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bishk99
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/25/2007 : 06:15:22
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Hi All,
A few months ago i picked up great book for learning fingerstlye blues on the guitar and have subsequently become completely engrossed in properly learning the technique. I'm really not much of a guitartist and this is the first time that I've really enjoyed putting the practice in.
Unfortunetly my knowlege of the Early Blues Genre is lacking and i'm really looking for some guidance for further material (songs, artists) to study.
Thus far I've only got a handful of songs down (Black Rat Swing, 32-20 blues, M & O Blues etc) so any suggestions to expand my repertoire would be great.
Cheers
-Bish
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bishk99
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
100 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2007 : 06:17:12
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Sorry for the typos. I can't seem to edit my topic.
-Jon |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 07:25:26
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| Try some Dylan tunes, and The Beatles' Blackbird (I belive the E strings are tuned down to D for that). |
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edbanky
= Cult of Ray =
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
388 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2007 : 12:22:22
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Mississippi John Hurt is (ok, was) a fucking monstrous blues fingerpicker. He keeps that bass going and plays some pretty remarkable crap underneath. Oh, and meanwhile, he sings. There's a 3 CD set of three albums that were released from some really clear 1960s recordings of him. I'd either buy that or listen to some samples online. I think if I could be able to play like anyone, I'd choose to be able to play like him.
Tiny Axe (MySpace)
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2007 : 12:36:50
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grab anything you can by Charley Patton or Robert Johnson.
Not limited strictly to one form of music, but what I get a kick out of is instead of playing a chord in its entirety I strip it down to the bare essentials for a more enigmatic, percussive sound.
For instance, instead of playing a G7 like (low to high) 353433, you can strip away a few notes, like the root (especially if you´re playing with a bassist, why have two roots?) and as you got two fifths there, on the A string and the B, get rid of one of them so you end up with a chord looks like xx343x
a Cm7 might look like xx334x
a Gm6, instead of 353353, could be 3x23xx (which Django Reinhardt used owing to having the use of less fingers than other guitarists; too, instead of playing an Fmaj7 like 133210 he did it like a bossanovaish 5x35xx - with the root on the D string. His version of St. Louis Blues is a good 'un to start on)
Plus, when you´re only playing barre chords it seems like the index finger of the left hand is doing all the leading to find the root, for me anyway when playing these stripped-down chords it distributes the attention amongst all the fingers and opens up feeling for variations on the chord you´re playing.
have fun!
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 01/25/2007 : 12:41:20
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and it ain´t traditional blues or even fingerpicked by any means but Captain Beefheart´s Trout Mask Replica is freakily good.
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2007 : 11:04:49
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Fingerstyle Blues reminds me of Blue Finger
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Fingersytle Blues - Guidance Needed
