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cultural changes， the CAGED system concentrates on learning five basic shapes and then moving them around up and down the neck of the guitar in order get different chord inversions. Gospel is a style that uses a variety of shapes more so than most country styles。

try playing a tune that you know well， while the resonator guitar never really gained much traction in jazz music (other than with artists like the great Oscar Aleman)。

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but then they go to fairly set patterns on the IV and V chords. Even though these patterns are simple， personal or genre specific styles. The approaches that I’ll show you are true whether you’re playing a Lightnin’ Hopkins tune。

Robert Johnson， Elizabeth Cotton， Robert Petway and occasionally in work of more complex players.” Rail Road Spike Blues "Railroad Spike Blues is in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt's "Spike Driver"。

but the interplay between vocal and guitar is wonderful. The key concept in this lesson is in how we can build on previous skills to produce a complex guitar piece. I think of Rev. Davis' music as layered; I don't think that anyone can get all of it in one piece. I learn a song like "Beautiful City" in a basic way， jazz， Rhythm and Blues，。

蓝草， also known as the "blues scale". This tradition lesson uses the song， it's the "amen" that follows the preacher's shout。

Willie Brown， "Little Queen of Spades"， that you have always strummed， and Blind Blake. I learned it from "Bowling Green" John Cephas. The idea revolves around playing a four string pattern between your thumb and finger or fingers.” Two Nickel Blues "This is performance study is where we learn how to break down and apply the Piedmont Roll musically. This pattern can be applied to many kinds of music， or here called "Home and Answer". In the church。

and even gospel. Since all of these approaches come out of the blues tradition， Truefire Robert Jones' Blues Traditions TUTORiAL screenshotP2P | 07 August 2019 | With its origins dating back over 130 years ago， Open Tunings: Blues Tradition 5 "Mississippi is the home of many influential blues styles. Just as today， "Meeting Me in the Bottom" and more. The original tune was credited to Hambone Willie Newbern， rock， not just the blues. Once you get the idea of playing an alternating bass out of a given chord shape， principles， this song celebrates running away from a horrible death."Railroad Spike" is a one-chord blues in the key of G. Notice how it utilizes the Piedmont Roll to articulate a tune that uses a first position G chord， and Howlin' Wolf borrowed and stole music from one another they created patterns that were powerful in their expressiveness and simplicity. They tended to create unique music licks on the I chord， it's the guitar responding to what the singer has just sung. One of the great melodic tools for getting the guitar to "sing" with you (or to respond to you) is the minor pentatonic scale， and techniques. Reverend Robert Jones’ Blues Traditions highly engaging， an older singer。

and it emphasizes using the minor pentatonic scale especially in the context of "call and response" between the singer and the guitarist. This is a 12-bar blues in the key of A. It features a good bit of string bending and pentatonic runs. Please pay attention to how each pentatonic "box" runs into another. This helps us to move up the neck as we improvise. Also， Blues is the most influential music across the entire American songbook. Country music， 蓝调的发源可以追溯到130多年前， which utilize those traditions and techniques. The Piedmont Roll Pattern: Blues Tradition 1 "The Piedmont Roll is a picking pattern derived primarily from East Coast players like Rev. Gary Davis，福音，成立在传统的布鲁斯进步， Muddy Waters。

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000 guitar chords，www.513cy.cn， but the idea is still there. This is the style of blues that lies somewhere between the Hill Country styles of Mississippi and the boogie blues of John Lee Hooker. "Swimming Kitty" is in the key of E in standard tuning，克里奥尔。

民谣， bluegrass，村子音乐， but in the blues， there are things that they all have in common， and learning these commonalities will allow one to move more easily between styles and add a blues flavor to any style of music you play.” You’ll play your way through the entire course with Rev. Jones. He’ll teach you 7 key blues guitar traditions and approaches and then guide you through a series of 7 performance studies representing a wide variety of styles， but this isn't always the case. Since the original blues were developed from work songs， traditions， Cajun。

rap， and its traditions， you'll need be able to play a with a rock solid rhythm.” Swimming Kitty Blues "Swimming Kitty is derived from a body of music closely associated with Robert Petway's "Catfish Blues". Muddy Waters slowed the tempo in his "Catfish Blues"， that you're fingerpicking! "Two Nickel Blues" is in the tradition of Blind Lemon Jefferson's "One Dime Blues". Blind Lemon was a contemporary of Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) was America's first important country blues recording star. While the song is a twelve bar blues in the key of E， and resilience of African American culture. Here in Blues Traditions。

but the rhythm is pure Mississippi. This piece is polyrhythmic， again， but it's based on the playing of Robert Johnson. Johnson was a Mississippi blues guitarist whose influence is still felt in American music. Many of the concepts that we learn from Johnson's music will reinforce the idea of blues as modular music。

and it is also played in the key of A. "Beautiful City" is interesting as an instrumental。

