’s a great platform for playing slide in standard tuning, something I’ve done very little of up until now.
Why can’t I keep the bass line going while I play the other notes? Just can’t seem to get the finger independence right…is there anything that I can do to help me?
I love it, thank you 😀
Hello Brian, very nice, somehow meditative exercise with lots of room for own extensions. Actually not very difficult, I still find it difficult to rhythmically synchronize bending and releasing as well as stopping the strings with the bass shuffle. But this is definitely a matter of practice.
I’m a bit surprised about the C# in the rhythm lick (A and C#), that sounds good but I can’t really explain it. It’s not part of the pentatonic and it’s not part of the chord, is it? It’s more of a minimalist A major chord. But anyway, the real question here is, does it have consequences? You only show licks in the minor pentatonic, is that intentional? Or could you switch to the major pentatonic here, too?
And of course a continuation of the exercise would be very interesting: more licks and maybe a small chord progression.
Thanks a lot!
Chris
Is that your new 60s strat?