The CLASSIC Blues Riff for Beginners !
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
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6/29/23 update!
I can't believe this little video is still going and GOING! Guys, thanks for watching - it means a lot. I've 500+ videos but this was one of the first and I didn't even originally make it for UA-cam. I know it looks like it was made in 1984 instead of 2012, believe me. But the content is still very cool.
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This lesson will get you cookin' on The Classic Blues Riff. There's no better name for it! It's easy to understand, easy to play and instantly recognizable. Add it to your bag of tricks and bring it out next time someone hands you a guitar.
But later in the video is a Lead Guitar Mini-Lesson that complements The Classic Blues Riff. You're going to want to master it, too. The skills you'll learn here will get you jamming with another guitar player quickly and easily. Just watch and learn ( and practice!!)
Hi Jonathan. I'm a 71 year old music lover in the UK who has had various guitars since I was 16, and have 'had a go' every so often over the years without really progressing. I bought a ukulele about 5 years ago and have joined various classes and groups, progressing to a reasonable level, and playing often in public , but really wanted to learn the guitar properly as well. I'm inspired by, and have learned enormously from, your many YT videos, and I think I've learned more in the last 3 days than I have in the 55 intervening years! I now have around 19 ukuleles and 6 guitars, including a cigarbox guitar I built myself. I feel like I just need to tell you how much difference you are making to my playing ability (and my life!). You are awesome. I just wish you had been around in about 1973!!
Thank you so much David!!!! Please tune in to my Saturday Guitar Q&A Livestream on UA-cam 530pm ET. Don't worry - it gets recorded so you can watch it at your convenience too!
I am just wondering why would there be a single dislike let alone 228 of them for what you are offering people for free. You are an international treasure to guitar lovers Jonathan.Thank you very much for your time and efforts.
I appreciate that, Hussam!!!!!
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I agree. I don't know how there could be a single dislike either, much less 228. Those people don't seem to know good teaching when they encounter it.
know it alls, lol, you know them too
Brother I couldn't have said it better. Amazingly that kind of bull shit is running rampant throughout the Tube.. I see it all over with no rhyme or reason. Some people just have to try and share their pathetic negative attitude with the world. As if there isn't enough of that type of BS in the world already. And unfortunately I don't see it changing any time soon, if at all....
Why not point out what you like about the video instead of pointing out and dwelling on the number of dislikes? Don't focus on the negative; you will feel better and improve life for all of us.
This is what I've been searching for. The most basic riff to make up my own blues songs, mostly humorous.
That's great Ed!
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I'm a professional songwriter and have been playing guitar for tons of years. But I never knew that riff so I hung in there and learned it from you. Now I'll switch up some things and write a new tune so thanks brother! You're an excellent teacher and communicator.
Happy to help, Robert!
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Easy Guitar Chord & Lead Tricks (Hal Leonard Publications)
The Complete Christmas Songbook
The Guitar: Year One
The Guitar: Month One
The Guitar: Week One
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Thank you john im 58 years old an looked tons of video s to learn from and your far the best ive seen thanks alot
I appreciate that, Jim!
By the way, I just wrote a great guitar book for beginners - Book 1 in a Series! You can find it here: www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/z117
Books 2 and 3 coming soon!
Also, I have a book that goes along with my D-C-G Trick video: www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/yuut
And I made a NEW D-C-G Trick video to go along with the book - you can see it and buy the book here: www.song-bike.com.
And I have LOTS of videos at www.song-bike.com available to members. Please check it out !! And please subscribe to my UA-cam channel!
I've been searching and have finally found my Guru. Thank you.
thanks Woody !
Jonathan, Your teaching methods are second to none. There are many here on UA-cam that do what your doing and you just seem to really put things in very simple terms. Thank you. I will continue to watch and learn. Everybody is different in how they learn. Your method just really seems to sink in with me. You keep things very simple and build from there. Again, thank you.
Wow, thanks, NB ! That makes my day ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
You are a Great teacher for Beginners like me. I have had to retire early and wanted to pickup the guitar at 54 and learn to play, you have given me confidence by presenting it in a contextually easy teaching method, it just puts so much in perspective. Many Thanks, Hugh
+Hugh Railey Thanks Hugh ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Jonathan, you got me to pick up a guitar at 62 yrs. young. Your basic instructions are complete and I don't feel intimidated at all.
thank you
Hi David! You are invited to join me this Saturday May 13, 2023 5pm ET for a free UA-cam livestream Q+A all about learning, playing, practicing, and caring for guitars. You can text me your questions LIVE ! This Sat. 5pm ET on my UA-cam channel ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. See you there !
