how to play blues guitar
Guitar is very hearty instrument a playing blues on guitar is heavenly feeling. It’s important to know about origin of blue guitar and people who has been associated with. Big celebrity like B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton to name a few. They are legend in blue guitar. What make them great guitarists are their practice, determination and deviation. So if you wish to play blue guitar you must swear to develop same habits. It is advisable to practice as much as possible only practice can make you perfect.
You must have good quality guitar, which must suit your personality .It must be easy to carry and hold. You can use electric guitar or acoustic guitar as per your wish, what is important to know is about the guitar. If its electric guitar then there is no need to add any amplifier but if its acoustic then amp is used.
Tuning is wonder important thing electric guitars are easy to tune and most of the time it’s very easy to tune as it gets tuned electrically. Acoustic guitar needed to be tuned and there are ways to tune the guitar.
Guitar has headstock, neck, and fret board, tuning machines, bridge & body.
Do not distribute the tunings and play with nut etc until well versed with the guitar anatomy. There are six strings: Thickest 6th string, 5th called A, D is known as fourth, G called 3rd sting, Second string called B, E-Thinnest string.
The blue guitarist must know the 12-bar form, those who are interested in blue, country or rock they must learn 12- bar by soul and heart. It has three basic lines namely AAB form. The initial 4 lines needed to be repeated with same variation. Then new 3rd line must be introduced.
Follow the given notification: I= tonic also known as basic chord.
IV is subdominant
V7is dominant on 7th
Now apply the chord group. It will result in following chords:
E-major: I= = E, and IV= =A, and V7= =B7
A-major: I= =A, and IV= =D, and V7= =E7
D-major: I= =D, and IV= =G, and V7= =A7
G-major: I= =G, and IV= =C, and V7= =D7
C-major: I= =C, and IV= =F, and V7= =G7
E-major is used first and then circle of fifth. One must notice that IV chord is a key to tonika. Repeat the chord and practice as much as possible and also listen to various blue guitars to get the inspiration and lesions.
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