This course is all about strumming the blues! You’ll dive into the styles of legendary acoustic players from Texas and Carolina, learning how to play their iconic songs while picking up essential techniques along the way. Perfect for blues-loving guitarists!
Blues Guitar Lessons - Blues from Lightnin' Hopkins & Mance Lipscombe. Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council Guitar Lessons
Blues Guitar Lessons - From Texas To Carolina shows how to play complete songs by acoustic blues guitar players from South Carolina  - Blind Boy Fuller and Floyd Council.
Floyd Council appears in this compilation because his guitar style is identical to Fuller's and he played second guitar on several of Fuller's recordings.
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   Each video lesson presents descriptions and demonstrations of technique, chord structure and slow motion demonstration with on-screen guitar tablature. The guitar tabs are also provided as pdf downloads for ease of practice.
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      The videos are between 15 and 25 minutes long and contain all you need to know to play the songs. This course is ideal for guitar players wanting to explore the world of acoustic blues guitar and also improve their finger picking skills.
   Jim Bruce was voted N°2 Internet Guitar Instructor by Truefire in 2013.
This course will teach you important finger picking techniques of some prominent acoustic blues guitar players from Texas and Carolina
You will learn to play Baby Please Don't Go, in Lightnin Hopkins Texas guitar style.
Texas acoustic blues guitar - You will learn to play Woman Called Mary, in Lightnin Hopkins style.
Fingerstyle Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons In The Old StyleAcoustic blues guitar teacher Jim Bruce was voted Number 2 top guitar instructor on Truefire in 2013 (Number 1 for acoustic blues lessons). Jim still plays blues guitar on the street in Europe and also gives concerts - plus teaching old style finger picking wherever he goes! Now online students can benefit...
Was interesting, in that I played outside my comfort level.
Will review the whole course again until I can get some of the songs memorized,
Jim offers an excellent course in acoustic blues. He often begins with a performance clip by the artist, followed by his own performance of the material. He then introduces the chords in the song (e.g. E or E7, A or A7, B7), and then takes the student through detailed tablature. There are a lot of interesting techniques in here: damped bass note, single string runs, double stops, hammer ons, pulls offs, vibrato, bends, held bends, and turnarounds. He offers performance tips on the timing in the singing, the spacing in the notes, and variations. You can play some nice blues songs and strengthen your picking hand if you, as Jim recommends, put yourself ino the music!
I've been availing myself of Jim's lessons for several years now and I would say that they are the best blues instructional materials out there. I don't feel that I would have come nearly as far in my playing asI would have without them. His instruction is always interesting, and he breaks down difficult passages in ways that make them easy to learn. I greatly appreciate the work and skill that Jim has put into this.
It's next to impossible to find lessons on old blues guitar. Jim clearly knows this style in depth and is an excellent teacher.
Cool! Jim's courses get better and better! He has a hit with this one! Tabs, clips with left and right hands, lecture notes, and excellent playing. If you want to learn authentic Texas and Carolina blues of the masters, Jim's course is the way to do it! Great job Jim!!!! Keep up the great work and keep on pickin'. :-)
Thanks Jim, keep going, more please. Every one of these is like finding a lost gold nugget of blues.
I'm 50 years old and when I grow up I want to be Jim Bruce.
GReat teaching, as it is usual. Fingerpicking blues greats in yuor hands.
Thank you, Jim.
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Raivo K.
Very thoughtfully presented.