Omg that was fantastic!!! 12 months into learning the acoustic guitar and I can now play the blues. Sooooo exciting, thanks 🎸 🎸 🎸
Best teacher on YT I have come across yet.
Great. That's what I call real teaching of how to play the guitar step by step and string by string. Many guitar teachers/players just play what they are supposed to teach and call that teaching how master something on the guitar.
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just this one lesson was a major 'lightbulb moment' for me. explained simply enough that anyone could grasp it. now I need to learn more of this, lol. thank you so much for this.
Without question the best teacher on U Tube......simple and enjoyable!
Wow, thanks SP!!!
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The Guitar: Month One
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The DCG Trick: What Famous Bands Did With Easy Chords
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Stay healthy and musical!
Jonathan
Great lesson. I am 77 and still benefit from it, having started with guitar 3 years ago only. Like your quiet thorough approach of teaching. Thank you!
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what a lovely gentle, informative video, Jonathon.
I've been playing folk guitar for 40 years and I found your teaching VERY USEFUL. So I send hearty thanks .
Thanks Bill!
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I Never get tired watching Jonathan! Best teacher for guitar on internet! Great lesson.
Thank you. For all you do in helping us find that sound.
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Jonathan, you're a great human being and... a great guitarist and guitar instructor. We're glad you're around; you are our spiritual guru. You help make our our human experience happier and peaceful.
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I wish I saw this video 7 years back. You are so good. I like the fact that you took your time to elaborate because this is a necessary basic. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your videos. I've been playing for nearly 40 years and, I'd like to thank you for showing me some wicked things I've always lacked.
You're alright, man! Thanks again.
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You sir, are a generous, patient and ultimately awesome teacher. My hat is off. You have accelerated my learning tenfold.
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Just started to learn myself, and 99% is about blow hearts showing off on how good they are. This video and teacher is what it should be. Thank you for making sense of and understanding the way to do it slow and easy, just the way I like and need.
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One of the best teachers I've seen
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Best teacher I ever heard!
+Rob Staines Thanks Rob ! I've had a few great teachers myself ! Please check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
I am 47 and I have been playing guitar ( novice ) for years without any real progression.This is the first video I have watched and I absolutely loved it ❤️I actually enjoyed, understood and progressed . Your teaching style is the best I have ever seen in 40 years ! Absolutely superb, Thankyou so very much . Nick J
I love these tuitions, dude sounds a bit like Denzel Washington, easy on the ear! He knows exactly what he's talking about and exactly how to teach. Awesome 👍
Wow, that's high praise!
By the way, I've written several e-books you might be interested in:
The Guitar: Week One
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/z117?card
The Guitar: Month One
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/z6ys?card
promo video here:
ua-cam.com/video/R0WPWEYU79Y/v-deo.html
The DCG Trick: What Famous Bands Did With Easy Chords
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/yuut?card
promo video here:
ua-cam.com/video/HHnAT-bgnjQ/v-deo.html
Stay healthy and musical!
Jonathan
I have been playing gospel music on piano and lead acoustic guitar for over 40 years. I just purchased my first electric guitar and am very interested in learning the blues. This is my first lesson and am looking forward to more. Thank you ever so much for taking the time to make your videos. You are teaching this old dog new tricks.
this is some of the best guitar instruction I've seen online...and it's FREE...
I really appreciate that, DR! And please join me Saturdays at 5pm ET for my free UA-cam livestream Q+A all about learning, playing, practicing, and caring for guitars. You can text me your questions LIVE ! Sat. 5pm ET on my UA-cam channel ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. See you there ! (you can also watch later on my UA-cam channel and soon it will be available as a podcast.) And thank you for being a subscriber!
You are such a great instructor. Clear. Concise. No ego. Just getting to the core of playing. Love your approach. Sub'd.
Thank you Jonathan..... Your approach to teaching is so accessible.... I really appreciate it.
So many teachers with ego
Likes to dislikes 764 to 14. I had to laugh reading all the comments and practically all of them reflect my feelings on this video and Jonathan as a guitar teacher. Then I hit one comment that says he is condescending and boring....wtf ????? You know if i was the only one that thought something sucked and everyone else raved about it.....I would take a closer look at me ...LOL
Great videos and great teacher !
