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July 1st, 2010Can You Become A Boogie-Man Or Boogie-Lady?
July 1st, 2010
Boogie music, also known as boogie woogie, is a genre of piano-heavy music particular to America in the 1930’s and 1940’s and 1950’s. It’s characteristic walking bass is familiar to many as a harkening back to rock and roll, even though the form is based strongly on the blues (in fact, it’s often been called an upbeat version of the blues).
Boogie originally started as a strictly piano form; the most familiar versions are still based solely around the instrument. The precise origin of boogie-woogie piano however is uncertain; it was no doubt influenced by early rough music played in the roadhouses and honky tonks in New Orleans and Kansas City and other cities and towns in the south.
A couple early boogie-men were W.C. Handy and Jelly Roll Morton, and as it grew in popularity many other pianists adopted the style. But as boogie became more and more popular, so too did the idea of including a whole band. Before long, the once solo genre adapted itself to accommodate an entire band. The latest versions of boogie often include guitar and other instruments, but the piano and drums remain the focal point. Even years later you can hear the influence of boogie in the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and many others.
Many boogies (but not all) are based on the familiar 12-bar blues, which is a series of chord progressions using just the I, IV, and V chords:
Typical 12-bar blues:
4 bars of the I chord
2 bars of the IV chord
2 bars of the I chord
2 bars of the V chord
2 bars of the I chord
then rinse and repeat
Here is a typical left hand boogie pattern in the key of C that can be played either as single notes or octaves or offset broken octaves:
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
F – A – C – D – Eb – D – C – A
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – D
G – B – D – E – F – E – D – B
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
Boogie is often credited as the originator of rock and roll, but that idea isn’t necessarily valid. While boogie definitely played some role in rock and roll’s early days, it was really rhythm and blues that started the form. Boogie, on the other hand, remained an off-shoot of blues and an entity in its own right. It also may have indirectly spawned a dance of the same name, a dance that led largely to boogie being credited as rock and roll’s most dominant predecessor.
The boogie dance, an upbeat and energetic social dance with small roots in swing, was danced mostly to rock and roll. It spread through teenage social circles like wildfire and became almost synonymous with rock and roll. As boogie (the dance) continued to grow through the 50s, boogie (the music) began to disappear from the limelight. And as it grew further and further from the mainstream, boogie’s captivating hold on audiences became understood as a product of the dance, not the music. The way in which the two forms of boogie were interchanged often led to confusion about where and when the form originated and how it related to the dance and the inception of rock and roll.
In any case, boogie is here to stay. It’s fun to play and fun to listen to.
Can you become a boogie-man or boogie-lady?
By: Duane Shinn
Boogie originally started as a strictly piano form; the most familiar versions are still based solely around the instrument. The precise origin of boogie-woogie piano however is uncertain; it was no doubt influenced by early rough music played in the roadhouses and honky tonks in New Orleans and Kansas City and other cities and towns in the south.
A couple early boogie-men were W.C. Handy and Jelly Roll Morton, and as it grew in popularity many other pianists adopted the style. But as boogie became more and more popular, so too did the idea of including a whole band. Before long, the once solo genre adapted itself to accommodate an entire band. The latest versions of boogie often include guitar and other instruments, but the piano and drums remain the focal point. Even years later you can hear the influence of boogie in the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and many others.
Many boogies (but not all) are based on the familiar 12-bar blues, which is a series of chord progressions using just the I, IV, and V chords:
Typical 12-bar blues:
4 bars of the I chord
2 bars of the IV chord
2 bars of the I chord
2 bars of the V chord
2 bars of the I chord
then rinse and repeat
Here is a typical left hand boogie pattern in the key of C that can be played either as single notes or octaves or offset broken octaves:
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
F – A – C – D – Eb – D – C – A
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – D
G – B – D – E – F – E – D – B
C – E – G – A – Bb – A – G – E
Boogie is often credited as the originator of rock and roll, but that idea isn’t necessarily valid. While boogie definitely played some role in rock and roll’s early days, it was really rhythm and blues that started the form. Boogie, on the other hand, remained an off-shoot of blues and an entity in its own right. It also may have indirectly spawned a dance of the same name, a dance that led largely to boogie being credited as rock and roll’s most dominant predecessor.
