Fingerstyle Blues

I highly recommend Olav Torvund's site.....

http://www.torvund.net/guitar/index.php?page=bluesguitar

Our own Alan Green has a lesson that's perfect for beginners:

https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=345

Hope this helps.

Peace

Vink, I've read very good reviews on the book Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar. It is in my wish list.

For Clapton's Unplugged. I ordered last month the book by Wolf Marshall in the Signature Licks series but I didn't receive it. It seems Amazon had some troubles with me this time... I'll update a post in the books section with a review when I received it (ca. July 7th).

Learn Open E blues scale. Similarly the open A blues scale.

Start with E7 or A7 and keep creating a new pattern using fingerpicking. Soon you shall be playing the fingerstyle blues.

Littlebrother's videos on this style were fantastic.

Good Luck !

Thanks for the pointers! I think I will start with the Olav Torlund and Alan Green lessons.

Check out the following URL's

http://www.youtube.com/user/deltabluestips

http://youtube.com/profile?user=GtrWorkShp

Thanks for the pointers! I think I will start with the Olav Torlund and Alan Green lessons.

Those are very good places to start, and then go to Little Brother for more; I highly recommend buying his Blues in A Study as a great advanced-beginner lesson.

http://www.littlebrotherblues.com/Lessons/freelessons.html

http://www.littlebrotherblues.com/Lessons/index.html
Blues in A Study

Online video lessons include 9 web videos as well as numerous coaching mp3s and tablature. Skill level advanced beginner or intermediate. Blues in A Study is an extremely detailed lesson on basic blues fingerpicking in the key of A. This opens the door to hundreds of blues songs using the same chords and techniques. I break down each measure with a web video that focuses on each finger on both hands and every note. I also include tablature you can print out and play with free programs on mac or pc. This could be the most extensive lesson you've had on blues fingerpicking and with some hard work even beginners will love this study.

Vink, I've read very good reviews on the book Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar. It is in my wish list.

I absolutely love this book and recommend it completely. It's probably the most helpful book I've used (which could have to do with my ability level when I got it but is true)

Slej,

Thanks for the recommendation on the LittleBrother lesson. I looked at his website, but could not figure out which lesson would be appropriate. I am working on the simplest lesson from Olav (E E Rider), will work my way through that and then figure out where to move next. I might go for the video lessons rather than the book, since watching someone play something has been very helpful to me, I think I have a better visual perception or something like that.

Although I can finger pick chords fairly well "travis style", I am finding this stuff quite a bit more challenging..

Slej,
Thanks for the recommendation on the LittleBrother lesson. I looked at his website, but could not figure out which lesson would be appropriate.

Ah, yeah, it was easier to navigate on his old site, and there was more beginner stuff that apparently got lost. Much of the newer stuff is more advanced.

Check out this one, the basic boom-chucka rhythm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCNpoBNcpQU&feature=related

And give this one a look, where he does some of Mississippi John Hurt's Lazy Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQv92SvpjM

If you're going to buy one, the "Blues in A Study" is a truly great value.

Thanks, I checked out those two videos. The boom-chuck kind of stuff I can do already, but the Lazy Blues seem like a good one to learn.

Rmorash,

Thanks for the pointers, I will check those out as well when I get a chance.

Hey
There are many online lesson available. Why don't you go for online courses? They are good My friend is also learning guitar online.

Check out http://www.johnfahey.com

This one's pretty simple. "On Doing an Evil Deed Blues". You can download the song via iTunes Music Store, it's from the album "The Legend of Blind Joe Death".

http://www.johnfahey.com/TabEvilDeedBlues.htm

I've had good luck learning a few Fahey songs. For one thing there are free, fairly decent tabs on the johnfahey.com site (click the "For Guitar Players" tab from the homepage). And a number of his songs are really simple, but sound great and are great to play. I've learned "Poor Boy Long Way From Home" and "Uncloudy Day" in addition to the one above.

I find Fred Sokolow's DVDs very useful. You can get a taste of his teaching style here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgJQLSXzsI

He is fairly straightforward and the stuff he teaches really sounds good!

Good luck!