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I've looked at a lot of sites on basic guitar and it looks like you're the main man. Excellent tuition and easy to understand for a beginner like me. You deserve a big pat on the back for taking the time to teach first timers like me. Well done.
Jonathan, great lesson. I am 76 been trying to master the guitar on and off for 50 years. Thanks to you and your lessons I am sticking with it, and I love the blues. Eddie liverpool.
Thank you awesome teacher
God Bless enjoy always watching and learning from you.
I appreciate that, Yudi!
Please check out my guitar lesson website www.song-bike.com for more videos and my
instructional books and e-books!
The Guitar: Week One e-book
The Guitar: Month One e-book
The Guitar: Year One e-book
The DCG Trick: What Famous Bands Did With Easy Chords e-book
I also have a new book available in paperback:
Easy Guitar Chord & Lead Tricks
(Hal Leonard Publications)
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Just the patient step by step beginners guide i have been searching for incredible.Ten out of ten.Thank you.
+Derek Watson Thanks Derek ! Please check out my new videos at my new website: www.song-bike.com. And please 'like' my facebook page for giveaways, cool posts, and more: facebook.com/mysongbike.
I wish, I wish, that I would of had a teacher like you when I first picked up a guitar at age 12. I do not have a natural ear for music and I soon became frustrated with my teacher and myself. I put it down and did not pick it back up until I was in my 50's. I thank you sincerely, as I learn from you so easily.
Thanks, SS - that makes my day! Please check out my website www.song-bike.com for more videos NOT available on UA-cam. I appreciate your support
I'm 53 and picked up a guitar for the first time two years ago I've felt I was going nowhere till I saw this, you have encouraged me to carry on, many thanks.
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You've helped me improve my guitar playing a lot. You're an excellent teacher.
These are probably the best lessons on youtube
Nice job! As a 66 year old novice with about 6 months under his belt, being able to practice and use riffs like this really helps keep me (and I am sure others) motivated. Thanks again Jon!
You're very welcome, Joe! By the way, I have great guitar books and e-books available for instant download at www.song-bike.com. On sale through April - 30% off! Promo code: thirty
I'm 72 and enjoying learning something new. thanks
You're very welcome, Patrick! Join me Saturdays at 5pm ET for my free UA-cam livestream Q+A all about learning, playing, practicing, and caring for guitars. You can text me your questions LIVE ! Sat. 5pm ET on my UA-cam channel ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. See you there ! (you can also watch later on my UA-cam channel)
I am a classical guitar guy that just started flat picking on my recently purchased 000-18 and CEO-7. I find these lesson super easy, well paced, and super helpful. Moving from radically different styles is challenging. I totally enjoy your lessons!
Thanks Walter ! Beautiful guitars ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
The best to the point patient even humorus down home instruçtor i have encountered. Thanks
Let’s give props to the origin of “call and response.” In the context of Blues, it came from the cotton fields. Also, loved the lesson. Thanks 🎸
Teach my bredren.the whites have a hard time giving credit to the orgin of the blues coming out of the slaves in the cotton fields having the blues over the violent treatment and being treated and classified as animals by the white man.
They think that they can hide from the most horrendous treatment of all time ever inflicted on humans.to
Die and leave this earth would have been a sweeter death than to live life for years to build this country under these conditions and never to this day be compensated economically like they have done for other groups like the Japanese killed by Americans and the small country of Isreal constantly being taken care of by americans.the Viet cong helped after the war.and many others today while the Black Man is intentionally being over looked.
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You're a good teacher. You take it real slow with a realistic repetition at a level that makes it fun to learn for any beginner.
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Mr Kehew, I have not seen all the "beginner's guitar" lessons on You Tube, It would drive a chap insane, but of those I have seen, yours are without doubt the best structured and most useful of all the lessons I have tried on-line. Your hair is of a normal length and colour, there are no visible tattoos or piercings, there are no attempts to be a rock n roll dude and you don't show off. You are a great teacher thank you.
Just one suggestion could you ring a loud bell every 10 minutes . It should be loud enough to wake a sleeping senior who finds the the combination of computer screen and concentrating on the lesson is guaranteed to send him to sleep.
