www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIc7A6oGGJk Ragtime Guitar Lessons - Blind Blake Volume 3 Volume 3 features Diddie Wah Diddie, Tootie Blues and Police Dog Blues. When first starting to search for those ideal lessons for guitar, most people used to use the all-powerful 'G', and 'Google it'. More and more searches for everything imaginable are performed on Youtube's video site, as a matter of fact it's the 2nd most used search engine after Google itself. Like Google, the number of items shown for a search such as 'blues guitar lessons' is formidable - what is the best way to determine the lessons right for you? Youtube guitar lessons include all manner of styles and teaching levels, both paid and for free. Many of the big boys in selling guitar lessons have developed a really slick marketing format that employ many forms of psychological tricks to get you to purchase. Barely a beginner? That's OK - we'll have you picking like a pro in 2 days. Intermediate player? We'll take your playing to the next level. Experienced player? Our instruction will turn you into Eric Clapton, and you get the picture. One of my favorites is the advert we see everywhere 'The 3 Awful Mistakes That 90% Of Guitarists Make", or something like that, which is quite difficult to resist, it must be admitted. Truth is, playing good guitar takes application, commitment and time. Of course, the learning process can be made quicker with clear teaching and faithful blues guitar tabs. Guitar tablature is the fundamental characteristic of the best guitar lessons. It needn't be extremely complex at all, with just elementary notation indicating finger movements and chords. Some tablature just goes too far, attempting to capture the feel and style of authentic blues picking, which it can't possible do! This brings us to the 2nd characteristic of great blues guitar lessons - the teacher should be able to play the stuff to a high level (and the tablature should accurately indicate what he does.) Guitar tablature itself isn't enough to translate that delicate pause, or the thumb strike that is a little behind the beat when needed to complement the words. Sure, the tablature system can show that a single thumb strike is damped with the palm of the hand, but doesn't show that this damping movement itself is never constant, but varies in sound as the force of the palm on the strings is continuously being changed depending the flow of the song. There's no need to hurry when looking for any teachings, whatever kind you are looking for. The Japanese have a saying 'a year or two spent doing little else but locating the right teacher is very well spent'. This is a good observation. You might not need to spend a year for your search, but choose with care and ignore the hype. Don't expect to improve in two weeks, relax, don't beat yourself up and most importantly, savor the music and the journey.

Be the first to comment