SCHEDULING YOUR WORK: As usual, to begin with, practise the first measure: Practise the fingerings of the left hand without the rhythm. Introduce the correct picking directions (be careful the strokes are not systematically alternated). Then, play the whole song with the indicated rhythm. Having done this, train yourself to play the pattern in measure [...]

Tags: Blues, chords, hammering-on, Intermediate, pulling-off, shuffle

This fourth finger picking Blues song, the most complex of the series, mixes the system of alternated bass from the first song and the techniques of the two others (h.o., p.o. and slide). Practise measure after measure, initially without rhythm in order to memorize the fingerings, then in time. Don’t forget to strictly follow the [...]

Tags: Blues, fingerpicking, hammering-on, pulling-off, slide