On Jul 4, 9:17 am, "Sac Dave" <diac...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "Javier" <roj...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I'm a beginner (been playing for a few months now) and really like
> > playing the blues. Could I get some recommendations on easy blues
> > songs I can play on my guitar? I'm not opposed to buying sheet music
> > but I'm on a tight budget so some recommendations would really help
> > pointy me in the right direction.
>
> I been a fan of playing blues style guitar for over 40 years . The advice
> can give you is pretty basic. First learn the Pentatonic Minor scalehttp://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?scch=A&scchnam=Pen...
> On the web sight it's pretty self explanatory A good starting point is A
> scale Pentatonic Minor start at the 5th fret position. Minor is probably a
> little better than the blues Pent. to start with. Another thing to remember
> you don't have to go a 100 miles an hour learn to blend your notes together
> work on the sound, It's all about the fell of the music. Go to any guitar
> center and listen to all the people flying up and down the necks most of it
> sounds like crap then there will be one person that has a fell for the
> music and they will stand out. You should also consider getting your guitar
> professionally set up for ease of playing. Well the last thing is you should
> find a Good teacher if you haven't already. Anyway have fun Dave
That's a nice website. Thanks. I've been trying to play the blues for
about 2 1/2 years now. One thing I have noticed is that blues is a lot
tougher to play than classic rock. I have been through the music
lessons thing with other forms, and it never worked for me, although I
guess I can sing some things OK. Working on things I like has taken me
a lot further in 2.5 years than any lessons would have. I have found
that it is really tough to learn the scales for memory and then try to
play from memory. I have to learn the piece well enough to play it in
my sleep, and then I can improvise and make it my own.
It just takes a long time to be able to move your fingers around the
fretboard and the strings the way your mind wants to. I have listened
to enough blues over the years that I do have in my head the way I
want the piece to sound, and I work to make it sound that way. It
would be nice to have someone show me things when I find things that
are hard to understand, but I have yet to find anyone who really wants
to do this, so I figure it out for myself, for better or for worse.
Instructors always want me to follow some program, at least in my
experience, and I have no interest in doing what the instructor wants;
I'd prefer the instructor tell me what I want to know. Apparently I
have a bad attitude!
As for the original post, I don't know if there is anything easy with
respect to blues mucis. Simpler songs require a lot more feel. No way
I can perform Baby Please Don't go like Mississippi Fred McDowell, or
Muddy Waters, or Buddy Guy/Jr Wells, but I can play it all day long!
Unfortunately I don't have the soul to really make a song like that
work. Of course I could play the classic rock version, which gets more
into banging on power chords and using distortion...but that's just
not what I want. I can make Hideaway work, but it's a lot tougher to
play.
Magic Slim says the way he learned to play blues guitar was taking the
guitar and himself into a place by himself and figured out how to make
the guitar make the sounds he needed to make. In the end I don't know
if there is really any way around that!
VampX
Javier
