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MicroLesson: 060 – Blues Rhythm Shuffle in the key of A – Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson

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In this MicroLesson (ML060) you’ll learn a slow and easy blues shuffle in the key of A, with fill licks.

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  1. Dennis D says

    May 5, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    Hi Brian. Just FYI. The backing track download you have with this video is not correct. It says ML 060 but it is really ML 056 that plays.
    Thanks for all the great lessons.
    Dennis D

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    • Brian says

      May 5, 2020 at 10:43 pm

      Fixed

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      • Ernesto E says

        November 18, 2020 at 5:46 pm

        Hallo Brain, Iám a great fan of Steely Dan, are there also lessons with chords that Steely Dan uses.
        Thank you .

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    • Wolcott66 says

      May 14, 2020 at 8:48 am

      Really like these micro lessons. This I can learn without spending a month getting it right. Plus great ideas easily applied to other situations. Got a lot out of this short lesson.

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  2. dave t says

    May 6, 2020 at 5:12 am

    Robert Johnson inspired?? especially that second last bar! 🙂

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  3. San Luis Rey says

    May 6, 2020 at 11:51 am

    Happy micro surprise day! Thanks for the nice shuffle Brian. The Silvertone sounds perfect for this.

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  4. East Coast Bill says

    May 6, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    I really love these micro lessons. I know its additional work for you, but they are so much fun.

    Thanks

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    • Garry says

      May 6, 2020 at 4:58 pm

      I’m new to the site and hadn’t checked out any of the micro lessons. Definitely will now! Great lesson so thanks Brian. Also many plaudits for the way you teach and talk us through how the notes connect to the chords and chordal structure. I’m learning more now and gaining a deeper understanding of composition and improving than I ever have had in 50 years of playing. I’ve also developed a stronger passion for my electric playing as I’ve always focused on my acoustic. Keep up the great work and greetings from Melbourne, Australia!

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  5. Jeff S says

    May 6, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Brian, I really like the micro lessons. Don’t always have the time or perseverance to try the longer lessons but I always dive on the Micros. Much appreciated! This one is too cool, going to get into it this afternoon.

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  6. Dennis O says

    May 6, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    My kind of lesson: Juicy licks & a few concise take-aways.

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  7. Bill C says

    May 6, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    This is good. I had to laugh when you mentioned how you always slide your hand down the neck at the end of whatever you’re playing. I’ve noticed it and try to make a point of doing that myself as I thought it sounded like it should be done. lol

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  8. Stephen D says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    Great micro lesson – Thanks! Just curious – is that a bullet hole under the neck pickup? Could be a great story…

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    • Brian says

      May 7, 2020 at 3:01 pm

      It is a bullet hole – and it goes out the back! The guy that sold it to me said someone shot it in a bar in Texas – i just hope the guy wasn’t holding it when that happened.

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      • ~ shaman says

        May 7, 2020 at 5:12 pm

        Oh wow… I must’ve missed this reply, I mentioned whether this was a bullet hole as well. This answers my question. Also raises some more…

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  9. Huub L says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Thank you Brian,, i love this.
    Huub

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  10. Raymond P says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    A nice blues shuffle lesson. These mini lessons are great fun.

    Thanks Brian

    Ray P

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  11. richard p says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    I am so impressed that you take the time to develop ALL of these lessons. They’re all GREAT!!! I learn tons with every lesson. Every time you say there’s going to be a AHA moment… I get it. I’m expecting that eventually this major light bulb is going to go off in my head and I’ll finally know enough of the scale, fret board mechanics, and phrasing that I’ll just start hearing what I want in my head and it just comes out through my fingers. I love this journey I’m taking with you, zen master.

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  12. RNArizona says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    I agree with the comments already posted: Great little lesson, packed with a lot of key takeaways.

    However, I want to talk about the Silvertone guitar. Your younger students may not know that this brand was sold by Sears and Roebuck. In fact, they may not know what Sears is or was, but my first acoustic was also a Silvertone. I also remember that they sold a solid body electric, with the amp built into its carrying case. Looking back, I think that solid body was made by Dan Electro, and it sold for $69.95 complete with the amp/carrying case. I used to drive the salesmen crazy because I’d come in a couple times per week to play that thing. If I played as well as you, they might not have objected so much.

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    • Bill C says

      May 7, 2020 at 11:52 am

      Yes, they actually did a pretty good job with their guitars. My first acoustic was a Silvertone that cost $14.95 . I think it was in 1964.
      I wish I still had that guitar. I didn’t realize it at the time but it was actually a good playing guitar and made very well.

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  13. Mehmet Erol G says

    May 6, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Very nice & humble blues tutorial, thank you dear Brian for such a great time !

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  14. obie123 says

    May 6, 2020 at 3:45 pm

    Great micro lesson and nice seeing the old Silvertone

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  15. dave d says

    May 6, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    love this great lesson

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  16. sunjamr says

    May 6, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    Good one. And after everyone has mastered this, it’s time to move on and learn EP127, which is kind of an enhanced version of this MicroLesson.

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    • Bruce D says

      May 7, 2020 at 7:28 pm

      I second this. A good chorus to add onto ep127.
      Thanks, Brian

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    • Jacob B says

      May 23, 2020 at 2:59 am

      Great tip! thanks 😉

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    • Stewart D says

      December 1, 2020 at 3:55 am

      Thanks for pointing that out. I’m adding that to the mix!

