Basic Blues Shuffle with Eric Madis

[sscheldt]

Could you do a lesson on the riffs you start the video with? It's a very tasty mix of licks, chord fragments and dbl stops. Very jump bluesy, exactly what I'm trying to learn.

Thanks for all that....

[2008Scamp]

hey Eric, nice to see you on the web! This lesson seems vaguely familiar... ;) - steve BTW: that opening visual blinking effect gave me a seizure! :)

[JMJ339]

MAN !!!!! I LEARNED A BOAT LOAD THE FIRST 2 MINUTES OF THIS VIDEO...IM KEEPIN ALL THEM LICKS THANKS!!!!!!!

[Cashcow42]

Thanks for the free guitar lessons.........the different angles of the cameras help tremendously.......Top of the line.

[ericmadis53]

As for Eric Clapton "Change the World", yes some of those chords are the same as one of the "alternatives" to the standard shuffle style. However, Clapton did not create that chord styling....I've got Lonnie Johnson records from the 1930s that use that same chording. That approach is based on trying to chord like a piano. So Clapton did not come up with anything new....and I mean no disrespect to him. He would acknowledge that himself.

[tclaes92]

the same E chord variation used in Clapton's Change the world. E7 then 4th fret A string/2nd fret G.-then 5th fret A string and 4th fret G string.

[Mr12BarD]

Very cool! at the 2:42 mark you go into another variation of the shuffle that has a great groove. Would you mind sharing the chord formations for the IV and V chords? Thanks.

[MichaelLydon]

I disagree with Eric's idea for the right hand. To get a truly rocking beat on a blues, the player needs to keep his right hand in the air, not touching the guitar. Yes, right hand waves around that way, and you may hit wrong strings, but those mistakes are minor compared to the big rhythmic advantage of swinging freely from the elbow and shoulder.

[kolspider]

i think this is superfluous, jimi hendrix used his left hand thumb to play. theres no 'right way' to play a guitar.

[MichaelLydon]

Yes, there's no "right way" to play, I just like the free swinging right hand myself, it works for me.

[GaryT85]

holy crap that was great...

i wish i could jam out cool blues stuff like that

[einaroneeye]

Nicely explained and good examples. Cool stuff.

[insaneguitarfrettet]

good blues playing! blues is my favourite music

[sldsoldier2]

nice!

[rafman1010]

u are #%&@! awesome mate thanx

[mate488]

WOw!!! Awesomee!!!!!!!!!

[safenders]

wow, dude that was amazing.

[cossygrahame]

very nice

[Peckinpahh]

nice lesson, only the "vintage video effect" in the beginning gave me an epileptic seizure. But thats alright.

[JorgeAmarull]

Just Great; thanks a lot....

[narancor]

Gibson ES135 great guitar man.

[CortesZ666]

Yeap. Gibson ES135, Nice

[fookyoo1111]

nice lesson mate

[metalheadprime]

perfect blues my friend.

[bushcatcher]

loved it!

[13jjpoop]

sweet great job

[slashthetophat]

awesome!

[KryptoniteCondom93]

cool!

[wrathofmagno]

You just made me day with ur username lol XD

[rkontna]

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