Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons www.play-blues-guitar.eu/menu-... Ragtime Guitar - The Happy Blues Perhaps the most complicated blues style of all, the top performers were real masters of the technique. Ragtime guitar patterns generally have chord structures around the keys of G and C, and often feature six or seven chord changes rather than the 3 or 4 associated with Mississippi or Texas pieces in E or A. (Of course,there are the exceptions to the rule!) Other features are a strong bass pattern alternating between 2 or 3 strings, a melody picked at the same time on the treble strings and often lyrics punctuated by single string runs picked with alternating finger and thumb. Possible the 2 grand masters of ragtime blues were Blind Blake and Reverend Gary Davis. Blind Blake's bass picking was incredibly, often doubling up on the beat and rolling his thumb from one bass string to the next, producing a very syncopated sound. Davis could really play any style - blues, gospel and ragtime blues. Some guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy, played a monotonic bass picking pattern, but was considerably more creative than most Mississippi blues men. He would perform standards, ballads, and often move over into jazz and ragtime in his approach. Broonzy created a blues niche we could 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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