It's amazing what the blues can do with a single acoustic guitar - to those of you who have always dreamed about doing great stuff acapella with an acoustic guitar, this one is for you! Thanks Ivan!
This one was really inspiring!
Great! We miss a little solo acoustic blues in here.
Keep up the good work!
wooten
Thanks!
WHAT!!! I like this style, surely something I need to learn!!
Great lesson!!
Cool sound Ivan... I'm gonna learn some licks
Cool lesson
Nice ...guitar sounds great man...
I love the sound of blues on acoustic
My favorite kind of blues
Man I just love that delta sound! You really captured it Ivan, great work. Reminds me of Muddy Waters.
Thanks a lot guys.
very nice feel Ivan!
You are great on acustic guitar Too Great
I love this kind of playing. Great lesson!
moore of this! moore moore MOORE!!!
Great Ivan!
awsome ivan
Thanks guys! More acoustic blues coming up soon.
cant tell how glad i am for ur blues lesson ivan, its incredible!
I love your blues style and it reminds me of the old blues.
You sure your not a Louisanna boy! Very nice!
btw, do u have to play this on a acoustic guitar or can a eletric guitar work well too?
Great lesson!!
cool, can't wait to see the other lessons.
nice feelings Ivan ..good job man
Great sounding lesson.
This is great. Just in thime to. I just bought an acoustic guitar. Thanks Ivan.
fantastic lesson Ivan!!!!
yes!!! This is what I'm talking about, this is what brings a smile to my face
I love it..takin' a walk down to the crossroads.
Sounds cool Ivan! Nice guitar too.
Thanks a lot guys.
@Martin la guitarra
You don't nesseserily need to play it on acoustic, you can practice it on electric guitar as well. It's actually easier to play this on electric. The sound is better on acoustic tho.
wow Ivan!.. very cool lesson!
Thanks Luciana. More acoustic blues coming up!
Very nice lesson Ivan! You are the master of blues!
Thanks man
I love this. I just bought my first acoustic and wasn't really sure what to do with it, and now I have my answer. This is officially my favorite acoustic song. Thank you!
Thank you!
Great Lesson, I love this. I have some simple questions though. Please forgive me as I'm still very new and trying to learn basics as well. At the top of the tab you have Q and E. what do they stand for? I'm pretty sure the 3 is for a triplet. The other thing is the g and the b in the tab. Trying to watch closly I think they stand for hammer on and pull off. Is this correct?
Not a problem m8, those are Guitar Pro marks. Here's the whole legend for you:
Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
Wow, quick reply and it'll help with other lessons as well. Thanks a lot.
Brings up another question though... Whats a ghost note?
Whoops, sorry, meant grace note, but would like to know both anyway.... sory.
I think the best explanation is on Wiki, but if you need some more information after checking that I'll be glad to help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_note
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_note
We definitely need more acoustic stuff at GMC
Cool lesson btw !
Thanks man. Unfortuantely I had to return the acoustics (it wasn't mine), so I can't do the one more lesson on blues I planned
Hey! This lesson blew me away... exactly why I bought my acoustic!!! We both got an epiphone thats cool. Very nice lesson indeed! Usefull as heck.. the pureness "is that a word?" Or purity is so clear and awesome... lightning hopkins all the way!
Cool man I'm glad you like it. It's not mine acoustic, a friend borrowed to me, and I used it for couple of lessons, but then had to return it. When I buy acoustic, you'll have more acoustic lessons from me, I promise
This is my favorite series on GMC Ivan. I just love acoustic blues Nothing can beat that!
Hehe, thanks man, glad to hear you like it!
I love this style of blues - I would really like to see something advanced - Kirby Kelly style double slide would be very cool.
http://www.myspace.com/kirbykelleyblues
http://blog.bestoftexas.com/?p=7916
Wow, this is some great stuff. I would sure like to do it, but I'm not that good with two slides. Perhaps in some time when I learn to play with two slides on a bit more advanced level. Thanks for the recommendation tho.
Great lesson. My first lesson in GMC!!!! My first time playing Blues!
Thanks Master Ivan!