The Blues Guitar

  In this video I want to play through a version of St Louis Blues based on John Fahey's version. St Louis Blues is a famous jazz piece in the blues style and has been covered numerous times. John Fahey's version is a fingerstyle guitar version and the version I play here is close to Fahey's recording. In the video, I will play through the music, then have a look at the structure of the music. I will also give some playing tips on some of the trickier sections of music which might trip you up when playing. Lastly, I will play through the music slower and put the tab on screen. The music is mostly is in 4/4 time, it is in the Key of D and is played on a guitar in Dropped D tuning. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. St Louis Blues Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Varying the Travis Picking Pattern - The song mostly has a standard Travis picking pattern through it. This is usually played across the 6th and 4th s