The boogie dance, an upbeat and energetic social dance with small roots in swing, was danced mostly to rock and roll. It spread through teenage social circles like wildfire and became almost synonymous with rock and roll. As boogie (the dance) continued to grow through the 50s, boogie (the music) began to disappear from the limelight. And as it grew further and further from the mainstream, boogie’s captivating hold on audiences became understood as a product of the dance, not the music. The way in which the two forms of boogie were interchanged often led to confusion about where and when the form originated and how it related to the dance and the inception of rock and roll.
In any case, boogie is here to stay. It’s fun to play and fun to listen to.
Can you become a boogie-man or boogie-lady?
By: Duane Shinn
Blue Beat 4 – Jiving Juniors – Dearest Darling
June 28th, 2010
The Jiving Juniors were a Jamaican rhythm and blues quartet who recorded for Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid and Edward Seaga. One of the group’s members was Derrick Harriott who, following the group’s split in 1962, went on to a successful career as a solo artist and producer, making ska, rock steady and reggae records. The Jiving Juniors’ cover of Jackie and The Starlites’ ‘Valerie’ can be found elsewhere on this channel. … rhythm and blues ska rock steady Jiving Juniors Dearest Darling vocal group …
Dani Pérez Rhythm and Blues Band 04
June 28th, 2010
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The R & B’s Northern Soul
June 24th, 2010
The term Northern Soul was termed by Dave Godin, a journalist for the “Blues and Soul” magazine back in 1968. Godin came up with the term when helping employee’s stock music on the shelves of his record shop in London England. As newer music Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music was arriving, he wanted to be able to differentiate the smoother sounds of early R&B from the newer funkier sounds that was hitting the airwaves. The term northern soul now refers to the golden oldies of Rhythm and Blues that are played at many of the most popular nightclubs in Northern The United States was flooded with R&B musicians, however, in England opened another new venue for R&B artist to make it big, and big they did England today.
Back in the 60’s when most clubs where changing up their beats to the more modern genres of music, many Northern England nightclubs chose to keep the rare soul music beats. This has not slowed business down for these well-established clubs today, if anything it brought in more patrons then ever before. Patrons knew what they liked and did not feel the need to follow the fads of the time.
Northern Soul music played a huge role in the beginning of the DJ culture in England. The United States was filling up with R&B artist and England opened up a whole new venue for artist to not only collect on but for some make it big in the music industry who wouldn’t of had a chance otherwise in the States due to the huge amount of R&B artists already circulating. Artist like Tammi Lynn, The Fascinations, The Velvelettes, The Tams, and many others made top hits in the UK due to the love of the Northern Soul.
So just who makes up the Northern Soul genre one may ask, the answer is simple yet vast, as thousands make up the Northern Soul genre. This genre includes top R&B artist to one hit wonders. Northern Soul music isn’t a style, voice, musical instrument choice, or even topic of song, northern soul music is a feel, a beat, and the ability to dance to it. Some of the Northern Soul choices are very rare and even hard to come by today, others more popular, some had a slow groove beat while others have a upbeat tempo.
Remember Kool and the Gang, Bill Withers, or Gwen Guthrie; they all added to the Northern Soul movement in northern parts of England as well as several hundreds to thousands of more R&B artist. Names such as Randy Crawford, Bobby Womack, Gerald Levert, and even the O’Jays still play a part of the dance floors in nightclubs around the world. More current artists such as Kenny G, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan also play a large role of the northern soul genre. If the feet can be put to the beat of the Rhythm and Blues, more then likely it has become a part of the Northern Soul genre.
By: Tex Johnson
Back in the 60’s when most clubs where changing up their beats to the more modern genres of music, many Northern England nightclubs chose to keep the rare soul music beats. This has not slowed business down for these well-established clubs today, if anything it brought in more patrons then ever before. Patrons knew what they liked and did not feel the need to follow the fads of the time.
Northern Soul music played a huge role in the beginning of the DJ culture in England. The United States was filling up with R&B artist and England opened up a whole new venue for artist to not only collect on but for some make it big in the music industry who wouldn’t of had a chance otherwise in the States due to the huge amount of R&B artists already circulating. Artist like Tammi Lynn, The Fascinations, The Velvelettes, The Tams, and many others made top hits in the UK due to the love of the Northern Soul.
So just who makes up the Northern Soul genre one may ask, the answer is simple yet vast, as thousands make up the Northern Soul genre. This genre includes top R&B artist to one hit wonders. Northern Soul music isn’t a style, voice, musical instrument choice, or even topic of song, northern soul music is a feel, a beat, and the ability to dance to it. Some of the Northern Soul choices are very rare and even hard to come by today, others more popular, some had a slow groove beat while others have a upbeat tempo.
