Series 3 Lesson 1B (Second part) Bottleneck Blues Slide Guitar
Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:47Posted in category Uncategorized
Welcome to Series 3 Lesson 1B (Second part). In this installment, I’m now tuned to Open G (DGDgbd). I will compare the Open G strings 1-5 to Open D strings 2-6 Taught by Keni Lee Burgess
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KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Maybe in a future lesson, I will try to explain this more. Enjoy.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. Yes, I understand what you are trying to understand. Now that you are starting to understand scales, try to figure out a solo. Listen to a solo from a 12 bar blues over and over until the licks or melody is clear in your mind. Then sit down and try to figure it out. In this way you will begin to understand how the notes and chords work. Experiment. Use your ears. Have a friend play the rhythm or bass as you practice looking for the correct notes.
bluetche says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
How all the scales work togheter??
I could do something on blues solos… just a opinion!
Thanks for this lesson, i´am getting better and better every single day!!!
Thanks from Brazil!!! (café com leite)
bluetche says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Hello Kenny Lee Burgess my man!!
how are you?? hope you doing fine!!
Of course that we are following you in your instructions!!
I´ve realized that how each chord is constructed over each scale.
But i feel that something is still missing.
Like when iam playng over the G bass, i improvise in the G blues scale (open position) close to the nut, or in closed position. when im playing over the C bass…. etc.
But how abou solos? when the performer uses all the fretboar?? understand what i mean?
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you for the encouragement. I learned to wear the slide on my pinky from Bob Brozman. You can utilize the first three fingers for fretting note. You can also wear it on the ring finger like Mike Dowling and utilize the first two fingers and the pinky for fretting. Currently, there is no tab available for Series 3, but the two video CDs for sale on ebay, Series 1 and 2 each contain a printable tablature file covering all the material. Please check them out by searching Keni Lee on ebay.
ChomFa says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Keni-Lee, very good teaching. You’ve got the right personality for it.
Great to see you also play with a slide on ya pinky!
Do you have any of this material tabbed?? (I know, asking for a lot!!)
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. You hit the nail on the head, about the blues masters being technically better. I can’t tell you how difficult it is to keep up and improve my performance. I am amazed by artists who display flawless material on a stage. What is required is countless hours a day of playing. So much to learn, so little time. I’m glad my friends are enjoying these lessons as much as I am teaching them. Every lessson helps me clarify my ideas and learn something new. So, thank you for your interest.
flactemnad says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I was in my mid 30s when I first heard slide blues, and I loved it. Looking into the Blues I found that I enjoyed the old, simple, one man, Delta Blues. It’s gave me an appreciation for related musical forms, both older and newer.
Some might be technically better than our friend Keni Lee, he’s got a feel that just exudes the old Delta Blues. A man who plays his guitar well, and seems to enjoy doing it. Most of all, willing to spread the Blues to us so that we can make that music our own.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you for your support. Enjoy the practice. Add a little of your own exploration to each lesson. Here is another Bob Brozman quote, It is all about desire. How bad do you want it? If you are willing to spend the time and put in the work, anything is possible. Please let me know if I could be of any assistance as you work thru the lessons. Thanks again and enjoy.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. Your comments are always welcome here. Enjoy your practice.
kokoro86 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
‘Nuff said.
Evidently there is still a lot of strong emotion floating around when it comes to blues music.
I’d like to think where there is passion, there is hope.
Sorry if I inadvertently kicked up a hornet’s nest.
I applaud your knack for diplomacy and promise to behave myself henceforth.
Cheers!
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Not to beat a dead horse, but concerning opinions. I was told by a retired professional musician, that the only opinions that he would consider influencing his musical direction came from teachers and fellow musicians he respected. Compliments postive and negitive are not necessarily constructive. You need to take care about the feeling they can produce.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I think there will always be upcoming artists playing blues in some traditional manner. Be it 1930s,40s,50s,60s style. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and can pick and choose whatever they like. That is why they say opinions are like %$#holes, everyone has one. lol. I always like to agree to disagree in subjective matters. As for Jack White, he must be doing something right, he is working professionally, and attracting fans. I wish I could be so talented, and fortunate in my career.
kokoro86 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
And thank goodness it still IS a free country.
Hey man, we’re all free to like or dislike whatever song versions or artists we want.
I was just commenting that I pray artists still play the blues for many years to come.
A lot of blues icons are either dead or aging, so somebody has to pick up the torch and make sure it survives.
(That sometimes necessitates a little new blood joining the fray.)
I still love Son Houses A Capella tune “John the Revelator”.
kokoro86 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Indeed, musical taste is a completely subjective thing.
To be sure, if you would have asked me what good music was in my teens, I would have answered differently.
As for the question of evolution, just look at where the Beatles started and what they were putting out near the end of their union. Or even the Rolling Stones for that matter.
Any musical group with any real sort of staying power inevitably goes through changes.
Imagine..Hendrix or Morrison doing power-ballads…
ZEDZOR2 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
thank u 4 u support in this matter i appreciate ur help
ZEDZOR2 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Look if it was agood version ofdeath letter the that would be ok but jamie gilles (jack white)aint done a good song for the last 5 years this is my opinion and thats why im stating it its still afree country
flactemnad says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Yeah, I have both of your earlier series lessons. I just have to spend time to practice and learn. I’ll get there someday… I hope!
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Yes, I agree with your comments. Art in general, is a purely (subjective) personal taste. If you examine it objectively, it is clear Blues evolved into Ragtime, Jazz, R & B, and Rock & Roll. We can look back thru this change, but back in the 1930s they gathered influences from even earlier sources. Viewing it this way, there really are no completely original ideas, just creative changes that no longer resemble the traditional standard. I always wonder, where would Jimi Hendrix have gone?
kokoro86 says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
While I agree that I prefer the original, the likes of White and other contemporary musicians doing blues standards DOES help keep blues music relevant in today’s culture. If you want the original, I’m all for stepping into the time machine and listening to Son House himself.
(Nobody did it better, but purists lambasting any attempts at updating it doesn’t serve the blues either)
Even the Stones modified Johnson’s ‘Love in Vain’ significantly when they covered it.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I agree, with 2 musicians you got to work hard. No place to hide.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. In Series 3 I will show how material can be easily moved between keys. The finger positions are different in that they shift up or down. This is explained in Lesson 1B. Then you can learn to move pairs of strings into different positions(1C) and finally interval inversions (1D). The slight differences in the 2 tunings leads to a creative choice. The Walking Blues lick works better in G tuning because of the low 5 D bottom. Single line works best in D because of the high 1 D top.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. Please consider working thru Series 1 and 2. Series 3 is designed to explain the relationship between the two tunings, and expand the creative possibilities. Viewed as a complete approach, I think it will become clearer for you. Enjoy.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you. Yes, Series 2 is now available on ebay too. Search: Keni Lee If the auction has ended, I will be starting a new one soon. Thank you for your support.
bluesmaen says:
January 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Hi Keni,
again a great video!
Do I need the tune to open G ?
I started some weeks ago with open E and I start to handle it.
Has it totaly other finger positions or just a higher tone ?