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Thanks for watching, Anthony - I'll keep that bell idea in mind ! Don't forget to subscribe - I'm hoping to reach 100k subscribers ! And check out my website: www.song-bike.com
Learning some little blues tunes at guitar club. Can't wait to show em this! Thanks, your a great teacher!
I've been studying acoustic guitar for at least ten years and have a huge library of instructional books and videos. Your lesson today was one of the best I've seen... You keep it simple and make sure we understand what you saying. I am sure we have all had teachers who can play, but cannot teach... you, on the other hand are a breath of fresh air...I will be back for more; will buy lessons from your site, and would like to take lessons with you by Skype...
David Hawthorne Hi David, email me about Skype lessons ! kehewj@gmail.com
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David Hawthorne I totally agree with all of this. He's great.
The Best Teacher ever for new (slow) learners. Very clear and repetitive, shows the notes, cords and progressive movements so even I can understand...and I've taken Beginning Guitar three times at the local college. I'm sending you $9.95 just for the GREAT UA-cam Video lesson.
+Butch Johnson Thank you so much, Butch !!! I really appreciate it. Please check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
You are something like the Bob Ross of guitar. Great compliment sir.
+Der freundliche Spinner aus der Nachbarschaft That is high praise ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
You're a very clear teacher. And what a cool sound you've just taught us!
Jon, this was the best, most clearly explained and demonstrated guitar video I've ever seen on UA-cam. You, sir, are a phenomenal teacher. Thank you so much!!!
+RootsRockRebel Hi RRR, you are hired to write my advertising copy !!! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest (better-sounding) videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
I'm so happy you shared this with us. I got my guitar on Friday and went through a couple videos trying to learn chords and killing my fingers. I can't even hold down 3 fingers for 1 minute without them hurting so much that I have to stop.
I was ready to throw in the towel.
But then I found this video...
I'm able to do (somewhat) what you're showing us and it gives me hope. Thank you!!!!
You are such a fantastic teacher - keeping it low, slow and patient. Love the way you teach.
Thank you.
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How much fun is this! Thank you, sir!
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That has to be one of the most rewarding lessons ( style, content, method) I have had online - thank you! just bought your book .. keep 'em coming
Another old fart who has struggled for years to understand and play this perplexing but fascinating instrument. You are breaking down doors for me, Jonathan! Thank you sir!
You're very welcome, derac!
By the way, here are 3 links to my 3 e-books:
The Guitar: Week One
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/z117?card
The Guitar: Month One
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/z6ys?card
The DCG Trick: What Famous Bands Did With Easy Chords
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/yuut?card
And I have LOTS of videos at www.song-bike.com available to members. Please check it out !! And please subscribe to my UA-cam channel!
Wishing you a very musical 2020, Jonathan
Best guitar teacher ever.
Thanks Klaas!!!!!! Don't forget to subscribe - I'm hoping to reach 100k subscribers ! And check out my website: www.song-bike.com
Thanks Jonathan for your time in delivering great videos. Your technique enables for easy understanding and is a pleasure to further learn the art of Guitar. Very much appreciated.
You're very welcome, Graham ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Love the lesson.
The way you bring the lesson to life is amazing, even for this beginner, thank you
271 other online guitar teachers trying to create doubt about your teaching skills and knowledge. The more haters the better!!! I've not found anyone anywhere than can scratch the surface of what you bring!
THANK YOU! This was by far the easiest lesson I have tried yet! It is so nice to be able to find a teacher who is pleasant!
great teacher top shelf no garbage and stays on subject and that makes it easier to learn - well for me THANK YOU SIR !
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I have to say, you are a great teacher. I`m a german guy who lives now 9 years in Norway and I play the bluesharp since 3 years. Now I try to learn guitar. I started to built my own cigarbox guitar and than I`d been interessted to learn all this chords and grips. But classic guitar is hard to learn because of this straight rules, I love the blues special from the earlies . The way you teaching it is perfect . No rules, find the best way to feel comfortable, fits perfect to me. I think thats the way all these great blues musicians learns about music. No rules, have fun and enjoy music. That`s it what is all about it!
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Blues are played from feelings & experience, no way to fake it or learn it!!
It is the first time I can watch a full video without getting bored, understanding the lesson and also I can see the results. Thank you!
Thanks for watching, Maryamm - I know it's a long video ! Don't forget to subscribe - I'm hoping to reach 100k subscribers ! And check out my website: www.song-bike.com
Yeah it IS in our DNA! Heartbeat!
