Want to learn to play blues guitar …..Online?

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That was the thread that I saw that was identical to the original post here. But its original post was mod'ed. You can see the text the next guy will use though, so it'll be interesting to see if the exact same 2nd post shows up here.

The text of post 2 will be:

"I believe that it’s good to learn online as I have the example of my friend who has really made himself good on guitar by learning from the net. He used to learn blues guitar [originally a link here] by online lessons and it did him good. It was hotstrings.
An easy introduction to the most important techniques and styles of blues guitar playing. 100 exercises and tracks for your first solo and rhythm guitar playing. Direct downloadable to your pc."

I'm counting the minutes, heh. Dumb-spam is fun. :D
 
mshilarious said:
I'm in a testy mood today!

And 32-20 thinks he can play the blues, but so did Dexy's Midnight Runners :p

And the Beatles weren't that big. If they were, you'd cuss by taking their names in vain! :p
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I can play the blues. Hell, I am the blues. Yes, I'm a middle class white kid, but you're forgetting something - I'm also Irish. And the Irish are the African-Americans of Europe. My people endured 800 years of bondage at the hands of the colonial oppressor, and that gives me a right - no, a DUTY, dammit - to play the blues. Oh Lordy, I trouble so hard. :D
 
starbuck26 said:
Right. There are some scale intervals that are better played by certain races. Middle class white kids from the suburbs have real problems playing 12-bar blues, and can't seem to handle a pentatonic scale. Of course, there are LOTS of working-class, blue collar, old white men gray hair pulled in a pony-tail behind their baldspot, gut hanging over their belt, shanking away at a tele copy that THINK they can play the blues, but, since their white, they can't really do it either. Nevermind the Schlitz. It ain't true rotgut, that's for sure.

Of course, there are a few other cultures that are genetically and culturally better suited to play the blues. The Japanese, the Vietnamese, etc. (assorted Asians) all use pentatonic scales. Perhaps that's why the beatles were so big. But wait—the Beatles were white—UPPER CLASS—ENGLISH!!!! kids... oh christ. Then there's the Mayans, Aztecs—all natives of South and Central America... why? Because they descended from the Asians. They use pentatonic scales as well, and certain tribal languages in South America are extremely close to Japanese. Land Bridge in Siberia, etc.

I propose a divide.

If you are...

White and Upper-Class... You can have all stringed instruments other than guitar (keep the classical guitar), John Mellencamp, and Cool Jazz.

White and Middle-Class... You can have all of Indie Rock, the Wu-Tang Clan (not including Method Man, Ghostface and the Chef), Journey, the Doors and anything with accents on beats One and Three.

White and Lower-Class... All Classic Rock but mostly limited to what is played on the radio. Metal.

White and homeless: Punk.

Black and Upper-Class: Jazz, Blues. You're enlightened and educated enough to avoid lower-class black culture and also enlightened and educated enough to hate white people. This group claims Robert Johnson. Also, 60's and 70's Soul, but only on Saturday nights. Gospel on Sundays.

Black and Middle-Class: Soul except on Saturday nights, Underground Hip-Hop, the Roots, R&B. Don't know Dr. Know was black.

Black and Lower-Class: All commercial hip-hop. Raekwon, Ghostface and Method Man from the Wu Tang. Gospel.

Black and Homeless: Kanye West. Whatever they make you sing at the homeless shelter.

OF COURSE these are all very rough groupings. True musicality can only be determined by the size an shape of your skull, with certain bumps appearing over the ears being the true markers of musical genius and originality, the the bigger the skull the bigger the brain the smarter the person.

And just in case you aren't getting it. This is all total fucking bullshit. But it's here to remind us that quotes like this:



though harmless, are also fucking bullshit.

For example:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ek4osa4LlVI

These kids are from the Netherlands. And it's a blues song about a dead cat.
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So, you're, what? An upper class white kid with no sense of humour or irony who takes himself too seriously? Just think: That was, what, 5 minutes or so of typing that irrelevant post that you'll never get back.

Carpe Diem, my son, carpe diem.

:p
 
Are you black and blind? Then you are playing blues automatically whether you realize it or not (and are playing it very well).

(This is not a racist comment, and I am not racist).
 
