Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons jimbruceguitar.com Sign Up Now and get these Free Goodies: Complete Robert Johnson Lesson Download, two MP3 Albums (Acoustic Blues Travellers and Blind Blake) and a mini-course of 7 streamed videos covering basic blues picking techniques. Ragtime Blues Guitar Possibly the most complex blues style of all, the top performers were true masters of the technique. Ragtime blues patterns normally use chord structures in the keys of G and C, and often feature six or seven chord changes rather than the 3 or 4 associated with delta type blues songs in E or A. (There are always the exceptions to the rule!) Other characteristics are a distinctive bass line alternating between two or three strings, a tune played at the same time on the higher strings and often lyrics accentuated by single string runs picked with alternating finger and thumb. Probably the two grand legends of ragtime blues were Blind Blake and Reverend Gary Davis. Blake's bass picking was incredibly, sometimes doubling up on the tempo and rolling his picking thumb from one bass string to the next, creating a highly syncopated sound. Davis could truly play any style - blues, gospel and ragtime blues. Other performers, such as Big Bill Broonzy, employed a monotonic bass picking pattern, but was considerably more inventive than most Mississippi blues men. He might perform type songs, ballads, and often cross over into jazz and ragtime in his approach. Broonzy developed a style we might call Chicago swing. Deep River Blues Lesson www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4lMZx... More blues guitar music - Robert Johnson www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWGIiu...

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