I have been through a lot of the Blues for Beginners videos but your video is very comprehensive and easy to follow. Take it from a teacher, you got the touch (no pun intended)
All my life I wanted to learn that Muddy Waters riff! Thanks, Jonathan!!
You're very welcome, Dan!
Thank you I've been in a rut 26 years after a truck wreck head injury left me with migraines 27/7 I had to stay in bed in the dark no music you cold say its been the worst rut ever and what you should me to day may get me playing and singing. Years ago I Played Country Joe McDonald been on the bus with Willie back Stage with Waylon and cooked dinner for BB King at my house 😀 and when I was young on stage with Jeffthro Toll in front off 62.000 witch was a surprise not planned and invited on stage for the oncore but since the wreck no music the migraines still while me out. I played my guitar laying down in bed my fingers and I loved it THANKYOU and God Bless you I may be able to enjoy music if I don't stand or try to dance my head will expload my back will go out. My life went from some thing I loved to praying for God to get me out of this pain filled body. Today God gave me a break today. And to hear my voice and feel my fingers hurting after playing was pure joy. THANK YOU and God Bless You it was better than winning he lotto today not hat I ever had.
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Thanks for really teaching how to play, unlike most onUA-cam. I watch many instructors of guitar and you are by far the most clear and thorough and I can tell you really want people to learn.
What a fantastic lesson, I was just playing videos but this one made me grab my acoustic guitar immediately. thanks a lot!!!
you are like the best teacher ever.. love the lesson,, I am not a beginner,, but still loved the tune,,, great to learn and know for hammering the blues,,,
+Dana Bellefeuille Hey Dana, the Blues are where it's at !
Teaching myself since the Covid mess. I learned more in this session than months of visiting online videos, most just want to be heard, LOL, thanks so much! You will be a big help since I am back to work, thank God!!
OMG! I picked up the guitar after a long hiatus. Mr. Jonathan has me excited about playing again. I love his teaching style. Thank you so much.
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Amazing lesson! Thank you very much! I love your teaching style.
I have been trying to learn this riff and i must say your patience in explaining this has helped me to have more confidence to keep plugging along Again Thank you
That makes my day, Cityrick!
By the way, I have a new book out:
Easy Guitar Chord & Lead Tricks
(Hal Leonard Publications)
**you can order it here:
www.fatfreecartpro.com/i/10frx?card
Please check it out!
Jonathan
This guy is one of the best teachers I have encountered. Easy lesson but only cause he's very thorough.
+Kenneth Pettingill Thanks, Kenneth ! That's a nice message to wake up to !! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest (better-sounding) videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
The Best i have learned,Cant sleep,its like i just got guitar for the first time again
Just watched my first lesson in its entirety. And of course, played along. A little beyond beginner but nonetheless always fun to go back to the roots. What's great is we end up discovering and doing things for years not knowing what they are until someone like you comes along and tells us and we're so happy we've been on the right track all along. Looking forward to many more lessons. Thanks for the great lesson. Not everyone is a good teacher but you're a natural. Peace & Blessings.
Lupine Productions Thanks LP !! I really enjoy making these videos. Please Subscribe to my channel (ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1) and Like my new Facebook page (facebook.com/mysongbike.) My new videos and new website (www.song-bike.com) are almost ready !
Hey John awesome man, I think Im a little past this in my learning but this is good stuff. Im having fun with it bro please keep the slow blues stuff coming, Im loving it.
My hat off to you, the best teacher, l wish I had seen your lessons ages ago. The best
Thank you sir! You scaffold your instructions perfectly. In just 20 minutes of watching your video, i had my wife double-taking as she heard me playing. Cool! Mahalo Nui!!
+wahinenuiloa Hi wahinenuiloa, Happy New Year ! Thank you for your email ! Happy wife, happy life. Please check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Fantastic!! Thank you for making this blues riff and the scales so easy to understand and practice!
Thanks for watching, Spinner ! Please subscribe - I'm trying for 100k subscribers ! Here's a link to another blues vid of mine:
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I have a playlist of nothing but blues vids at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1
wow what a great teacher. thanks
With Gods help I can play Amazing Grace. Thank you, for your teaching. On my Birthday I played At church.
+Joan Veiga That's great, Joan !! Happy Thanksgiving and keep on pickin'!