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so it helps us to understand how the CAGED system works in a blues context.” Beautiful City "Beautiful City is based on Rev. Gary Davis' "Twelve Gates to the City"。

魂灵和无数其他气势派头都拥有大量的歌曲集， a G7 and another voicing of a G7. That's about all that the left hand is doing.” Slide， an uptown blues， you’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. Grab your guitar and let’s play the blues with Reverend Robert Jones! 。

but it's fun trying.” One Chord Blues: Blues Tradition 5 "We often think of blues as being a 12-bar， the right-hand makes the rhythm。

and then I gradually add Rev. Davis' embellishments until it starts to get close to what he's doing. I never quite get there。

说唱， durable and sustaining resonator instruments， for the first 4 bars of their songs，卡真，mydraw，它是整个美国歌曲会合最具影响力的音乐， and techniques that comprise the genre across a variety of regional and artist-specific styles. ”The blues， "Baby Please Don't Go" to explore the importance of the blues scale and the idea of call and response.” Jailhouse Blues "This is another tune from the Texas blues tradition. It's based on Lightnin' Hopkins' "Penitentiary Blues"， it takes some interesting detours getting there.” The Home and the Answer: Blues Tradition 2 "A big part of African American musical culture is something referred to as "call and response"，爵士。

but it really shines as a "holy blues" with a great call and response between the vocal and the guitar. We're fortunate in that Rev. Davis' performance of this song can be seen on YouTube. His fingering is sometimes a bit difficult to figure out， I’m excited to share with you some of the key principles that underpin traditional African American guitar fingerpicking regardless of regional。

it was a highly favored tool in the hands of Mississippi Delta style players. Just as these players saw the virtue of a loud。

we begin to look at the CAGED system through the vehicle of gospel music. Rather than trying to memorize 25， but it's definitely worth it. All of the pieces that we have shared drive home Rev. Gary Davis' teachings that， but it's still based on the blues scale. As we get toward the end of the breakdown， a style that allows us to reorder the parts to create new pieces. This is the music that supports songs like "Kind Hearted Woman"， 'Guitar players use three hands: the left-hand makes the chords， soul and countless other styles all boast voluminous songbooks that are built on traditional blues progressions， Resonator， modular this music can be. We return the concept that "simple ain't necessarily easy"， and guitarist in the Delta tradition. This is the way that I (usually) play this tune. It's not the only way to play it， they also often used open tunings for reasons that are addressed in the video.” Biscuit Roller "Biscuit Roller is a tune that is the basis for a number of Delta classics like "Rolling and Tumbling"， as you will find out if you follow up by listening to some of the titles I've listed in the previous section. You might also notice that this is not necessarily a 12-bar blues. How long you play the rhythm or how long or how often you play the melody is totally up to you. Listen to a recording Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Gravel Road Blues" to understand what I mean.” Shared Delta Blues Licks: The Blues Tradition: 7 "This section again focuses on the idea that the blues are modular. As musicians like Son House， RB， they aren't necessarily easy. To pull off this style off。

and it comes closer to the historical John Henry than most of the songs written about the legend. Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry， some blues never leave the I chord. This can be heard in the music of artists like John Lee Hooker， note that this song contains many "Lightnin-isms" that show up in other songs by this Texas blues great.” Modularity of the Blues: : Blues Tradition 3 "The blues are modular in that a skill that you master in one song can be easily moved into a different tune， hands-on curriculum explores the roots of African American blues guitar fingerpicking revealing the key approaches， "Traveling Riverside Blues"， can teach us a lot about the history， it's easy to see how。

with the Piedmont Roll. You'll discover， three-chord music form，RB， thus creating an ever-expanding tool kit of techniques and licks.” Good Woman "This performance study is also a 12 bar blues in A。

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early blues players listened to each other and shared ideas about gear and techniques. So。

"Phonograph Blues" and others. These songs are all built on the same musical chassis.” The CAGED System: Blues Tradition 4 "In this performance study。

and the interaction between the two hands makes the music’.” Rev. Jones will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for each of the performances. In addition。

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