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  17. vicman says

    May 6, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    Oh yes! This is so sweet. Keep the micro lessons coming.

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  18. dave d says

    May 6, 2020 at 8:16 pm

    wow ive never felt this way about a lesson before, something about it

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  19. sciencefiction says

    May 6, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    Yes, I like this! (Last chord technically A13, not A6?)
    Larry
    P.S. Too many cool lessons. Makes me want to drop that dang drop D lesson I just started and learn this little gem immediately. So much bang for the buck to be had here that could be learned in a day.

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    • Walter D says

      May 7, 2020 at 7:04 am

      You can play this in Drop D – just modify the open low E up two frets. There are only a couple times you have to do this. Then, instead of playing the open D fourth string, you play the open D sixth string. Sounds very cool.

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  20. tommc says

    May 6, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    Nice old Silvertone you have there. And a few records (I’m old, refuse to call it vinyl>).

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  21. Henry G says

    May 6, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    Liking the Silvertone. Might have to search the ‘net for a DeArmond pickup for my 1950’s Harmony Monterey -:).

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    • Henry G says

      May 6, 2020 at 11:16 pm

      Forgot my manners! Thanks for another great lesson!

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  22. Alan C says

    May 7, 2020 at 4:35 am

    Many thanks Brian – another great lesson. I am new to the guitar but in my 60s so struggle with many of the lessons but I am having so much fun here in lockdown UK.

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  23. Justin B says

    May 7, 2020 at 4:38 am

    Awesome lesson! You just keep delivering! Many thanks.

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  24. Michael C says

    May 7, 2020 at 7:35 am

    thanks for a great lesson , I had a silvertone for my first quitar, was acoustic but great sounding

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  25. drlknstein says

    May 7, 2020 at 12:47 pm

    best ever micro imo

    i bought a 61 kraft speed demon recently it has one pup it looks just like your pups.. i think its a dimarzio ‘speed bump’
    ha.. what a cool name for a pick up !

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  26. christiaan B says

    May 7, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    This has got to be my favorite lesson. Thanks Brian!!!

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  27. ~ shaman says

    May 7, 2020 at 4:01 pm

    Nice lesson!! Hey Brian, I really like the Silvertone. I have a 1955 acoustic masonite archtop that has a blue and white paintjob. It’s called a “Kentucky Blue”. I had heard Silvertone made one in Tennessee Orange as well, although I have never seen one…

    http://www.silvertoneworld.com/acoustic/0653/653_Kentucky_Blue.html

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  28. ~ shaman says

    May 7, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    I meant to ask this in my previous comment, do you know the history of your Silvertone? It looks like it has an entry wound from a .22 under the neck pickup… ;-O

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    • Brian says

      May 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

      Yep – bullet hole… all the way through – goes out the back

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    • JohnStrat says

      May 14, 2020 at 4:24 am

      That’s a ’45 Cal hole or to there abouts.

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  29. dave d says

    May 7, 2020 at 4:43 pm

    so glad you mentioned the microlessons, another whole world of great brian material, i am on it. first time

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  30. itaylor says

    May 8, 2020 at 5:15 am

    These microlesssons are great Brian. I’ve been with your site for years and it’s helped me to the stage I can jam with some confidence. It’s at the stage now that it’s not so much the shapes, CAGED, scales, etc. but the choices and how well you play everything that’s the inspiration. The microlesson is a great format for getting that across.

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  31. sfbluesman says

    May 9, 2020 at 12:14 am

    Sounds a lot like:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtPYZRVeGI&t=3s

    Billy Gibbons Guitar Lesson- One of my all time favorites!!!
    Many Thanks- Due to this lesson I re-joined for a year.

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  32. Wolfgang G says

    May 9, 2020 at 8:53 am

    Hi Brian,
    I’m so happy to find new inspiration to play the guitar whenever you post a new lesson.
    Regarding this MicroLesson I got a question: on bar 13 you play this cool Ab6/A6 chord. I’m not sure whether or not you in fact play all 6 strings but if you really do can you please tell me how you finger it?
    Thanks in advance
    Wolfgang

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  33. RIFF DIGGER says

    May 10, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    This is a practical lesson to play rhythm behind a lead player. Also —-play it into your Looper Pedal (I use the Donner pedal with longer recording time) so you can play fills and licks over and work on lead. Thanks Brian.

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  34. Dortel Fabrice says

    May 11, 2020 at 2:52 am

    Bonjour Brian,

    Superbe schuffle et merci pour les explications très détaillées.

    Bien cordialement

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  35. Antonis S says

    September 19, 2020 at 1:55 am

    Nothing micro about this lesson. It is MEGA. Thanks Brian!! I appreciate these a lot! Great source of inspiration!

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  36. Stewart D says

    November 30, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    Really enjoy this short shuffle. Thank you. Have to fudge the last two chords though… can’t cover the A and D strings with my third finger. Is that how you play it?

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    • Stewart D says

      December 1, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      I’m referring to the tab, of course, showing the ring finger on strings 4&5, 7th fret.

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  37. Peter K says

    December 1, 2020 at 7:30 am

    I’m somewhat new to this awesome site. Thanks Brian! Is there a backing track for this lesson? I see it referenced in a comment but cant seem to find it. Sorry, still finding my way around. Pete

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