Remember Kool and the Gang, Bill Withers, or Gwen Guthrie; they all added to the Northern Soul movement in northern parts of England as well as several hundreds to thousands of more R&B artist. Names such as Randy Crawford, Bobby Womack, Gerald Levert, and even the O’Jays still play a part of the dance floors in nightclubs around the world. More current artists such as Kenny G, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan also play a large role of the northern soul genre. If the feet can be put to the beat of the Rhythm and Blues, more then likely it has become a part of the Northern Soul genre.
By: Tex Johnson
Ralf’s tribute to Elvis – Baby Let’s Play House
June 21st, 2010
“I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone” on the flip side, the song stayed on Billboard’s country chart for ten weeks, reaching number ten. Rhythm-and-blues singer Arthur Gunter had written and recorded the song in 1954, basing it on country singer Eddy Arnold’s 1951 hit, “I Want to Play House with You.” Being a rhythm-and-blues reworking of a country-western song, “Baby Let’s Play House” was perfect for Elvis’ rockabilly repertoire. Gunter himself had been influenced by rockabilly artists, and …
How to Learn Blues Guitar
June 21st, 2010
Is it really possible to learn blues guitar? Some say not and others say it is the hardest style of playing to learn while others claim it to be easy. It can’t be all three, so what is the truth. Can you learn blues guitar or can’t you?
The answer to that question lies in what is meant by blues. Lots of people have heard of blues, but have no idea what it means. Many people play a style of blues that is not true blue, if you like. It’s sort of a pale imitation that sounds a bit like the real thing, but the player has obviously no idea of music or of what the terms twelve bar or 7th mean. They are playing what they think sounds like blues, as a large number of guitarists do. In that respect then, blues is easy to learn. First let’s have a look at what the term ‘blues’ means.
It all began with the field songs, spirituals and other forms of music developed by the African-Americans, and has developed through the ages to what is now a fairly structured form of music. The ‘blue’ notes are slightly lower pitched that the major scale notes, sometimes by even less than a semi tone. These notes eventually became the basis of rhythm and blues, bluegrass and, of course, traditional jazz.
There was little standardization in blues until the early 1930s when 12 bar blues became the norm. You still get 8 and 16 bar blues being played, but 12 is now regarded as the standard. As far as guitar is concerned, there is a preference in blues for open strings, or strings unfingered when playing and the way the strings are tuned reflect this.
In terms of music theory blues is: a basic I-IV-V chord progression laid over a 12-bar framework. In terms of sound, blues is really up to the listener. However, in terms of teaching the blues, we go back to the 12 bar framework and the under pitched notes. So how do you learn blues guitar?
Some say it is best to have a working playing ability before progressing to blues, while others believe that if you are tainted by learning standard guitar, then you will never be a true blues player. Likely the answer is somewhere between. Most people don’t know what real blues is. If you listed to B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf and Louis Armstrong, they were all blues, but they sound different. So was an early Elvis Presley. As it is with any music genre, so it is with blues: you cannot standardize music or it would all sound the same.
So how do you learn blues guitar? You won’t learn it from a book, that’s for sure. OK, you might be shown the finger positions for the blues chords, and how to tune your guitar. Remember how I stated that blues guitar is based on a lot of open chords? Well, one way blues guitarists achieve that is tune to an open G, which means that once the guitar is tuned and you strum the strings without any fingering, the result is a G chord. That’s one example of blues tuning and there are others. Also popular is open D tuning, so there is no definitive standard.
Another example of blues playing is that you won’t find a 3rd in blues, but lots of 7ths. Take A – played normally with three closed and two open strings. A7 has the middle of the three closed strings open, so there are only the two closed strings.
However, no matter how good your tuning instructions and chord diagrams are, you can’t teach blues in a book. It has to be live. Either that or by video. Video teaching can be just as good as live teaching, but whichever it is, it must be one of them. That is because the reason for blues tuning and the way blues are played has to be explained: something is much easier to understand if you understand the reason.
Online video guitar lessons are probably the best way of all, because you can replay the lessons as many times as you need to. You will be shown how to play the relevant chords and notes, and you can also hear what they sound like. That is very important: to be able to hear what your teacher is playing, so that you can compare that with your own sound. This is especially true with blues where the sound is very important.
