Hi Guys, Just stick with it. Careful listening and focused practice will get you there.

The obvious thing to do is ask the band leader what key the song is in before they kick it off. If you can hear the the tonal center or root note on your own you'll have the right...

Ramster, Love Fats and got to sit in with Muddy several times when Fats was in the band. I'll have to get his recording first though. Duke

Daddy Ray, All this stuff you are mentioning is great guitar. I'll do some of these for sure! Duke

Fishnet would make a good lesson. I got that turnaround from a Jimmy Witherspoon/Jack McDuff arrangement of "I'm gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" Fishnet is a 13 bar blues by...

Good luck with the show Vince. I used to blow on the strings making chords and it produces a wild sound. You have to blow really hard though and I just don't have that much wind...

Hi Peter, I believe what you are refering to is the Charleston rhythm like Stevieboy is playing on his video along with me. It is usually played in downstrokes but if down and up...

hey Peter, No worries, take your time. I'll look forward to hearing you. Duke

Hey Stevieboy, Great job! You definately got the vibe going on and your 4s with me were great. Keep up the good work! Duke

Playing upside down worked for Sonny Terry and Paul Butterfield.

I assume Ricky is just sitting in Jerry's video set, and I can understand that, but it would be nice if the camera could pull back and show his guitar.  I'd like to see what he's...

@Corey...for sure it would be...one colour, one tone, one opinion....it's not only boring...it's the portrait of totalitarism... :))) I was speaking with Gordon in Olmedo and I was...

Jerry, I've heard some guys say that they play, exclusively with tongue blocking, while they hit single notes, and also, while they bend single notes, what is your take on this?...

 I would like to say, I've been a Jerry Portnoy fan since I was about 15 years old, when I bought my first blues albums. One of the first albums I bought was, King Bee, I...

'Yellow Bee'. Charley Patton and Bertha Lee (1934) Delta Blues has to be my favorite version of Bumble Bee Blues.  I like the  riff that consists of a 5th string slide to E (an...

I don't mind you going, ain't going to stay so longDon't mind you going, don't be gone so longYou's my bumble bee and you're needed here at home

I can't stand to hear him buzz, buzz, buzzCome in, bumble bee, want you to stop your fussYou're my bumble bee and you know your stuffOh, sting me, bumble bee, until I get...

Bumble bee, bumble bee, please come back to meBumble bee, bumble bee, please come back to meHe got the best old stinger any bumble bee that I ever seenHe stung me this morning, I...

@Alex...I meant 'one tone', not 'boring'.  But if everything in the world was one tone it would be boring, wouldn't it? I think we should be trying to put various tones and vibes...

@alex - just wanted to chime in and say you're sounding great! Way to go!

@corey....in italian the word "monotono" (maybe also in French) has two meaning depending where the accent falls...if it's in the third O it means  1 tone....while if it's in the...

  @ Alex...yes its is a matter of making the guitar have different volumes throughout the song, just like when we are talking we sometimes say the words a little louder to...

@Corey thanks...sure it's like you say...It's all about right hand, isn't it? Touch the strings at different points of the guitar, with one finger or two fingers, muting them or...

@Mike...thanks.  I look forward to seeing your video post of the song.

@Alex...sounds good.  I would suggest trying to use more dynamics in the song.  For example, you could dig in more with your thumb at different points in the song.  Contrast this...

@Slughead...thanks a lot.  I look forward to seeing you here on the site.  Please post a video when you are ready.  Thanks!

Love this tune Corey!  I'm getting the first line down now.  The run is next which is going to be a little rough Alex, you sound great as usual! Slughead ... I totally agree, when...

Awesome

Hi Duke .. I love the right hand technique part of the lesson.  I was noticing the rake in your backing track and things like this really make the tune.  I appreciate you teaching...

Thanks Jerry! Big Walter is my favorite of the pioneering harp blowers. I especially love his first position playing like on Hard Hearted Woman, and Trouble In Mind.  My best...