32-20-Blues said:
I can play the blues. Hell, I am the blues. Yes, I'm a middle class white kid, but you're forgetting something - I'm also Irish. And the Irish are the African-Americans of Europe. My people endured 800 years of bondage at the hands of the colonial oppressor, and that gives me a right - no, a DUTY, dammit - to play the blues. Oh Lordy, I trouble so hard. :D
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Can't wait for the first album "Cromwell done stole me potatoes".:D
 
Were potatoes that common yet in the days of Cromwell? Granted, "Cromwell spilt my leek & oat porridge" isn't quite as catchy :(
 
Lessee so far:

"Roundhead Blues"

Cromwell done stole my potatoes
He spilt my leek & oat porridge too
Yeah, Cromwell done stole my potatoes
He spilt my leek & oat porridge too
He cut down all the forests
Burnin' Drogheda got me feeling real blue

(bagpipe solo)

Say, I went down to Londontown
Hitched me a ride with the Cavaliers
Said I rode out from Londontown
Gallopin' with dem Cavaliers
But the NMA done me wrong
Cut down my horse with all dem spears . . .
 
My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor Irish child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Connemara . . .
 
mshilarious said:
Were potatoes that common yet in the days of Cromwell? Granted, "Cromwell spilt my leek & oat porridge" isn't quite as catchy :(
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No, they weren't. Still, poetic license is being invoked here. "I woke up this morning and Cromwell done raped my sister" probably wouldn't get as much radio play.

mshilarious said:
Lessee so far:

"Roundhead Blues"

Cromwell done stole my potatoes
He spilt my leek & oat porridge too
Yeah, Cromwell done stole my potatoes
He spilt my leek & oat porridge too
He cut down all the forests
Burnin' Drogheda got me feeling real blue

(bagpipe solo)

Say, I went down to Londontown
Hitched me a ride with the Cavaliers
Said I rode out from Londontown
Gallopin' with dem Cavaliers
But the NMA done me wrong
Cut down my horse with all dem spears . . .
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Genius. :D We should probably enter into some sort of musical partnership. Forget Lieber/Stoller, we'll take on the world. I'll handle the music if you tackle the lyrics. Given that it's all blues, I probably have the easier job. :D

I propose we deal with the 1916 rising next. Something like:

There's a rising in Dublin, baby, hand me down my travellin' shoes
There's a rising down in Dublin, hand me my travellin' shoes
All's changed, changed utterly; I got those IRA rebellion blues

legionserial said:
I really don't recall all that much S&M being involved...are you sure that isn't the B-movie version?
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Trust me man, they did some pretty strange stuff to my people: That's all behind us now, though. We're climbing Jacob's ladder, Said we are climbing Jacob's ladder. Oh, we're climbing Jacob's ladder, heading towards our Jubilee.

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starbuck26 said:
I propose a divide.

If you are...

White and Upper-Class... You can have all stringed instruments other than guitar (keep the classical guitar), John Mellencamp, and Cool Jazz.

White and Middle-Class... You can have all of Indie Rock, the Wu-Tang Clan (not including Method Man, Ghostface and the Chef), Journey, the Doors and anything with accents on beats One and Three.

White and Lower-Class... All Classic Rock but mostly limited to what is played on the radio. Metal.

White and homeless: Punk.

Black and Upper-Class: Jazz, Blues. You're enlightened and educated enough to avoid lower-class black culture and also enlightened and educated enough to hate white people. This group claims Robert Johnson. Also, 60's and 70's Soul, but only on Saturday nights. Gospel on Sundays.

Black and Middle-Class: Soul except on Saturday nights, Underground Hip-Hop, the Roots, R&B. Don't know Dr. Know was black.

Black and Lower-Class: All commercial hip-hop. Raekwon, Ghostface and Method Man from the Wu Tang. Gospel.

Black and Homeless: Kanye West. Whatever they make you sing at the homeless shelter.

OF COURSE these are all very rough groupings. True musicality can only be determined by the size an shape of your skull, with certain bumps appearing over the ears being the true markers of musical genius and originality, the the bigger the skull the bigger the brain the smarter the person.
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From another local Boston kid with a soft spot for blues, that ruled. :lol:

I guess I won't waste my time with the OP since he's probably not legit, but my suggestion is if you want to play blues, then you need to spend a LOT of time listening to blues. I'd start with a Howlin' Wolf anthology, Jimi: Blues (for the more contemporary stuff), and Robert Johnson myself, though I'm something of a Elmore James fan too. :)
 
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