12 bar blues in E lesson

[justin20111000]

i love the whammy part

[guitarrookie1974]

thanx for the lesson man...

[OutcastAuthority]

This is great man, thanks heaps. I came here after reading an interview with tommy Emmanuel. His advice was to learn 12 bar blues and improv along with it, starting from E then working up through the keys at each turn around. Now I know where to begin.

[theerion]

@OutcastAuthority Absolutely, man... it's the key to all blues/rock music, the minor pentatonic scale over 12 bar blues. If you go get yourself a looper pedal and then lay down your own 12 bars, in whatever key/tempo/rhythm you choose, THEN you've got everything in place to get very good at it... then the doors really open. Cheers and good luck!

[mbiebel872]

7th chords, that's what I've been missing. Thank you. I've never been able to get away from playing blues in minor, this will help.

[WaltonWembleyMusic]

I loved your performance at Crossroads with Keb Mo! yoou guys were just about my favourite part of the show.

[dalecox1]

Thanks! A lesson as cool as the music.

[ssh300]

Great lesson & Tone! BTW, What's the model name of the camera used on this clip?

[Giorgigogaladze]

nice guitar i want that too

[checkabreak]

thanks!! 

[FiberMania]

Nice tips! ;)

[eigononinja]

The best tutorial for the 12 bar blues ive seen yet. Your vid has helped me along with it more all the others i watched put together. Thanks man. :D

[beefy142]

drop your pinky for even more coolness. haha awesome dude

[allthingsclassicrock]

good video thanks for sharing your knowledge with us

[writeDVD]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. You've unlocked a creative spark in me. I think I'm getting somewhere. Thanks!

[theerion]

@writeDVD Mission accomplished!  Enjoy!

[superagnitio]

Great lesson, thank you a lot

[BerkayBB]

" You can even drop pinky for even more coolness "

I lol'd :D

[strollby]

most informative and helpful, thanks for posting

[theerion]

@strollby I'm glad you found it helpful! thanks for strolling by. (hhe)

[wingsfan1981]

The solo portion of the blues that you played here ... what is that scale?

[theerion]

minor pentatonic, for sure

[alkalynn1]

u should do mo lesson bro. thx

[carlmilton1]

nice dude. just a couple of minutes playing after this vid and i was getting some nice bluesy sounds. cheers.

[BennyFIoyd]

awesome man. I'm feeling your blues, keep the coolness alive.

[Daocpwnswow]

Excellent vid!!!!!! I'm a guitar newbie, and I have been playing around with 12 bar blues, messing with the E7, A7 chords, and that g-tone you added on the A7 as well, and B7 has been the missing piece in my puzzle!

I did not even pay 100% attention to your vid, I just played around following your blues and loved it! 5 stars

[theerion]

Thanks!! Keep at it! :-)

[ModPCLM]

theres a way easier way to play this

[theerion]

Most of us aren't looking for an easier way.

[ModPCLM]

lol...

....ok?

[theerion]

:-)

Maybe I don't understand what you mean. Easier?

[ModPCLM]

*more convenient

[theerion]

Oh, I agree with you. The way you said it, though, sounded kinda odd. No worries. And yes, lots of ways to play this.

[donottawaguitar]

thanks

[fax1717]

Wow... good job. I've understead also if I'm italian.... great teacher... ciao.

[theerion]

grazie!

[TheHiphopopotomas]

Excellent...I'm used to playing just regular open shuffles (index, pinky, index, pinky) so this was a nice change. There's nothing like A 0 1 2 - B7 to evoke the Blues!

[theerion]

indeed! my favorite turnaround chord - so much can be done with it

[buddymanguystuff]

Thanks helpful... just started guitar. How to you mute with the pick hand without killing the sound. ? I am learning on acoustic btw.

[theerion]

Hhey, glad you got something out of it. To answer your question, you DO kill the sound with your picking hand... only, at very specific and emotionally satisfying times. Try strumming a chord with your eyes closed, and find a rhythm in your muting/unmuting. Then, practice some scales with eyes closed and focus on staccato-style notes (sharp, quick blips of sound). You'll find pick-hand and fret-hand muting work together and very rarely will you need only one or the other.

[buddymanguystuff]

Cool, Yeah I kinda figured it out. My fingers hurt too much for one day though. I have probably picked up the guitar 5 or so times... I just needed a break from learning the major scales and decided to play around with some blues. So this video was perfect.

[theerion]

I wish you the best of luck. search on my channel for '3 shapes for dave' for another (I hope) useful lesson. cheers!

[Smadlin01]

It's called Palm Muting, as your comment was two months ago I'm sure you've gotten the hang of it now, just just incase you haven't, i'm sure you can just type Palm Muting lesson into youtube. Good luck with guitar ;).