With video you can also see the techniques used rather than try to visualize them from a written or audio description. Even if there is a diagram, there is nothing as good as video to demonstrate how a note should be played or a string pulled for the right effect.
In reality it makes no difference whether you have played guitar before or not. You will learn blues the same way, although many blues artists claim that you are born to the blues and cannot play blues music unless you have been. Sure, it might take a good musical ear to determine the difference between real blues and that form of it played by most semi- professionals at weekend gigs, but there is no reason why you cannot learn it.
A good online video teaching website and a willingness to learn a form of music that is different from mainstream guitar music, and you should be all set. It is just another style of playing guitar after all. Once you know how to learn blues guitar there is no reason why you should not be up to the task. And the ‘how’ is by means of a good online guitar teaching website that you can return to continually until you have perfected each lesson.
By then you will be an expert blues guitar player.
By: Andre Sanchez
The answer to that question lies in what is meant by blues. Lots of people have heard of blues, but have no idea what it means. Many people play a style of blues that is not true blue, if you like. It’s sort of a pale imitation that sounds a bit like the real thing, but the player has obviously no idea of music or of what the terms twelve bar or 7th mean. They are playing what they think sounds like blues, as a large number of guitarists do. In that respect then, blues is easy to learn. First let’s have a look at what the term ‘blues’ means.
It all began with the field songs, spirituals and other forms of music developed by the African-Americans, and has developed through the ages to what is now a fairly structured form of music. The ‘blue’ notes are slightly lower pitched that the major scale notes, sometimes by even less than a semi tone. These notes eventually became the basis of rhythm and blues, bluegrass and, of course, traditional jazz.
There was little standardization in blues until the early 1930s when 12 bar blues became the norm. You still get 8 and 16 bar blues being played, but 12 is now regarded as the standard. As far as guitar is concerned, there is a preference in blues for open strings, or strings unfingered when playing and the way the strings are tuned reflect this.
In terms of music theory blues is: a basic I-IV-V chord progression laid over a 12-bar framework. In terms of sound, blues is really up to the listener. However, in terms of teaching the blues, we go back to the 12 bar framework and the under pitched notes. So how do you learn blues guitar?
Some say it is best to have a working playing ability before progressing to blues, while others believe that if you are tainted by learning standard guitar, then you will never be a true blues player. Likely the answer is somewhere between. Most people don’t know what real blues is. If you listed to B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf and Louis Armstrong, they were all blues, but they sound different. So was an early Elvis Presley. As it is with any music genre, so it is with blues: you cannot standardize music or it would all sound the same.
So how do you learn blues guitar? You won’t learn it from a book, that’s for sure. OK, you might be shown the finger positions for the blues chords, and how to tune your guitar. Remember how I stated that blues guitar is based on a lot of open chords? Well, one way blues guitarists achieve that is tune to an open G, which means that once the guitar is tuned and you strum the strings without any fingering, the result is a G chord. That’s one example of blues tuning and there are others. Also popular is open D tuning, so there is no definitive standard.
Another example of blues playing is that you won’t find a 3rd in blues, but lots of 7ths. Take A – played normally with three closed and two open strings. A7 has the middle of the three closed strings open, so there are only the two closed strings.
However, no matter how good your tuning instructions and chord diagrams are, you can’t teach blues in a book. It has to be live. Either that or by video. Video teaching can be just as good as live teaching, but whichever it is, it must be one of them. That is because the reason for blues tuning and the way blues are played has to be explained: something is much easier to understand if you understand the reason.
Online video guitar lessons are probably the best way of all, because you can replay the lessons as many times as you need to. You will be shown how to play the relevant chords and notes, and you can also hear what they sound like. That is very important: to be able to hear what your teacher is playing, so that you can compare that with your own sound. This is especially true with blues where the sound is very important.
With video you can also see the techniques used rather than try to visualize them from a written or audio description. Even if there is a diagram, there is nothing as good as video to demonstrate how a note should be played or a string pulled for the right effect.
In reality it makes no difference whether you have played guitar before or not. You will learn blues the same way, although many blues artists claim that you are born to the blues and cannot play blues music unless you have been. Sure, it might take a good musical ear to determine the difference between real blues and that form of it played by most semi- professionals at weekend gigs, but there is no reason why you cannot learn it.
