Thanks for this! I bought a record years ago called Really the Country Blues! (1927-1934) on Origin Jazz Library and this is among my favourites on that LP. Well done with that picking!
Thanks! My version is a combination of licks from the original by William Moore and a later version by guitarist Steffan Grossman - from whose videos I learned how to play this style.
Agreed. I started out with Grossman's "How To Play Blues Guitar" on VHS about 13 years ago. I also have a friend who plays fingerpicking blues and have learned a lot of the subtle techniques from him. It also helps to watch the old videos of the guys from the 1960s when most were filmed for the first - and only - times.
The place to start fingerpicking like this is with Stefan (with an f) Grossman's "Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques" 2 DVD set. I've learned a ton from it. Playing with an alternating bass is very tough at first but if you work hard at it it will become natural.
I agree, I really struggled with the alternating bass for about 2 months. Then one day, it just clicked. The concept that helped me the most was realizing that you are NOT playing two separate lines - bass and melody. Instead, you are playing them "together." That is, many times you hit a bass note and a treble note at the SAME time. Once I figured that out, the whole style came easy to me.
Nice. I love Moore's "One Way Gal." I saw Woody Mann perform it a couple of days ago. Is there an instructional DVD that you would recommend that teaches this style of fingerpicking?
I started out with Steffan Grossman's Beginners Country Blues Guitar -- I think it's still available. Go to his Website - Steffan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. They might also have it used (and cheaper) on E-Bay or Amazon. Thanks!
This tune has a subtle infectious joy about it - and you obviously love playing it. Thanks. 5*'s.
VesperPete 2 years ago
tnx nice version and i found out at last who the author was!
ciao gio'
giorgiopicker 3 years ago
Thanks for this! I bought a record years ago called Really the Country Blues! (1927-1934) on Origin Jazz Library and this is among my favourites on that LP. Well done with that picking!
lolasphere 3 years ago
Thanks! My version is a combination of licks from the original by William Moore and a later version by guitarist Steffan Grossman - from whose videos I learned how to play this style.
djmoore20041 3 years ago
Agreed. I started out with Grossman's "How To Play Blues Guitar" on VHS about 13 years ago. I also have a friend who plays fingerpicking blues and have learned a lot of the subtle techniques from him. It also helps to watch the old videos of the guys from the 1960s when most were filmed for the first - and only - times.
djmoore20041 3 years ago
The place to start fingerpicking like this is with Stefan (with an f) Grossman's "Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques" 2 DVD set. I've learned a ton from it. Playing with an alternating bass is very tough at first but if you work hard at it it will become natural.
glockdoc 3 years ago
I agree, I really struggled with the alternating bass for about 2 months. Then one day, it just clicked. The concept that helped me the most was realizing that you are NOT playing two separate lines - bass and melody. Instead, you are playing them "together." That is, many times you hit a bass note and a treble note at the SAME time. Once I figured that out, the whole style came easy to me.
djmoore20041 3 years ago
Nice. I love Moore's "One Way Gal." I saw Woody Mann perform it a couple of days ago. Is there an instructional DVD that you would recommend that teaches this style of fingerpicking?
peteraccettura 3 years ago
I started out with Steffan Grossman's Beginners Country Blues Guitar -- I think it's still available. Go to his Website - Steffan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. They might also have it used (and cheaper) on E-Bay or Amazon. Thanks!
djmoore20041 3 years ago
Thanks for the information; appreciate the quick response!
peteraccettura 3 years ago
Yes.
Check my version of "One Way Gal".
;-)
gustavoblues 3 years ago
I've watched that, several times! I like that a lot. You play it just right!
djmoore20041 3 years ago