Fred Sokolow teaches "Statesboro Blues" in Open D Tuning

[howmayband]

Very soft warm south feeling from your version. Will practice till I can match your style.

Thank you.

[CozmikAnt]

That was very kind and generous of you sir to make this video and share this. Thank you.

[rss313]

Great video!!! I've successfully learned the whole thing, while singing, just from this video! Praise GtrWorkShp!

[skyzoophone]

TNX sir, I new "gotta move" and now with nyour advices I fell this tuning!!

[zapwai]

Great video!

[adesign101]

Thanks so much! Very helpful information.

[73CLAMDIGGER]

GREAT JOB!



[jennyomalley]

Still think your version of this is the best Fred, I bought your book fretboard roadmaps,which i recommend, but i just can not seem to get along with drop tunings . I'll post my feeble attempt at Statesboro blues. One take.

[LuccaTotti]

Try to do the lick at 4:46 that way:

5 --------0----

6 ----7-6-------

Doing that way gives you more time to change positions from the lick at 4:15 to the finishing lick at 7:49...

[MrGrandfatherparadox]

aint nothin like old men playing good old acoustic blues

[timothysepperhart]

Hey Fred, Nice video. Weird question here. What kinda hat is that you got there? I wanna buy me one. Cuz I got them no hat blues.

[MrGrandfatherparadox]

@timothysepperhart its a fedora hat i think. its actually called like ava fedora or somthing but just google fedora hat ull find one, i actually used to rock them in my skateboarding days

[Fruscianteistheman]

Fred I just wanted to say you are a very helpful and understanding teacher that not only have you taught me a great version, other nice licks and advice i will take heed! thx so much!

[Tafkadasohlol]

"blues is the base or all genres" ---> bullshit

[highsociety06]

@Tafkadasohlol You're an idiot

[lacrosseguy123419]

blues is the base or all genres

[rss313]

Great lesson. Still wondering what chords were used at 2:23

[MatheusMendonca1]

Important question:

Tthe guitar is in D open tunin, but the music is in what tuning?

[chrishpippin]

@MatheusMendonca1 In open D, the song will be in D, with G as the subdominant and A as the Dominant.

[ilovedamusic1000]

@MatheusMendonca1 huh?

[gtflyer]

Man, I love that guitar.. Is that a Santa Cruz by any chance..?

[lukeydev]

@gtflyer no

[lesoy]

Great teaching style, Fred. Really useful and user friendly! Thank you.

[ivanluisgomes]

thank you very much sir, for this lesson

best regards

[LLJJEEYY]

Thanks a bunch Fred. Great amount of understandable open D help. I wish all instructional were this user friendly.

[3nlight3nm3]

nice! 

[cricklekid]

Great lesson. Perfect pace for me. Thanks Fred.

[fax1717]

oh my God... it's soul blues

[jkuebler89]

is it possible for someone to never get this independent thumb. im gettin stuck!

[noreggi]

it comes eventually dude try not looking it as doing two things at once but like your hands a claw and your clawing the bass notes with the melody. if you look at it from a singular way it will come

[bobbyatopk]

any one noticed it sounds alot like john faheys song, i think poor boy a long way from home

[asgu333]

freds the best

[sawabojo]

great version there

[leftchicago]

At last a clear, concise, easy to breakdown way to get into this song and open D tuning. Thanks for the posting.

[crownvvc4]

you sound kinda like vin diesel.....smooth playin man

[frg8526]

Great lesson. Who's the maker of that guitar? It's really nice.

[galaxyrock]

It's a Franklin guitar.

[frg8526]

Thanks Galaxy Rock.

[braddakimo1954]

definately one of the best guitar lessons i've experienced! plenty of info. thanks!

[amutemusic]

Check out the band THE DEVIL MAKES THREE's cover of this song!

You might fall in love! Trust me.

[rosscoyates]

What is the tuning?

[surfinbernard77]

Open D tuning (D A D Fsharp A D)

[viehlee]

i found you cause i searched for an d for my mandolin

cause im in bed and to lazy to get my tuner

[Grave187RIP13]

This is really good.

And I'm not even a big fan of blues.

[Larrymarx]

Absolutely beautifully done..... LM

[skateandcreate1234]

great lesson learned alot. thanks

[weejoesoap]

love this track!! :)

[alucardisdumb]

a fine picker.

kudos good sir for a job well done

[jkuebler89]

nothin beats this

[VNTPLA]

Ciao professorone, perche' non provi a farla in accordatura standard accordi C e G fingerpicking ?

[Smoothness22]

Anyone care to share the picking pattern? Im so frusturated, I cant figure it out!!!!

[binzing]

From watching and listening all I can guess is alternating on the D (6th) and D (4th) string, and then the rest you just figure out from his fingerings on the treble strings.

