Acoustic Blues Tutorial

[slimjimsimmy]

huge fan. could you talk about how you transition between major and minor?

[Fennell19900]

2:32 just made me smile

[terriot]

He's no Marty Schwartz when it comes to teaching!

[jimmyharley1988]

you are dedicated man ill put a vid up on the skills you taught me!

[NorbertGardonyi]

How many years does it take to play so fast and professionally like at the start of the video?

[zykos1]

@NorbertGardonyi depends on the person,how much you enjoy playing/willing to learn :) there's no standard on that

[TheDoyoxdice]

thnk u.. =)

[kswilson89]

which major notes do you include in your blues scale? mainly the major 3rd?

[adrianomarto]

Great song man. But this is not a tutorial.

[EOSRI1]

@adrianomarto it is, he shows you things

[mattpoynter002]

thank you:D

[g00kplay]

agreed no teaching here

[marioapy]

Go 'Noles!!!!

[AJBluesman]

Mr. Fluid Fingers !

[AkoolStick]

did anybody else think they were high when they saw the strings all wavy like that?

[AJBluesman]

@AkoolStick I did !

[neuigkeiten]

thnx

[pacheco98]

i will give it a try.

i like your music.

[VQgel]

Can you pls make a full lesson of these vid? i rly like it =) good job man

[BlakeMacey]

SOMEONE meet the Devil at the Crossroads! lol

[CapitaineBuisson]

ah i just discover the tutorial ! thank's a lot for all those precious information.

but could you please show us a bit of you'r lick and the way you play it with your finger, this would be very interesting!

[AussieEuro]

This is just showing off, not teaching mate.

[BonjourRich]

Hey dude, I watch your videos all the time, you are so very fluid - including your electirc numbers (mostly in C I think). Please post some more tutorials, it would be great to take apart more of your blues playing ... good work bro!

[superagnitio]

great playing wow

[stephen25uk]

spancat said it, not hard to do, just hard to do it well and you really do it well, inspires me to practice more. thanks.

[Rshutterbug]

Hey man keep up the good work u have some serious skill sounds amazing!

[7GAA]

well done.

[jifigz]

I am no guitar guru, but to go into a little more depth I think these are the notes that slim uses. He says he adds some "major notes", and here are the ones I think he adds. Check the mixo-blues scale. For the key of E, the notes are E, F#, G, G#, A, Bb, B, C#, D. So the major notes he adds are F#, G#, and C#, giving you a nine note scale which sounds much better than just the six not blues scale. Nice playing Sweetpotatoslim!

[ksaajasto]

I really want the multiac in the background :)

Very helpful, thanks for posting

[spancat03]

V useful. Not that hard to do it but v difficult to do it this well.

Any chance of a couple more tutorials?? Pls!

[bubusss234674]

thanx man! greetings from Turkey :)

[SaintFookinJimmy]

I wish I could play that well without a pick :-/

Great video dude.

[fullcontactfighter88]

Go Noles!

[Kehan24]

nice tutorial, a bit advanced for me who havent played blues at all, but i want to learn soooo much. thanks keep it up.. u rock

[BasClement]

Tnx:D a tutorial from you. Great!!

[uhila24]

should be labeled - advanced tutorial. impressive tho

[CharlieLayton]

dude you had me till 2:26 then i lost you.

[Jeahbuddy]

for me it´s very helpfull

u just have to follow this chordprogreession and ad some little e blues scale licks in it.

[ronspeck]

I agree with the majority, it's not aimed at us begginers into acoustic blues but is definatly helpful

[sergiobett]

was a good lesson, but could been slower and a little more detailed...thx

[cyrus234]

would u like to show how to keep playin' the bass note/bassline without affectin' the melody part??

maybe u can slow down ur playin' to let us see what's goin' on.

anyway,you master ur machine =] thanks!

[yoyodunno]

it's not a bad lesson, but it's definitely not aimed at beginners.

[703224796]

just watch it a few times back to back with your guitar at hand and you'll get what he is saying.......it is fast, but all you need is in there.........practice makes the difference

[dencolitis]

thanx man

[threefingers333]

good stuff....play them bongos on teh floor

[THExxJOKERxx]

lol...i agree XD ... im trying to improvise on what he says but... well... i suck :P

[703224796]

everybody sucks at first...........trust me, the skill will creep up on you one day as long as you keep practicing and trying to get better

[karazh]

ok this is defnitly a tutorial for professionals :D:D:D

[cyberfan5]

Nice blues pattern.

[Methadone4Life]

Amazing..cant wait to hear you do another electric blues improv.

[orangemik]

wonderful mr sweetpotatoslim,.. 5/5 stars!

[Soccerdribbel]

Show off xD

No, kidding, you're really good!

[jerseymover3]

sounds great man...what are you doing with as far as picking goes? If you are fingerpicking, how do you rotate your fingers to pick the scales out at a fast speed?

[SweetpotatoSlim]

thanks, I'm fingerpicking here using the thumb, 1,2 & 3 fingers, plus a lot of pull offs. I'll try to get a video of my picking hand.

[IJmackdaddy]

@SweetpotatoSlim how are you hitting the root note on the beat while playing the rest? i just tried for like 30 mins and cant quite get it down with my thumb.. should i use a different finger?

[coulsonsam87]

thanks very much for sharing, this is going to help me for sure. happy new year

[peepeeland]

Nice tutorial. Also, with a little practice, you'd sound just like Tom Hanks.

[sooperdoodey]

Easier said than done.

But seriously, you're amazing. Less teaching, more giant, ridiculously long blues improvisations.

Youtube is too fargone to try to teach.

[000VanHalen000]

shouldve been a bit more in depth with like other things like turn arounds and stuff like that but still thank you so much. really glad u showed the extra notes you add on to the reg "blues scale"

[clockwise3559]

thanks