The Blues Guitar

  Little Red Rooster is one of the most well known blues songs. The original version is attributed to Willie Dixon but it has been covered by many different artists. In this video I want to have a look at two of the most famous versions by Howlin' Wolf and The Rolling Stones. I will have a look at how to set up your guitar, the structure of the song, and then playthough each of the two versions with the tab on screen, so you can play it yourself. The song is played on a guitar tuned to Open G. Here is the downloadable tab for the song below: Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf Version Tab  -      Power Tab - PDF - TXT Little Red Rooster - Rolling Stones Version Tab  -   Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Playing Advice Using a Slide - To play either versions of this tune, you will need to use a slide to get that distinctive sound. What type of slide you use is up to you. But I think a full length metal slide works best. It gives a nice raspy sound...

  This is my version of the classic blues song Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson. The song has been covered many times by various artists such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and even the Blues Brothers when it featured in their iconic movie. This version is based on Robert Johnson's original. The song is in the Key of E, is in 4/4 time, and is played on a guitar in standard tuning. In the video, I play through the Intro, then the verse and the turnaround twice, and then the outro. But you can just keep looping around playing the verse and turnaround for as many times as you want, for each of the verses. Here is the downloadable tab for the song below: Sweet Home Chicago Tab  -   Power Tab - PDF - TXT Playing Advice Anchoring the Pinky - For the intro section and the outro section, Johnson repeatedly plays the note of E on the 12th fret of the highest string of the guitar. This then has a descending bass line played over it. To make this easier to play, I woud recom...

  This is a blues turnaround lick in the Key of A. It is taken from the blues tune Me and The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson. The turnaround is played on a guitar in standard tuning.    This lick is relatively easy to play and can be incorporated into a standard blues piece in the Key of A. To make it easier to play, in the 1st bar, if you anchor pinky of your fretting hand on fret 5 of the highest string and then use the other fingers to fret the other notes, it will be a lot easier to play.   In the 2nd bar, if you just form an E7 chord with all four fingers, you can easily play the last few notes of this lick.   The video above me playing it at normal speed, and then shows me playing it slower with the tab on the screen. To download the free tabs, click the links below. Blues Turnaround Lick in A Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT Thanks for Reading, Neil