[ANTHROGUY2004]

This is so great. I picked up guitar about 2 weeks ago (for the second time in my life) and have been trying to play a 12 bar blues in E. I was making mistakes on fingering that were making things difficult, but this video helped and then some! Thanks for posting.

[theerion]

Awesome! Glad you found it helpful!  Here's to two weeks turning into twenty years.

[mriley8391]

need some practice bro but good vid keep at it

[theerion]

hey thanks! :-)

[dayday5178]

Great vid dude. Hands up!

[theerion]

Woohoo! Thanks!

[missmorado]

that was the most helpful video i've ever watched =]

thanks man

[theerion]

that's a tall compliment - thanks!

[HandsomeDynamite]

Hey man this is awesome. You make it simple and easy to understand. Thanks a lot.

[theerion]

I'm glad you found this helpful, cheers!

[gabe31g]

question when ur strumming on E before u land on A 7 the open strings isnt that an open G major ? In between E and A 7 isnt that a G major  dont if I explained myself correctly

[theerion]

that's correct and yes, that's explained correctly. :-)

[ginrou]

just wicked. i like your laid back teaching style also

[crippled1993]

Great vid trying to teach myself to play via internet and this helps alot

[rendab]

Hey, thanks a lot...I have been trying for weeks to get this figured out and you just did it for me...

[theerion]

awesome!!

[elohae]

great help thanks mate

[theerion]

glad it helped!

[ScottDog1973]

Hiya,

Love this clip, ace. I'm just learning learnt tons from this. Keep posting!!

SD

[theerion]

hiya SD -- man, I'd love to make more of these but i've been pretty busy with my 6mo old twins! see my channel for some other vids -- there's another video I think you'll find helpful, it's called 3 Shapes for Dave -- search my channel for it, it's a good one imho -- cheers!

[dannyboy6907]

CONGRATULATIONS! and cheers for the video, big help

[Atyer7]

nice ^^

[silent221]

your awsome

[Piratetude]

I'm just learning some blues riffs, your's is a little difficult for me right now, mostly because it's not the typical stuff I've been exposed to. ..hopefully I'll be able to get it. I subscribed, and look forward to more. thanks

[NapoleonLenker]

useful, thank you.

[theerion]

cool, I'm glad. Now run with it. :-)

[f666off]

Good Stuff

[PedroLuisTeles]

awesome, man :)

[BarberShopA]

geeze how nice are you sir?

[elmoboy86]

subscribed!

[theerion]

awesome! I have some other instructional stuff not too far back - have a look - cheers - new vids coming out soon, methinks

[thephoenix400]

great lesson - thanks!

[wredniak921]

great lesson

[theerion]

thanks!

[mynamejonas]

Thanks for the helpful vid!

[theerion]

any time, glad it helped!

[recuerdodelfuturo]

Thank you mate.

[theerion]

aye, my pleasure

[vinbasshred]

I like it when you spaz out at the end it was cool to leave that in

[theerion]

i LOVE spazzing out like that

[FunnyMovies5373]

Love the video man. Helped me out a lot! Thanks for putting it up. You're a great teacher!

[theerion]

hey thanks! glad it was helpful... it's all about practice, and love, and loving practice.

[mickle1600]

"drop your pinky for even more coolness" for the win. its all about variation... youre a solid teacher dude. rock on!

[theerion]

hey thanks mickle! some people have more coolness in their pinkies than others... I'm always workin' on my pinky. :-)

[dalonto]

great man. youre a great techer.

[theerion]

thanks!  :-)

[triumph5ta]

THIS, online guitar tutors, is how it should be done... thankyou.

[theerion]

thank you!

[futuramaishot]

Nice! I give you a five star!

[theerion]

thank you :)

[littleone7788]

c'est quoi ces positions j'ai jamais vu ca depuis quand on met l'auriculaire derrière le manche

[Schmaddio]

That was great how you broke it down for the novice player. A lot of folks don't take the time that you did you illustrate the fingerings and basically just jam their way through a lesson forgetting that lessons like this are designed for those who still don't really understand the basics.

