Delta Blues Style Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl10th April 2011
  Excellent Denes - I know there are a lot of people out there who want to be able to play both bass and melody simultaneously. I figure Delta Blues has to be one of the best ways to start!
- bill9510th April 2011
  Nice Lesson Denes! and nice strat, which model is that?
- Ivan Milenkovic10th April 2011
  Great sounding little blues tune
- Bogdan Radovic10th April 2011
  Great tune! Really catchy!
- Crazy_Diamond10th April 2011
  That's the spirit of blues !!!
- Laszlo Boross10th April 2011
  Great traditional blues lesson Dénes!
- Chowy Fernandez11th April 2011
  sweet guitar sound and instructive lesson, i love your sound, what guitar is that=? fender?
- Ben Higgins11th April 2011
  Very cool lesson Denes... you and Mate certainly know how to play the blues !! :-D
- Zsolt Galambos11th April 2011
  The blues man! Great composition
- Jerry Arcidiacono11th April 2011
  Great bluesy lesson Denes
- Denes Nagy12th April 2011
  That's a Japan Fender Strat from 1986
- Sinisa Cekic14th April 2011
  great comp. and guitar, good job !
- JuanMV15th April 2011
  Great lesson

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- Tags: Blues, Muddy waters, Howlin wolf, Delta blues
Hi GMC-ers! In this I'll show you a typical Delta Blues style composition. You will be constantly playing the bass notes on the E and A strings while playing the melodies. The lesson is a common 12 bar blues.

"The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, the Mississippi River on the west to the Yazoo River on the east. Guitar, harmonica and cigar box guitar are the dominant instruments used, with slide guitar (usually on the steel guitar) being a hallmark of the style." ("Delta Blues" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia)

Techniques:
* Delta Style Bleus
* Slides
* Bluesy Bends
* Slow Bluesy Licks
* Thrills

Tuning:
* Standard
* E - A - D - G - B - E
(From thick to thin string)

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Enjoy!/ Dénes

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