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Blues Guitar - Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons - Blind Blake - That'll Never Happen

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Blues Guitar Lessons http://www.play-blues-guitar.eu
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Sign Up Now and get these Free Goodies: Complete Delta Blues Guitar Lesson Download, two MP3 Albums (Acoustic Blues Travellers and Blind Blake) and a mini-course of 7 streamed videos covering basic blues picking techniques.

Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons with Jim Bruce. Includes complete blues guitar tabs.

Blind Blake's ragtime guitar technique was fast and very accurate. Students wanting to learn to play the blues in this finger picking style have two hurdles to overcome. First of all, we need to create the tablature that accurately reflects his finger positions and movements, and also 'guess' at some of the more obscure chord shapes.

Secondly, when we're happy with the representation, we need to train our fingers to play the piece at speed. Jim's blues guitar lessons take care of both of these small obstacles. After spending many hours noting the smallest nuance in Blake's music, the resulting tablature is almost definitive.

The slow-motion demonstrations featured throughout the lesson videos ensure a sure and enjoyable learning process. Learn how play the blues!

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  • hi, thanks for the lessons, if I have a Macintosh computer, will the lessons play when I purchase a single song?

    thanks.

  • @fretfun Hi, Mac users can convert the windows media files (WMV) to Quicktime format with a free utility from the web called Flip4Mac.

    Cheers

    Jim

  • hi jim, do all your lessons come in dvds with tab or do the tabs come separate ? Personally, i'd prefer them in dvd. Thanks.

  • @bluemarlin2u Hi, There are36 lessons so far in the complete pack, and the tabs are all on screen, but underneath the close ups. The tabs are also delivered as pdf files for printing out.

    cheers

    Jim

  • Nice! Although I think Blake used a thumbpick and fingerpicks.

  • Hi,

    Yes - interesting.. Years ago I used to play Lovin I crave, Jailhouse now,That'll Never Happen No More with thumb and finger picks (for public performance), but tunes like West Coast Blues and Southern rag never worked. You just can't roll those basses with enough control using a thumbpick. Gary Davis could do it, but he jumped rather than rolled the basses - you can't jump the basses at the speed that Blake played. Fascinating stuff, isn't it? Thanks for your comment.

    Jim

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  • Great lesson. Very easy to follow.

  • ths mate!

  • I need to learn this. Thanks for posting!!

  • AWESOME, FROM BRAZIL! 

  • this is played in standard tuning correct? Great lesson. 

  • thanks a lot for the lesson. I plan to buy your lessons as soon as I can afford to.

  • Soooo goood!!! Difficult to connnect the right hand with the left hand on TAB. Maybe better to show the left hand in stead of the right hand. Maybe... ???

  • many thanks for the  free guitar lessons i need them cause im broke. do you know delia by rev garry davis cheers

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