playing the blues-style on guitar...

[iamme]

is that a difficult style to learn for a guitar n00b? i love the way it sounds and i'd love to be able to play that style on day. i know there are some good guitarists out there, so please share

 

[nakedfrog]

I'll go with... no. Depending on what level and/or techniques you're talking about.

 

[Zanix]

just have to keep it on the back beat, my black women sister.

And you gotta have heart. Punk rock you can pull off with no heart... R&B, jazz, soul: gotta feel it. That comes on top of any technical skills.

Edit: hope you liked my ineffable ambiguous answer

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I was watching John Mayer on PBS last night doing some freestyle improv with various folks. I :heart: blues :thumbsup:

 

[Rastus]

Blues is the easiest style to learn and the hardest style to master.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Zanix
just have to keep it on the back beat, my black women sister.

And you gotta have heart. Punk rock you can pull off with no heart... R&B, jazz, soul: gotta feel it. That comes on top of any technical skills.

Edit: hope you liked my ineffable ambiguous answer

Punk rock w/o heart isn't punk rock

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Nik
I was watching John Mayer on PBS last night doing some freestyle improv with various folks. I :heart: blues :thumbsup:

LOL, i saw that too....prompting me to post this thread :laugh:

say what you will about John Mayer, that guy was awesome on stage.

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: Zanix
just have to keep it on the back beat, my black women sister.

And you gotta have heart. Punk rock you can pull off with no heart... R&B, jazz, soul: gotta feel it. That comes on top of any technical skills.

Edit: hope you liked my ineffable ambiguous answer

Punk rock w/o heart isn't punk rock

Indeed right,

I'd say it's pop punk at that point. But what I mean is that you can fake it with out heart.

 

[apologetic]

Beginners guide to blues...

Learn a few blues rhythms
Learn a few blues scales
Record a few blues rhythms
Play a few blues scales over rhythms

Listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan and learn from there

 

[MrBlahh]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Nik
I was watching John Mayer on PBS last night doing some freestyle improv with various folks. I :heart: blues :thumbsup:

LOL, i saw that too....prompting me to post this thread :laugh:

say what you will about John Mayer, that guy was awesome on stage.

John Mayer is weird...His solo stuff is fluff but whenever he goes on stage with other people hes really really good.

 

[silverpig]

Learn 2 things to get the basics:

Blues minor pentatonic scale
12 bar blues progression

Most everything else is just derivatives from that. Actually, rock and *gulp* country, are both derivatives from this as well.

 

[iamme]

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Learn 2 things to get the basics:

Blues minor pentatonic scale
12 bar blues progression

Most everything else is just derivatives from that. Actually, rock and *gulp* country, are both derivatives from this as well.

Rock and Country are the bastard children of BLUES!!!?? :shocked::shocked:

 

Originally posted by: Zanix
And you gotta have heart. Punk rock you can pull off with no heart... R&B, jazz, soul: gotta feel it. That comes on top of any technical skills.

That's bullsh*t. You need heart to play punk or your just a poseur. Blues is hard as hell to master. Anyone can learn the pentatonic scales as they can learn power chords for punk. It's how you play them where the heart comes in.

 

Originally posted by: Zanix
Rock and Country are the bastard children of BLUES!!!?? :shocked::shocked:

Learn the minor pentatonic scale and you got rock, learn the major and you got country. You can use both for either music though. The blues uses both for different feels. Buddy Guy uses mostly minor, Freddie King and BB King use mostly major.

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: dwell

Originally posted by: Zanix
And you gotta have heart. Punk rock you can pull off with no heart... R&B, jazz, soul: gotta feel it. That comes on top of any technical skills.

That's bullsh*t. You need heart to play punk or your just a poseur. Blues is hard as hell to master. Anyone can learn the pentatonic scales as they can learn power chords for punk. It's how you play them where the heart comes in.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but arn't scales more difficult to learn than power cords?

"Me and Julio down by the school yard" is a great song with heart I think. (with only three cords :shocked:

 

Originally posted by: Zanix
Correct me if I'm wrong, but arn't scales more difficult to learn than power cords?

"Me and Julio down by the school yard" is a great song with heart I think. (with only three cords :shocked:

Well a scale consists of just notes, so technically scales are easier. You can learn the power chord finger formation, but what are you going to do with it if you don't know scales and chord progressions? Play random power chords?

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Learn 2 things to get the basics:

Blues minor pentatonic scale
12 bar blues progression

Most everything else is just derivatives from that. Actually, rock and *gulp* country, are both derivatives from this as well.

Yeah, it's very very easy to get the generic "blues" sound. We've heard it so much that it's almost ingrained in us.

 

[Fritzo]

I specialize in the blues. BB King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Bo Diddly, Robert Cray, Gatemouth Brown, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker...all these guys are who I looked to for guitar lessons. They were the ones that inspired the 60's and 70's guitar heros, and if you listed to their work you'll see why.

The blues is played by learning the rules (scales, progressions, etc), and then learning to play them to reflect your soul. If you can get a hold of it, listen to BB King's 60's recordings. He told a story with each song, and he used notes to make sentances.