A good online video teaching website and a willingness to learn a form of music that is different from mainstream guitar music, and you should be all set. It is just another style of playing guitar after all. Once you know how to learn blues guitar there is no reason why you should not be up to the task. And the ‘how’ is by means of a good online guitar teaching website that you can return to continually until you have perfected each lesson.
By then you will be an expert blues guitar player.
By: Andre Sanchez
Simple Tips to Learn to Play Blues Piano
June 18th, 2010
While many may think that learning to play the piano is a task that should be undertaken only by those with the music playing skill, learning to play the piano is actually much simpler than you may realize. Since everyone has their own style of music that is their favorite, whether rock, pop, jazz, alternative, or rhythm and blues. What you may not realize is that any one of these styles can be played on the piano with the right training. Regardless of your goal, one of the best ways to achieve that goal is to learn to play blues piano.
What exactly is a blues piano, you may ask? It is actually a music style and once you learn to play blues piano, you will have less problems learning how to play other styles when the time comes. Here are some simple tips that can help you learn to play blues piano so you can obtain the skills needed to play the tunes you have always dreamed of playing.
First, you need to learn 12-bar blues. In order to be successful with learning how to play blues piano, you will need to become proficient with 12-bar blues. To play this form the most common approach most pianists make is to utilize seven chords. Since songs are usually broken into three sets, and each set consists of four bars, you will want to start playing the song on key C. As an example we will utilize I to illustrate C, IV for F and V for G. Your initial set should be played as I-I-I-I and the next will be played as IV-IV-I-I with the final set being played as V-IV-I-I. You will want to use your right hand when playing these sets on the piano. In order to create the sound just like a blues piano you will need to try and master playing the 7th chords.
Second, in order to successfully learn how to play blues, you will need to learn how to play blues music. Since many successful pianists started out playing the blues before moving on to the music they love, it can be perceived as a common stepping stone for any piano player. This skill can be used as a solid stepping stone that can make learning other skills that much easier when you finally reach that point.
Lastly, look for a good teacher who can teach you how to play blues piano. Whether you utilize private lessons, DVD, CD or even online courses, lessons are a must when it comes to successfully mastering the blues piano. Regardless of the method you choose, your drive to succeed will help you choose the right method to help you successfully learn how to play blues piano.
These are just a few of the tips that can help you successfully learn how to play blues piano. Take the time to master the 12 bar blues, and enlist the help of a skilled piano player to help you master blues music, and you will be on your way to gaining the skills you need to play the style of music you have always dreamed of playing.
By: Lauren Paltrow
What exactly is a blues piano, you may ask? It is actually a music style and once you learn to play blues piano, you will have less problems learning how to play other styles when the time comes. Here are some simple tips that can help you learn to play blues piano so you can obtain the skills needed to play the tunes you have always dreamed of playing.
First, you need to learn 12-bar blues. In order to be successful with learning how to play blues piano, you will need to become proficient with 12-bar blues. To play this form the most common approach most pianists make is to utilize seven chords. Since songs are usually broken into three sets, and each set consists of four bars, you will want to start playing the song on key C. As an example we will utilize I to illustrate C, IV for F and V for G. Your initial set should be played as I-I-I-I and the next will be played as IV-IV-I-I with the final set being played as V-IV-I-I. You will want to use your right hand when playing these sets on the piano. In order to create the sound just like a blues piano you will need to try and master playing the 7th chords.
Second, in order to successfully learn how to play blues, you will need to learn how to play blues music. Since many successful pianists started out playing the blues before moving on to the music they love, it can be perceived as a common stepping stone for any piano player. This skill can be used as a solid stepping stone that can make learning other skills that much easier when you finally reach that point.
Lastly, look for a good teacher who can teach you how to play blues piano. Whether you utilize private lessons, DVD, CD or even online courses, lessons are a must when it comes to successfully mastering the blues piano. Regardless of the method you choose, your drive to succeed will help you choose the right method to help you successfully learn how to play blues piano.
These are just a few of the tips that can help you successfully learn how to play blues piano. Take the time to master the 12 bar blues, and enlist the help of a skilled piano player to help you master blues music, and you will be on your way to gaining the skills you need to play the style of music you have always dreamed of playing.
By: Lauren Paltrow
Learning Blues Guitar – What You Need to Learn in Playing the Blues
June 13th, 2010
If you are thinking about learning blues guitar, you must be thinking about being as good as BB King or Eric Clapton. For sure, you must have been inspired by some great blues performances or you might be thinking of great music to accompany you during some sad moments, although you do not have to be sad though to learn blues guitar.
