Hey dude that’s cool been futz’n around with this hilltop bluesy stuff having alot of fun with it, i like what you had going here and also using the B7 in there mostly just getting that repetitious E drone going building that muscle memory been adding in a few of licks now and you just gave me some more so thanks! God bless
Thank you! If you ever feel like selling one, let me know. I hit some hard times and had to let this guitar go :( They are very hard to find. I'd be interested for sure!
You have beautiful tone in your fingers! I wish blues was organized as a classical guitar repertoire through grades and excercises from easier and slower tempo to more advanced.
Hi Igor, thank you kindly for your comment. I am very lucky to be in the position to currently build courses. As a matter of fact, I just wrote the first three chapters of my delta blues guitar technique book. I would be happy to send you an advance of what I'm working on. Just reach out to me via my contact form at www.518guitar.com. Or, you can use my other site www.myguitarinstructor.com. I look forward to hearing from you, and I'd love to help! My heart lives in this music 😍
@@andrewwheelerguitar I will send you an email. I have been playing guitar for 15 years and when I heard your tone I was amazed. Also I have seen that you play various styles, me too. I have categorized 67 guitar techniques accross all styles, including flamenco and classical guitar. I have a giant chart with metronome numbers :) It would be an honour to exchange opinions with you about music. Greetings from Croatia.
Thank you! I wish I didn’t sell that guitar. They were some hard times but the good news is I still got the skill, right ;) They can take my git but not my will...
I like the sound, now I watched 3 mins but didn't learn much :( You should explain slowly step by step (left hand and right hand) and in the best case add tabs in the video. Check out Marco Cirillos Guitar Lessons. He explains very good. Imagine you have a total beginner in front of you. Then explain step by step. I think you can make great Blues Tutorials.
Yes. In future lessons on this style, though, we will look at the use of alternate tunings. Also when I listen to players like RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, sometimes they are just plain out of tune, and that certainly stands out to me when I hear the old recordings.
Most of RL Burnside and especially Junior Kimbrough is played on just one chord with an open string drone like All Night Long in A and Going Down South in G. Both of those are in standard tuning. There’s also tunes like Fred McDowell’s Write Me A Few Lines which is both open G and I IV V. But most Hill Country is single note drone. Look up RL, Junior, Kenny Brown, Lightning Malcolm, North Mississippi All Stars, and The Black Keys Delta Cream which has Brown on guitar because Dan Auerbach was inspired by Hill Country. Cedric Burnside also does a lot of single note drone single chord stuff. The coolest thing about this is there’s plenty of room to improvise around that drone and make it your own.
What sometimes confuses folks is a lot of time these guys are tuning down to D# standard or lower. Listening to and watching Kenny Brown and Luther Dickinson can help, though they’ve frequently moved to E Standard just because. Their open tunings can be a step or more lower too.
Man, that guitar's got some honk to it.
Awesome. Liked it very much.
Digging the drone thumb thang!
Hey dude that’s cool been futz’n around with this hilltop bluesy stuff having alot of fun with it, i like what you had going here and also using the B7 in there mostly just getting that repetitious E drone going building that muscle memory been adding in a few of licks now and you just gave me some more so thanks! God bless
Thats all ya need to make it through the day,great playing and and a tone that screams-68 uprising,think im going to get my geetar now💪🇸🇪
Nice work man that tone does take me back to when I was a little boy in my Grandfather's juke joint!
I’m honored you looked at the video. Thank you!
I like how you're doing your own thing with it. I have two of those Ibanez Semi-hollows. Cedric Burnside uses one too!
Thank you! If you ever feel like selling one, let me know. I hit some hard times and had to let this guitar go :( They are very hard to find. I'd be interested for sure!
You have beautiful tone in your fingers! I wish blues was organized as a classical guitar repertoire through grades and excercises from easier and slower tempo to more advanced.
Hi Igor, thank you kindly for your comment. I am very lucky to be in the position to currently build courses. As a matter of fact, I just wrote the first three chapters of my delta blues guitar technique book. I would be happy to send you an advance of what I'm working on. Just reach out to me via my contact form at www.518guitar.com. Or, you can use my other site www.myguitarinstructor.com. I look forward to hearing from you, and I'd love to help! My heart lives in this music 😍
@@andrewwheelerguitar I will send you an email. I have been playing guitar for 15 years and when I heard your tone I was amazed. Also I have seen that you play various styles, me too. I have categorized 67 guitar techniques accross all styles, including flamenco and classical guitar. I have a giant chart with metronome numbers :) It would be an honour to exchange opinions with you about music. Greetings from Croatia.
Talk about “greasy”...my man, this playin’ was Ultra-Greasy! Good stuff! Keep on pickin’...........
Thank you! I wish I didn’t sell that guitar. They were some hard times but the good news is I still got the skill, right ;) They can take my git but not my will...
I like the sound, now I watched 3 mins but didn't learn much :( You should explain slowly step by step (left hand and right hand) and in the best case add tabs in the video. Check out Marco Cirillos Guitar Lessons. He explains very good. Imagine you have a total beginner in front of you. Then explain step by step. I think you can make great Blues Tutorials.
Thank you. You are right. I need to give more time and attention to breaking it down, step by step. Thank you for the feedback.
Tuning?
This was just in standard
You're in standard tuning for this lesson?
Yes. In future lessons on this style, though, we will look at the use of alternate tunings. Also when I listen to players like RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, sometimes they are just plain out of tune, and that certainly stands out to me when I hear the old recordings.
Most hill country blues is played in open D or G tuning..that's why your droning sounds weak
Its also that I was just recording to an iphone with crappy sound, if you EQ your amp right it can get a good thump goin in E as well
Most of RL Burnside and especially Junior Kimbrough is played on just one chord with an open string drone like All Night Long in A and Going Down South in G. Both of those are in standard tuning. There’s also tunes like Fred McDowell’s Write Me A Few Lines which is both open G and I IV V. But most Hill Country is single note drone. Look up RL, Junior, Kenny Brown, Lightning Malcolm, North Mississippi All Stars, and The Black Keys Delta Cream which has Brown on guitar because Dan Auerbach was inspired by Hill Country. Cedric Burnside also does a lot of single note drone single chord stuff. The coolest thing about this is there’s plenty of room to improvise around that drone and make it your own.
What sometimes confuses folks is a lot of time these guys are tuning down to D# standard or lower. Listening to and watching Kenny Brown and Luther Dickinson can help, though they’ve frequently moved to E Standard just because. Their open tunings can be a step or more lower too.