Duke, here's my attempt at soloing in the Slow Blues in C.  I really struggled with some of the phrasing. As I was improvising it didn't seem like it but after watching the video I...

@Alex...you welcome.  Good luck with the gig.

@Corey........oh now I seeeeeee :DDDDDD....yes, we call it....Jack di Danari...litteraly translated Jack of money!!! :)))) Thanks for the lyrics...now I have no excuses!!!!! :))))...

@Rich...you got it.  

@Alex   Well I played him in the spring / and he never won a thing / jack o diamonds is a hard card to play Well I played him in the fall / and he never won at all / jack o...

Hi Alex .. great you may be playing in a club in May.  Have someone take some video!  Would be great to see it.

@Corey...thanks....:) Now I'm workin again on catfish blues and Everybody Ought to change because it's very possible that by the end of may I'll play in a club here in...

Hi Roger, Sounds great, good work! just be careful not to rush the asending/decending line at the end. very good! Duke

Hi Tim .. good catch!  You're right.  All fixed now. Thanks for catching this and letting me know.

Thanks Corey for the welcome and the tip on the film.  I'll check it out.

Duke, thanks so much for teaching me this great tune after I've been butchering it for 25 years! Here is my attempt at the Jumpin Blues outro. Thanks in advance for your feedback...

Thanks Mike. It looks very simple. Can't wait to try it out this evening.

@Mike...I would suggest using the heel of your hand to dampen out any extra noises from the guitar.  I would also suggest that you play scales with the slide on every string, major...

@Rich G...welcome to sonic junction and thanks for checking out my lessons.  Have you seen the Les Blank film about Mance Lipscomb?  I think it is called "A Life Well Spent."...

@ Alex...I like to use 0.12 strings.  I don't think it matters who makes them...but I use D'Addario.  If you like 0.13 then stick with that.  I think that bronze strings are...

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@Corey..thanks for the lesson :)....Palm muting and slide control is the most challenging and important thing for me to study when I play slide. I'm not so interested in speak too...

Hi Mike, It's just the finger numbers for the 9th. 3's instead of 1's etc. Tim.

Hi Tim .. thanks for the feedback.  Which chords do you think I missed?  I re-check and update.  Thanks!

I think Mike got the fingerings wrong for the 9th chords. . . Tim.

Thanks Tim, Next up- Chicago blues in E ! Duke

Hi Duke This Lesson 2 is really useful as a starting point with the "Slow Blues" theme.  Perhaps it should have been considered as Lesson 1, as we're used to the "chords first"...

Hi Stekks .. Got it.  Sorry for the issue, we will resolve in the next day or two.   Mike

Hi, The first solo lesson of Memphis Grind is not working. The video doesn't show up and the tabs are all the way to the right and cut off. Maybe the webmaster could take a look...

Hi, I was buying some Hound Dog Taylor songs on Itunes and "The Goat" was listed under his songs (off the album "Come On In This House"). It's clear, however, Junior Wells is...

This week we're re-issuing one of Duke's most popular lessons: Slow Blues In C.  We've updated the lesson with a full transcription of the solo's 2nd chorus.  Next week Duke will...

This week we're going to begin learning Little Walter's Juke - the most famous of all harmonica instrumentals. We'll take it in small bites, one chorus a week, until we work our...

@Corey .. Moanin' at Midnight is AWESOME!!  Thanks for the introduction.

You're welcome Duke :)) I'm not very expert with music theory but about woman body language...well this is something that is international!!! :)) I only share another video because...

Hi Mike, What I'm thinking is just the notes I'm about to play and how I can bend them and stretch them to make ME feel good. But really, that is in a very etheral way or state of...