[theerion]

Comments like yours make all this worthwhile. I'm glad you found it helpful! I have a couple others, if you dig. People seem to like my 2-Chord Gravy vid - check it out and enjoy! Cheers - Chris

[devikit]

hey man ive just commented one of your other videos and noticed youre documenting your progress. best of luck to you with it, you seem to be coming along well.

one small bit of advice - don't curl your little finger under the the neck when you are playing chords that don't use it. its a bad habit to get in to, as you may come to need that little finger for something in the future. catch it early an you'll be fine! :)

- ross

[theerion]

hi ross - yes, it seems we're playing comment tag :-)

thanks for the tip on the finger. i agree that the best approach, that I've HEARD is that "all fingers should be as comfortably close to the fretboard for shorter reaction time." then again, I've also WATCHED a lot of often-great players curl that finger back when not in use. So I've been trying to emulate. Naturally though, my pinky waggles like a drunk lady at the beach, LOL

[devikit]

"drunk lady at the beach" is the funniest thing i've heard in a while haha.

yeah a lot of great players will do things that technically aren't "correct" or the most efficient, but i suppose that may be because no one told them otherwise. The way i see it is that if they started out doing it the most efficient way, then they might be even better!

Check out Guthrie Govan. He is my favourite player at the moment, and he uses his first 3 fingers a lot, when he should use say fingers 1, 2 and 4.

[myfavoritevideoclip]

Playing a regular A instead of A7 does not deprive one of growl, my friend. ;-)

[theerion]

TRUE TRUE TRUE

[philipp122]

But it does give it a different feel I think. Depends on what you're trying to write. Sometimes I don't use any 7th chords at all.

[guitarjed]

Great instructional video man, lets have more!!!!

[theerion]

Hiya Jed! Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful. more of these in the future! :-)

[stealthwalnut]

Hey thanks. I'm a beginner and you explained this rather well. Thank you.

[theerion]

"stealthwalnut" is one of the best youtube names i've heard. :-) from one beginner to another, i'm glad it was helpful

[sharbohemia]

This is good. ~S :D

[theerion]

i'm glad it was helpful :)

[1BrknHrtdRomeo]

not a pro?!?

on the contrary, you'd make an incredible teach ^_^

awesome dude, i needed this! =D

[theerion]

wow, thanks man! very cool of you! i have some other instruction vids, too. if you're interested in sleepwalk, shoot me a private message and i'll hook you up with the private vids (2 made so far)

again, thanks for the nice compliment :-)

[popsyjazz]

Great stuff, I will send this clip to my son he sounds a great deal like yourself? Very caring, he also loves singing and playing guitar. I can't ever imagine a world without music. Can you? cheers and thank you again

[theerion]

Hi again! I hope he finds it useful, and no, I couldn't imagine a world without music

[coldshot55551]

you can turn that into Hootchie Choochie Man.I like the way you got your hand into shot, everything is in reverse and it's a little tricky at first. Great job. Coldshot=kim

[theerion]

you can turn that into 85% of the the blues songs in history, actually. :) yeah I did a bit of craning and posturing to the get the camera angle right.  thanks bro

[orangepeels03]

Oh that was so sweet of u to share that!!

i'll try that myself. and tell u how many days i will be able to learn those.

*M*

[nikoman44]

Glad you put this up on line. I think it will help a lot of folks who want to practice something that is fun. Well explained and demonstrated. Looking forward to more similar mini lessons. How about a video on right hand muting?

[jonniebock]

I wish I had instructions like this when I was trying to learn guitar 20 years ago. I had an angry older brother and a chord book. And my god-given amazing talent. And my sense of self-importance. That was it. Great stuff - I'm sure many people will appreciate this vid.

[theerion]

hey thanks jonnie - i'm glad it's being received well so far. and all joking aside, you do have god-given amazing talent.

[raigpond]

Hey thanks for that my friend I'm gonna try it soon!Take care and keep rocking!

[theerion]

rock on my brotha

[straymouse]

Cool song! and Nice instruction!

[theerion]

thank you straymouse! :-)

[celticnooneson]

Da Blues!!!! Oh Yeah. This vid contains the roots to all modern music. Thanks and Peace

[theerion]

i wholeheartedly agree :) thank you

[carlguage]

Hey Theerion, If you want to teach The Blues, Tell them to Get Married Thatll give em the Blues!!!HAHAHA... Jusr Kiddin,........ Nice Vid for the Future Pickers,Like the camera angle, Youve become the Mel Bay of the 21st Century!!

[theerion]

LOL that's great! And yes, that gives most men the blues in one way or another, at one time or another. Thx on the camera angle, I'm still looking for the ideal "this is YOUR angle of view" tripod arrangement.

[idunnowhateva]

Oh my garsh your lessons are so cool.

[theerion]

well garsh i dunno what to say but thanks :)

[theerion]

hey thanks bro - i'm hoping beginner-beginners out there can benefit from these clips -- cheers!

[BradCampbell63]

My bud has an old fender...next time talk about where you set your tone controls and switches...you do a good job at teaching...good luck

[theerion]

heya brad that's a great idea - thank you. i'll go into tone controls and switches on a future video. thanks for the compliment on the teaching thing -- this vid was originally made just for two guys and they said i should release it. again, thx