Country Delta Blues; Open chords & essential 12 bar progressions. Authentic Guitar lesson + TAB!

Published: 01 January 1970
on channel: Alex Farran Guitar

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Can you comfortably strum your way through an authentic Country Delta blues in C, using open chords, substitutions and a few connecting runs? Find out in today's lesson!..
It’s an essential skill for any guitarist and unfortunately, as with a lot of open position chord work, it all too often tends to be played with a serious lack of imagination, feel and vibe.
The blues deserves much better than that, and it deserves our close attention for 20 minutes!.. let's make Lonnie Johnson proud!
Acoustic or electric, this stuff works on any guitar, any time and any place.. that's the beauty of the blues.
The lesson materials include a transcription of my opening performance, as well as my 4 page "Evolution of a 12 Bar Blues" chord study!

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Performance
00:40 - Introduction & lesson materials
01:17 - Evolution of a 12 Bar Blues;
01:39 - Level 1
02:28 - Chucking in the “fast four” & some 7th chords
03:33 - Level 2 playthrough
04:54 - More advanced additions; extra cadences
05:06 - iv minor
06:08 - Fingerstyle blues example
06:23 - #4 diminished
07:33 - Tone, Feel & Texture
08:55 - Alternating bass
09:09 - Level 3 playthrough
10:05 - Adding secondary dominant chords!
11:02 - Dylan’s D7/F# voicing
12:48 - Turnaround
13:09 - Augmented chord; G7#5
13:43 - Chromaticism
14:48 - Level 4 playthrough w/commentary
15:41 - Gear Talk!
16:51 - Summary & Sign-off

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Sunbear "Farran Five" tele pickups;
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Gear used in this video;
Martin HD28v acoustic guitar
La Bella Phosphor Bronze 12-53 strings
Dunlop Flow 1mm pick
Neumann KM184 microphone
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins

Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro

Thanks for watching!
Alex :)

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