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MicroLesson: 052 – Easy “Call & Response” Style Blues Guitar Lesson

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In this MicroLesson (ML052) you’ll learn how to play an easy “call & response” style blues in the key of E. This is played solo guitar (no accompaniment is required) and works on acoustic or electric guitar.

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  1. wrightclick says

    March 28, 2018 at 11:32 am

    nice little 3 chord ditty just what we need midweek

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    • Francisco Javier C says

      April 20, 2018 at 12:13 pm

      thanks! sound good.

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  2. Duncan says

    March 28, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    I like seeing T-Shirts from places where I lived nearby. I see the Grand Canyon T, and now an Anchorage Alaska shirt! You get that from Bryce? Need a shirt from Glacier Park Montana next.

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    • Brian says

      March 28, 2018 at 9:54 pm

      Yes, Bryce sent it from Anchorage

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  3. Aussie Rick says

    March 29, 2018 at 8:13 am

    Another beaut MicroLesson. I’ve learn so much from these. Thanks again Brian.
    Rick

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  4. John M says

    March 29, 2018 at 9:38 am

    Nice little lesson Brian. I like the licks in A and B. My goal is to be able to improvise over the IV and V chord changes.

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  5. Steve M says

    March 29, 2018 at 2:59 pm

    I like it. Easy to learn and you could take a portion of this and insert it over a chord in a blues progression when you aren’t sure what to play, and it will sound great.

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  6. BRENDAN G says

    March 29, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Great!Thanks

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  7. Raymond P says

    March 30, 2018 at 8:09 am

    I really enjoy these mini lessons. Thanks Brian
    Ray

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  8. Mirabel S says

    March 30, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    Hi Brian,

    Just to say a big thank you ,for all the hard work you put into these lessons, I’m learning so much since joining Active Melody.
    From, Myra on the UK side of the pond.
    Thanks.

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    • Brian says

      March 30, 2018 at 7:57 pm

      Thank you Myra 😉

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  9. Michael J says

    March 31, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    G/day Brian,
    Meat and potatoes! Good stuff!
    M.J.

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  10. Paul L says

    April 27, 2018 at 4:07 pm

    My first post. This was lots of fun.

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  11. Ron M says

    May 7, 2018 at 7:30 am

    Hi Brian, your “call & response” lessons are awesome!! I am always looking forward to them!! Let’s keep them coming!!

    Greetings,

    Ron

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  12. Michael H says

    May 12, 2018 at 5:59 am

    Great lesson as always Brian! Just a little clarification on the timing please. Are you coming in with the open E on the 4th beat and starting a new measure with the G#?

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  13. Don D. says

    May 14, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    Nice!

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  14. Norm M says

    August 12, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    Nice little ditty!

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  15. Ernie G says

    December 14, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    This was great. I have been working on this on and off for about 2 months and finally got it. If you listen to how you play it there are a few nuances that are at first not apparent but the more I practiced it the more I heard and worked out. Anyway, I appreciate the simple lessons because I can finish them. Each simple lesson I finish carries me a little further to one a little more complex. But, I do like the easy ones. Thanks to your lessons I have come a long way. I’m 71 years old and didn’t start until I was 60 so I’m doin’ ok and loving it. Thanks for all you do.
    Ernie G.

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  16. Michael W says

    December 28, 2018 at 4:09 pm

    Great lesson! Goes well with 054 as they both use that awesome movable riff. As with 054, I really like how quickly you can learn it since there is not too much going on at once. You don’t have to be trying to get a difficult rhythm pattern along with hard/new chords.

    Plus, it is another 12 bars to pull out, and if it sounds good (and it does if you play it at all well) you can always go around a few times.

    Thanks, Brian. Please do more of these.

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  17. Michael W says

    December 28, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Oops. Correction to above post. It is 8 bars, not 12.

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  18. Kurt P says

    January 29, 2019 at 10:21 am

    Could you teach us a lesson on baby please don’t go? I heard it was done by lightnin Hopkins and or Big Joe Williams.

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