[MrMurray211]

thanks

[nosajrinse1]

That's nice, I play blues in open G, slide style, but never felt the blues feeling in open D, this is interesting. This is the only song that I have composed in open tuning.Check it out if you like.

"SONGBIRD"BY DAVID JASON

[yomotoro]

Yep..t'is said feller...same one.

[legalrule]

Wow!! Is this the same Sokolow that does all the tab work for guitar?

If so he is a genius!!!!!!!!

[professorone55]

thanks ma noncapisco perche non cè un caspita di chitarrisata italiano che spiega in italiano

[Lukeblueslover]

Quanti in italia ascoltano Blind Willie McTell?;)

[Maysey1]

Very nice picking friend. What model of guitar is that, it sure sounds good. Check out some of my instrumentals in open D if you get a little time. Take care now!  Mark

[wipfschmidi]

eccelent! very nice! thank you!

[strangerfrommars]

great job learned alot...I bought the DVD too.

[BillSensor]

very good, I finally got the words, having listened to the Almann Bros crackin' version

[roysteinar]

Harry from MacGyver

[townshipofmaple]

nice one, was wondering is that a Furch he is playing?

[diedaniel]

this guy rock awesome explanation for the open d tunning

[PokoLambro]

Love love LOVE this channel. It's nice to see HUMBLE professionals perform, never over-the- top.

[krazietokkie]

thats my guitar teacher!

[hearavoice]

can anyone do me a favor and tell me what is the fretting on the A7 chord i cannot tell where, exactly he is putting his fingers thanks.

[guild618]

The walk down to A7 is. 4th srting 2,1,0 3rd string,2 back to D

[hearavoice]

thanks, i appreciate that. may GOD continue to bless you.

[cruiserblue]

This is a great lesson however im in the same boat a beginner at playin this kind of blues find it hard to keep time with my thumb anyone no of some practise sites it happins on most songs i try and learn the seems to have a mind of its own

[jessupar]

to be honest i didnt watch the actual lesson, i just like the way you played it. the intro may be stolen from skip james, but alot (ALOT) of people use that as an intro, so he very well could have taken that from someone else too.

[007380]

Excellent....  Thanks for posting

[mikmc]

Thanks a lot, a great help.

[minor7b5b9]

Fred has a couple of books out on "Great Jazz Standards for Guitar." Bought them in New Orleans in 1987.They're on chord melody playing if you're into that.Not that hard to learn.

[522drwagon]

Actually--Video's such as this one, are the BEST Learning Video's you can learn from.. Why??? Because your NOT actually learning the song.. Your learning new techniques, cords, licks, rythms, and stuff like that.. If your here to just learn this song, and thats it---GO SOMEWHRE ELSE---Your in the wrong place....This is a very good video for learning Open D Tuning....

[522drwagon]

Good Video---Alot of Cool licks--AS HE EXPLAINS---Very Good Taught Lesson---Can Learn Much More then Just the SONG from this Video---Would Rate it a #10----

[522drwagon]

Why COMPLAIN---IT's FREE----Practice Makes Perfect....HELLO?????

[Smoothness22]

im having trouble understanding the finger picking pattern- im a begginer and he's too fast... can somebdoy help me?

[zombyfrank]

find some stuff a little easier and practice that for a while, then come back to this. you'll get it if you keep at it, it's not that hard.

[ardentoctopus]

Love this, I use open tuning with slide and you inspire me to have a go with um... what do ya call those things.... oh yea, fingers.

[lysolbombs470]

Everyone should check out the Stephen Stills version of this song. Both are equally awesome!

[jonno52]

I'd certainly call this a lesson as much as a performance.. He doesn't hold your hand too much & spell stuff out note by note, but the tricks are there & you just have to pay attention & try & get your head round it. Great vid.

[resoblues]

Dont get to Mc Cabes much anymore, too far. But hope to run into ya sometime. Thanks, W

[bubthunder]

Getting my fingers to pluck the right strings is difficult. This is a good lesson though.

[Snakeskn]

I've been playing for 35 years and , admittedly, I'm impressed.

[upst8]

Man I gotta learn that Travis picking. Sounds great on this song - like most people I'm only familiar with the Allman Bros. Version but this is really nice.

[anthonynoname]

this is less of a lesson and more of a performance and then he just goes over it again. and talks in the middle of the sections.

[CUNTGAFFLE]

While I completely agree in the conventional sense, that a lesson is probably something where every detail is explained and exampled - I don't always believe such measures are always the most beneficial to the listener.

Sometimes it's nice to just get little tidbits of information and advice, and just let you play it the way you want.

You can even pick up more sometimes that way.

[lilaino]

great lesson!!!!!!! wow

[jrbaconcheez]

hahahahahahahaha

[alisterhrae]

Fred is one of the best guitar teachers on the planet, he can play anything!

[plyzorba1]

Nicely played.

[Volvodad]

Wow! Thanks for that very informative lesson. Lots of useful material! Very nicely played too!