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Blues Guitar Lessons - Learn Blues Guitar With Jim Bruce - Deep River Blues by Doc Watson

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Uploaded on Aug 13, 2009

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Learn Blues Guitar with Jim Bruce. http://youtunerecords.com/lp/jblet.html

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Acoustic Guitar Lessons http://www.play-blues-guitar.eu - Preview Jim's Complete Course ' Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons '

This online blues guitar lesson featuring Deep River Blues by Doc Watson is the second in the series (maybe the last - we'll see!) Anyone serious about acoustic blues guitar and studying blues guitarists should take a look at the Travis style of picking and incorporate it into their playing, even if they want to play the blues in a different style. Learn how to play acoustic blues guitar in Doc's inimitable style

Here, we take a look at those 'fiddly bits' that appear in Doc's rendition of Deep River. These are the little things that suddenly appear and blow us away with their magic, such as double thumb beats and added syncopation with thumb/finger combination strokes. It's even more interesting when you consider that Doc (like other great masters such as Gary Davis, Broonzy,Hopkins) used just one finger on his picking hand to achieve these results. I hope you enjoy it - come back again!

Learn how to play acoustic blues guitar http://www.play-blues-guitar.eu - Preview Jim's Complete Course ' Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons '

The full range of lessons available show how to play blues guitar in various styles, such as delta blues (Robert Johnson), Texas blues (Lightnin' Hopkins), Chicago swing blues (Big Bill Broonzy), and ragtime blues (Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Willie Walker). Learn blues guitar in the style of Carolina blues (Floyd Council, Pink Anderson, Scrapper Blackwell), bottleneck and open tunings. Many blues guitarists are covered in detail.

There are two videos for Doc Watson Guitar Lessons on this channel - this video is the first part of an on-line video lesson and gives an insight into his complex finger picking style.

It's true that basic finger picking is very simple - you either hit one string with thumb and the next one with a finger, or pinch two or three strings together with thumb and finger(s)! Of course, it's how we use our thumb and fingers that make all the difference. I've noticed that many, many older school blues guitar masters just used one finger on their right hand - Doc Watson, Reverend Gary Davis, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council, Big Bill Broonzy, and the list goes on.

Often, the right thumb jumps across to the treble strings to help out, which adds to the syncopation. It becomes more and more evident that the right thumb is crucial to creating the sound. It can double the beat, make an off-beat, strum across the strings and produce single string runs when used alternately with one of the fingers (usually the index.)

Enjoy the incredible easy sounding style of Doc Watson - and marvel at his genius and dexterity! Let his example show you how to play blues guitar! Learn blues guitar - more on my site http://www.play-blues-guitar.eu/how-t...

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Deep River Blues Lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4lMZx...
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  • nubcakken01

    how hard of a fingerpicking song is this on a scale of beginner to expert? ~advanced?

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  • Jim Bruce

    Hi - technically its not too difficult, particularly if you use the shortcuts I show on the vid. The big challenge is to play it smoothly in the that great relaxed style of Doc's - go for it!

    Cheers

    Jim

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  • EcTxPro

    What tuning ?

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  • Jim Bruce

    Normal tuning, key of E

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  • Nikitosss91

    its awesome !

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  • Jim Bruce

    Thanks - not strictly blues music, but definitely blues guitar chords combined with Travis style picking - awesome indeed!

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  • Shawn Andress

    I want to learn this. Sounds nice. I wonder if I could emulate this and mix it with my basic style of playing. I like all kinds of music depending on my mood. Thanks for being so popular, it was not hard to find this channel.

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    One word.....Fantastic!!!

    

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  • Paul A

    This is brilliant I'm gonna be straight on it thanks for sharing.

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  • willy350z

    Fantastic talent*********

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  • lukethecoolfool

    What strings do you use?

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  • Michael Pearce

    Hey Mr.Jim Bruce,Thankyou for sharing your talent with the world.You did a really fine job for Doc.I'm sure he's quite proud of you.Keep Rockin

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    Tvy p

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