Guitar Finger Picking – Blues Lessons – Doc Watson
Play-Blues-Guitar.eu Preview Jim’s Complete Course ‘How To Play Ragtime and Acoustic Blues Guitar’ Detailed instruction in guitar finger picking I created a new Classic Blues Video Site chock full of classic clips – check it out here http The full range of lessons available show how to play blues guitar in various styles, such as delta (Robert Johnson), texas (Lightnin’ Hopkins), chicago swing (Big Bill Broonzy), ragtime (Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Willie Walker) , carolina (Floyd Council, Pink Anderson, Scrapper Blackwell), bottleneck and open tunings. Let Jim take you to the next level – all the acoustic blues guitar lessons you need in one place! (Suitable for intermediate to advanced fingerpickers.) There are two videos for Doc Watson Guitar Lessons on this channel – this video is the first part of an on-line video lesson and gives an insight into his complex fingerpicking style. There are many Doc Watson tabs on the internet. It’s true that basic finger picking is very simple – you either hit one string with thumb and the next one with a finger, or pinch two or three strings together with thumb and finger(s)! Of course, it’s how we use our thumb and fingers that make all the difference. I’ve noticed that many , many older school guitar masters just used one finger on their right hand – Doc Watson, Reverend Gary Davis, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Boy Fuller, Floyd Council, Big Bill Broonzy, and the list goes on. Often, the right thumb jumps across to the treble …
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