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Ben's Blues Guitar Lessons
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23h •
Blues shuffle in A tryout solo.
https://youtu.be/lFV6mqP7rfY?is=cPcXfDIZIFvTaX5n Link to the backing. Not really rehearsed….just kind of going for it…hoping for some energy if not total accuracy. Bit of going down to Maj third…stolen from Red House. Mistakes for free as always. Trying to incorporate some of your ninths and semi-tone bend ideas? I think it’s rough….but got to get into it somewhere.
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https://www.facebook.com/reel/372975535809156 There are crows living in my garden that sing better than me. I do occasionally mumble out a Dylan song. Here’s a link to a site where I posted a cover of a Petty tune a while ago. Hope it works. Apologies to the late, great, Tom Petty.
Mar 19 •
Welcome! Introduce yourself + share a pic of your music space
Hey, and welcome to my community for electric blues guitarists! Let's get to know each other! Comment below sharing where you are in the world, a photo or tour of your music space, and something you like to do for fun (outside of playing blues guitar 😉).
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@Bill Stringfield Good to see you here Bill. Great place for blues. Look forward to hearing more from you.👍🎸
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@Blue Horizon Hi Michael. I think you’ve come to the right place. Ben is a good teacher, and can give you some excellent feedback if you try stuff. The weekly hangout has both interesting chat and useful lessons. Hope you enjoy the site and look forward to sharing some music.
15d •
Hangout
Hi All, Unfortunately, I cannot make our weekly hangouts for the next two weeks 😒, so you can put the wine glasses away 🤣 This Thursday, going to a live Blues evening. A great Blues guitarist (Ripoff Raskolnikov) is playing, seen him a couple of times and he's great. Next week in Germany visiting the Thomann store (looking at all the wonderful guitars) I'm in the market for a tele.... Have fun and see you in a couple of weeks. I'll watch on catchup and see what I missed...
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I’m away for two weeks also, but I’ll catch up like you. Up in the Highlands visiting family then over on Islay, in the Hebrides, where my father was from. No guitar stores unfortunately. Hope you find the tele of your dreams.
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@Rachel Coles That’s a great road trip. The little lakes are lochs, but same thing really. Good luck at the Thomann store.👍🎸
May 7 •
Feedback. Improv. Change of tempo. Slow and melodic, then rock lead solo.
Dave Matthews Band Watchtower backing track. Slow tempo then changes up. Nice to play over. Trying for melodic ideas then more dynamism in the fast section. Any tips welcome. Trying to vary phrasing a bit. Not all eighth notes. Conscious of losing the time a little bit when trying fast picking….but maybe get away with it? Link to backing : https://youtu.be/fUS-x5mdOzE?si=JbeoKAY09jHCy2e7
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Well worth waiting for! I think that’s GREAT feedback. You sounded well into the tune and played some great stuff, and I totally get the feel from coming in elsewhere in the bar. Really works. Seems to say more. I tried to fit in the F note over the F chord but struggled to make it sound good, but I hear that Stairway harmony in you doing it and it does work! I think I’m going to get a lot from this. Ever onwards! Thanks a lot Ben.
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@Bill Stringfield many thanks Bill. Slow, but I think steady progress. Ben’s feedback on this is really on point. Phrasing and timing. Still lots to learn. Ever onward! Good to see you on here. Keep in touch.👍🎸
21d •
Some slower Peter Green blues.
Playing to a backing track. “60’s British Slow Blues [A] Jam Track” on YouTube. Basically ‘Need Your Love So Bad’. Some of his ideas, though probably more my own phrasing….then a bit of improv. Mistakes included. Oh Well…… and that’s another tune!🙄👍🎸
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Hi Rachel, I'd like to hear your take on that one. I'll pinch ideas from anyone! Nice to see the 'coffee hour' changing to 'wine and a cold buffet hour'. Much nicer! Good blues lesson last night too!👍
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@iain-brown-9771
Retired hobby player. Hendrix, Cream, Peter Green, Knopfler, Dylan. Into blues and rock.
Active 22m ago
Joined Mar 19, 2026
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