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RHYTHM GUITAR: Rockin' the Open String Blues

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Uploaded by on Jul 20, 2010

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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question...

Q: Hey Andrew, What exactly is mean't by Open String Blues. And, can you demonstrate and make a tab lesson?
- Marcelo, Lisbon Portugal

If you're not familiar with the term Open String Blues it's really a great sound popularized by both Blues & Rock artists alike. Especially, guys like Stevie Ray Vaughn & Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. Open String Playing is all about playing a lot of your notes in the open position which would be within the first 5 frets. It incorporates a lot of keys that lend themselves well to open string use, like E, A, and D. Plus, of course, taking advantage of the effect of the ringing open strings.

The complete lesson article for this video will be available on the Creative Guitar Studio website shortly. Follow me on Twitter for lesson posting announcements:
http://twitter.com/andrewwasson
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  • Very cool. I am a delta blues student w/ not much computer savvy.  I tried finding the tab for this lesson but was stymied. Perhaps a fellow canuck could lend a hand. Thank you kindly, a b.c. boy.

  • @pacificnorthwester ... You can search videos by date on my blog site...

    FOR THIS VIDEO:

    Go to my Blog Site at AndrewWasson [dot] com

    Then, go to the Recent Posts page. Scroll down to July.

    This video was posted on July 30, 2010.

    If you scroll down to it, you'll find a hyper-link to the PDF handout.

    Thanks for watching,

    Andrew Wasson

    Creative Guitar Studio

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  • i like it....

  • @creativeguitarstudio Got it! Thank you ever so much Andrew for the prompt response and very cool lesson.

  • Top lesson Andrew. Great feel and a genuinely useful fill. Thanks

  • @mazi8008 > Andrew always has the tabs for his lessons on his blog website right after the YouTube lesson goes live (link's in the description drop-down under the video player). The tab's are there.

    Then, if you follow him on Twitter, in a few weeks time he reviews the entire lesson & posts a complete plan over on the Creative Guitar Studio lesson website (link is also in the description box). Hope that helps you if you are new to this channel. His lessons are probably the best on YouTube.

  • Hi, are the tabs already online or am i too stupid to find them...?

  • @bigdawgandrewm

    more Jazz to be honest........ of course, depending on where you're going.

  • Oh, I love HSH strats.

    By the way, I'm from Lisbon too.

    Great lesson!!

  • Hi Andrew

    Cool licks, I must say I can see it today, but I stopped after you stopped playing.

    I know you have to spoon feed people I need a spoon for some stuff but this is a very old thing it came from players using open tunings because guitars were made poorly 200 years ago or before CF Martin LOL.

    Music comes from all over the world but the blues is the birthplace for all modern music,.

    Thank for the site and the lesson

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