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Flatpicking Robert Johnson's Blues Style

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This is an excerpt from Brad Davis' book/DVD/CD course "Flatpicking the Blues." Here Brad shows how to simulate the Robert Johnson style of picking using the flatpick combined with fingers. Everything Brad plays here is transcribed in the book that accompanies the DVD. To find out more about this course, visit www.flatpick.com/blues.

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  • id rather just use my fingers lol

  • this is what robert gets for selling his soul. Damn, robert dont know if it was worth it.

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  • @RcUniverseGuy Heres names

  • @RcUniverseGuy No you are, Hes names Mr. Bill Monroe,Frank Wakefield, Earl Scruggs,Ralph Stanley,and the greatest flat picker of all time Mr. Tony Rice. You may owe a lot to him. Bluegrass doesn't have to owe him anything. Robert Johnson got taken selling his soul. He wasn't as good, as a ave. Bluegrass picker.

  • @bluegrasssingingman are you crazy? hows he garbage? nobody was playing even close to him at the time.. all rock and blues musicians of today owe a lot to him. and one of the greatest bands of all time led zeppelin wouldn't even exist without him....

  • @jdmtj5 RJ wasn't any better. RJ was a piece of untalented shit.

  • Robert Johnson is garbage.

  • play with your fingers kids

  • eric cla----

    annd so wheres the rest of the vid?

  • @flatpickingirl It's actually a more crisp sound the way Clapton is playing it, due to the pick... even though he includes his other fingers. The flatpick style gives more of a muted sound to the strings. They don't ring as clean or clear as the pick. No matter who plays it. Listen a little more carefully and you will hear the difference.. as subtle as it may be sometimes.

  • thanks some muck it was nice to be able to play little blues

  • @shabs124 oh you subtle troll not quite subtle enough

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