3 Ways To Master The Blues Guitar Like Buddy Guy
Most blues guitarists start out as rock or country guitarists, only developing their interests in blues at a later date. Thus, there are many blues guitarists who don't have all of the necessary education and background necessary to play traditional blues who rely on modified rock licks and scales to sort of "fake" a blues sound.
For the guitarist who's serious about developing his or her skill as a blues musician, there are several things that can be done to heighten and accelerate this process.
1. Learn some processes and methods of playing that are specific to blues music. This can mean learning specifically blues-oriented scales, and licks. Particularly valuable techniques that are a bit trickier to master, but well worth it are playing with a slide and playing in modified tunings. Many terrific blues soloists like Buddy Guy or Eric Clapton will play in an open chord tuning to alleviate slide playing.
Don't think of just major chords either, minor chord tunings are extremely versatile when it comes to blues.
2. Learn from the masters. If you're more into modern or classic blues, than start your pursuit with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Keb' Mo' and Buddy Guy. Once you've absorbed these heavyweights, than start working your way backwards with such artists like Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf.
3. Develop your skill with the acoustic guitar. Remember, blues started as an acoustic art form, so to discover pure blues, pick up an acoustic guitar, a glass slide, put on some recordings of the old masters, and take yourself back to the Delta!
For the guitarist who's serious about developing his or her skill as a blues musician, there are several things that can be done to heighten and accelerate this process.
1. Learn some processes and methods of playing that are specific to blues music. This can mean learning specifically blues-oriented scales, and licks. Particularly valuable techniques that are a bit trickier to master, but well worth it are playing with a slide and playing in modified tunings. Many terrific blues soloists like Buddy Guy or Eric Clapton will play in an open chord tuning to alleviate slide playing.
Don't think of just major chords either, minor chord tunings are extremely versatile when it comes to blues.
2. Learn from the masters. If you're more into modern or classic blues, than start your pursuit with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Keb' Mo' and Buddy Guy. Once you've absorbed these heavyweights, than start working your way backwards with such artists like Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf.
3. Develop your skill with the acoustic guitar. Remember, blues started as an acoustic art form, so to discover pure blues, pick up an acoustic guitar, a glass slide, put on some recordings of the old masters, and take yourself back to the Delta!
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