Jonathon, thank you so much for doing this. I started playing guitar in junior high, when folk music was popular. I learn a few chords, but I never went beyond that - and now - I'm almost 70! Both of my sons are superb guitarists, and they tell me to practice... but I didn't know what to practice. Then along came YOU today! I know what to practice now. You are a MASTER teacher. Nobody ever told me "zero-five-zero-three-zero" before, or how to play a guitar scale, or "heartbeat, heartbeat", or "call and response", or "fat string three." I love it when you refer to the "fat" strings and "skinny strings!" A medical condition keeps me inside most of the time, with not much that I can look forward to. But you have been a game changer today! If I can learn the lesson you taught today, I will be so excited... and I'll be able to play along with my sons when they are here. BTW, your guitars are beautiful. Best Regards, Fred :-)
PS - I never learned to use a pick, and in my old age I have a tremor in my right hand - but I'm going to work on it. "Do or not do, there is no "try." ;-)
+Fred Johnson Hi Fred, thanks so much for getting in touch - you made my day ! Let's see if we can't impress your sons next time they visit. I have lots of free videos on youtube at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And more videos at my new website: www.song-bike.com. You can 'like' my facebook page for giveaways, cool posts, and more: facebook.com/mysongbike.
+Fred Johnson Hi Fred, thanks so much for getting in touch - you made my day ! Let's see if we can't impress your sons next time they visit. I have lots of free videos on youtube at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And more videos at my new website: www.song-bike.com. You can 'like' my facebook page for giveaways, cool posts, and more: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Great lesson for beginner blues players.
An excellent lesson Jonathan, thank you very much. I learnt so much in that half hour, awesome!
Great teaching def appreciated. I also can not understand why anyone can dislike this very good educational video.
very slow and clear - best instructor ever!
WOW! Thanks NP!
By the way, I have two new e-books out: The Complete Christmas Songbook and The Strum Pattern Bible. Here's are UA-cam videos about them:
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And you can get them at: www.song-bike.com
- Jonathan
Hey Jonathan, I've watched a few of your videos & I am amazed by your simplistic approach to teaching. I'm a learner & find your teachings very easy to follow. Thank you!
You're welcome, RV ! Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
dude your a legend! im killing it already!
i love how you assume the player knows nothing, ive learnt so much from one video thanks SUBBED
Yea I know I love it, because guys like you and me that have been playing for years, it just makes it that much clearer and where there is no doubt about what's going on
The greatest. Very clear and precise. Could follow with enthusiasm. Now I have found a starting point . Many thanks. You are a gifted teacher.
Thanks Malcolm ! Did my mom tell you to say that ? : ) Please 'like' and subscribe and check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Have always wanted to know where to begin, and now I know..... what a great teacher, clear messages and slow enough to pick it all up. Thank you. Am really grateful.
+Peter Waller I appreciate that, Peter ! Please check out my newest videos at www.song-bike.com. Other videos are at ua-cam.com/users/jkehew1. And you can receive news, updates, giveaways and cools posts if you 'like' my facebook page: facebook.com/mysongbike.
Perfect lesson I was looking for! thanks
i love that riff
You are an excellent teacher. I watched this and can do most of it straight away. So satisfying.
Jon thnx so much 4 your help on this blues rif. U make it so easy 2follow U. I’m 67 and have been learning about 8 mos. Every move I make seems wrong, but then someone always says hang in there man! And it works out.
wow ... you're such a fantastic teacher !!!!! thank you very much :)
Olivier Preziosa hhhhh
using my granddaughter's Utube and have been learning from you lately. Really enjoy how you teach. Even an old 67 year old grandpa is learning. Always wanted to play. Thanks for the help.
Ron
+Raya Chope Hi Raya, I'm glad to be part of your musical journey ! My new website with new videos should be up and running in a few days ! www.song-bike.com. Please 'like' my facebook page for details, updates, free stuff and cool posts. facebook.com/mysongbike
I am in my 70s just beginning to play, wish to thank you, will continue to follow for inspiration. Thank you!!
You're very welcome @davidfriedman3962 ! If you're interested I have a FREE Blues Guide PDF & video available at my website www.song-bike.com. Check it out !
Been fooling around with a guitar (and bass) on and off for years and this was one of the best lessons for that classic rhythm guitar blues riff I've ever had. Loved that you covered both the the call and return and the G scale + pentatonic. Looking forward to more. Much thanks, brother!