If you really are interested in learning blues guitar, you need to have a few things to consider and learn first. Starting from the very basic, you will first need an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Make sure you are not having the one with nylon strings. Leave those to classical music.
A basic knowledge on some simple chords is important if you are interested in learning blues guitar. Of course, if you have the interest to play blues, you must have learned the basic guitar chords, but if you still don’t, you may start back with the basics and learn simple chords like D, A, E and so on. You also have to know how to read tablatures. This will help you in learning the different techniques in blues music, and being able to read tabs helps you in learning songs easily and efficiently.
You might need to have a CD of your favorite blues musician. You can also find their performances online and learn to listen to them play. The first thing you might want to listen to is the rhythm of the blues music. Familiarize the tempo and the rhythm. Most blues song has a timing of 4/4 so it can be easy to learn. You might also want to have a metronome to help you with the practice and the timing.
Aside from mastering the rhythm, you have to master the blues scales too. This is important in learning blues guitar especially if you want to play solo, as it gives the blues guitar an authentic sound. Other techniques you may want to learn especially if playing solo are techniques like string bending, vibrato and the slides.
It is also important to learn the blues licks to start playing solos. Blues licks are sets of notes that seem to express a single expression. In playing blues guitar, you can use the blues licks as your base and you can add them with other notes to have your own style or combine them. You can also get ideas from other musicians and from there, you can make your own style.
Another basic thing you can also learn easily is the 12 bar blues, which means that a song is divided into 12 measures with a chord pattern, and that you just need to repeat it over and over until the end of the song. You can actually find a lot videos where you can learn this technique easily.
You can find a lot of ways in learning the blues guitar. You can actually choose to have a private tutor in learning blues guitar, although this can be a little expensive. You can also learn through CDs and DVDs where you can learn to play at home, and you can have the convenience of repeating the lessons as you like.
By: Carolyn Anderson
If you really are interested in learning blues guitar, you need to have a few things to consider and learn first. Starting from the very basic, you will first need an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Make sure you are not having the one with nylon strings. Leave those to classical music.
A basic knowledge on some simple chords is important if you are interested in learning blues guitar. Of course, if you have the interest to play blues, you must have learned the basic guitar chords, but if you still don’t, you may start back with the basics and learn simple chords like D, A, E and so on. You also have to know how to read tablatures. This will help you in learning the different techniques in blues music, and being able to read tabs helps you in learning songs easily and efficiently.
You might need to have a CD of your favorite blues musician. You can also find their performances online and learn to listen to them play. The first thing you might want to listen to is the rhythm of the blues music. Familiarize the tempo and the rhythm. Most blues song has a timing of 4/4 so it can be easy to learn. You might also want to have a metronome to help you with the practice and the timing.
Aside from mastering the rhythm, you have to master the blues scales too. This is important in learning blues guitar especially if you want to play solo, as it gives the blues guitar an authentic sound. Other techniques you may want to learn especially if playing solo are techniques like string bending, vibrato and the slides.
It is also important to learn the blues licks to start playing solos. Blues licks are sets of notes that seem to express a single expression. In playing blues guitar, you can use the blues licks as your base and you can add them with other notes to have your own style or combine them. You can also get ideas from other musicians and from there, you can make your own style.
Another basic thing you can also learn easily is the 12 bar blues, which means that a song is divided into 12 measures with a chord pattern, and that you just need to repeat it over and over until the end of the song. You can actually find a lot videos where you can learn this technique easily.
You can find a lot of ways in learning the blues guitar. You can actually choose to have a private tutor in learning blues guitar, although this can be a little expensive. You can also learn through CDs and DVDs where you can learn to play at home, and you can have the convenience of repeating the lessons as you like.
By: Carolyn Anderson
Hollywood 1059 – Jesse Belvin – Dear Heart
June 7th, 2010
The career of Jesse Belvin, one of the great talents of rhythm and blues, was cut tragically short when he was killed in an auto accident in 1960. Beginning his career as a key member of Jay McNeely’s Three Dots and a Dash, Belvin went on to record for many of the most important West Coast labels of the period, usually as a member of a vocal group or duet. Amongst his best loved recordings are ‘Dream Girl’ (Speciality), credited to Jesse and Marvin, ‘Girl Of My Dreams’ (Modern) by The Cliques …