From Texas to the Delta is a free weekly video guitar lesson series covering acoustic blues picking techniques. Your instructor is Jim Bruce, who has many years of experience teaching guitar players of all skill levels and styles, and will have an online classroom at TrueFire soon — stay tuned!
Video Guitar Lesson:
His guitar was mostly tuned low, either one or two steps, to accommodate the register of his low Texas drawl. A rythmic powerful bass line drove his music along and the result sent shivers up the spine. Comfortable with slow blues, Hopkins often displayed his complete mastery of thumb control by playing syncopated rhythms while singing at the same time. (Listen to his recording of Mojo Hand and try it out!) The tablature for my version of ‘Baby’ is included in the video – take it slow and make it real.
From Texas to the Delta is a free weekly video guitar lesson series covering acoustic blues picking techniques. Your instructor is Jim Bruce, who has many years of experience teaching guitar players of all skill levels and styles, and will have an online classroom at TrueFire soon — stay tuned!