Easy Way to Get Started with Delta Blues

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Tuesday Blues #247 - mybgi.net/2VrwTLO
Delta Blues is fun to play but to me, it carries a deep meaning and playing with feeling is a must. It’s as much therapy as it is music for many. But the mojo can seem impossible to learn. In this lesson, we’ll get started in Delta Blues in perhaps the easiest way possible:
Strumming the Delta Blues
Strumming the right chords with just a couple of well-placed “feeling” notes can go along way toward getting a great bluesy sound going. This lesson will help you get going by showing you the strums and those few blues notes.
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@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Alright BGI, what's your "go-to" picking method? Fingerstyle? Thumbpick? Flatpick?

@batman48195 5 жыл бұрын

Blues Guitar Institute Flat pick for me now as I’m a beginner on the guitar at 58, but would like to finger pick at some point. Thanks for the lesson.

@Scorhos 5 жыл бұрын

I used flat pick on this

@Scorhos 5 жыл бұрын

To get the beat easily is better use the fingers,i tried the two ways,flat pick and fingers,the thumbpick doesn't work with me,yet,with this type of blues

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

@batman48195 you got it!

@delo8delo 5 жыл бұрын

I've never tried a thumbpick, getting better with picking a flat, mostly thumb and fingers. I sure like your lessons! I learn more about the blues with every one. Thank you!

@ConradoEv 2 жыл бұрын

amazing, thank you!!!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@chrisrat2720 3 жыл бұрын

Best off Mr.Blues-thank's for that fantastick Blues-i'm a beginner from Germany with a deep dark soul😊and favorit is old style from 30''s to 50's and also Cajun-Bluegrass-Reaggy-and all the Musik that touch my Heart ✌☻☮

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, Chris! Cheers!

@stuartwineberg3653 Жыл бұрын

Mostly travis fingerpicking with some flat pick. Never got the hang of a thumb pick. Great clear lesson

@cervboy 8 ай бұрын

I have been a shitty guitar player for 40 yrs. I have always just been a strummer and played and sung easy songs. I have always liked the blues and am trying to get right into it. I really like your teaching because I am still a beginner after all these years. Showing note for note, that's exactly what I need. Thank you very much.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 7 ай бұрын

Glad it helped and I hope this helps you get started with the blues. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Have a great day! John

@blakegilbert8632 Жыл бұрын

After 5 years of playing, I found this the most straightforward and “easiest” way to learn!

@tonybaloney6656 22 күн бұрын

Thank you man , nice little ditty , explained very clearly ! I’m a thumb and finger man 😂 can’t use a pick

@steveavant9727 Жыл бұрын

Hey John, the last I tried to play this, I couldn’t. Now I’ve picked up easily and it’s time to play around with it and add stuff. It’s fun, thanks for your time to put it together.

@timsim1940 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you, Mr. Hatcher!!

@ianwebb2235 7 ай бұрын

just brilliant,,,,thank you so much,,,,finger picker here.....a bit of claw picking, but just so good,,,,,Some new practices to do......

@blakewarmack6406 3 жыл бұрын

Hands down the best blues teacher on the web! I watch your videos more than anything else I watch on KZfaq

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Blake, dude that's great to hear! I'm glad the videos are helping. Play On! 👍🎸👍

@peterhooper3899 11 ай бұрын

Just started using a thumb pick, but usually use plain finger style for practice.

@redelk2974 11 ай бұрын

love your style. great lesson. thank you. i play all three, but not the greatest. i like finger pickin, find picks loud but effective, finger picks are nice but can get tangled. hope we can use all three... sometimes i only use mostly my thumb...depends

@Krispy1011 Жыл бұрын

This really is a great easy start up lesson on some Delta Blues Strumming - thx

@franb8270 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John. I dig the history you blend in with the lessons. Former exclusive flat picker, now getting the hang of fingerpicking.

@TimelessVoicesAmericana Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this lesson. Flat picker here! Love this because you got me playing... That's exactly what I need. YOU ROCK! Thanks again.

@user-kr9ho1ut6s Жыл бұрын

Most of these blues "teachers" start off quite well and then go on to show us just how clever they are. BGI are just the opposite. At last, someone who just wants to show us how it's done, and how to do it! Many thanks!

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert. I really appreciate that. i felt the same way when I was getting started. Cheers!

@thefabricationfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video, a super catchy song and clear instructions. Tuesday blues are by far my favorite guitar videos, maybe even youtube videos

@sunnycorcoran8036 Жыл бұрын

Learning to use a thumb pick,lost to many fat picks s when I lapse into fingerpicking, thank for the help

@user-gs6du1ex1b 2 жыл бұрын

First good video I have found on playing this sound of the blues. Now finally I can play it and having a lot of fun.

@jessealford4889 3 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled on a few of your videos and I am so impressed. Excellent lesson, thanks.

@TheGorillafoot 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Paxton, this channel is great. Picking up so many riffs.

@rmarty550 3 жыл бұрын

Another really cool lesson, thanks!

@jeffmackinnon3124 8 ай бұрын

Yes indeed John you the man...

@jambitt4974 4 жыл бұрын

It's great to get the backbone of the delta blues, I've tried to get that while playing slide and got lost quite a bit. Thanks!

@janetfitzgerald9752 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. Strictly fingers here. Never got the hang of picks.

@TheOpinionatedGuitarist Жыл бұрын

Great video, very practical and helpful building blocks!

@rogerhoman8442 5 жыл бұрын

always like yr lessons .. not too difficult ... I've bren playing a long time (sporadically) so these suit my level AND sound good.. thumbpick is easiest although o can adapt to fingerprinting after my thumb nail regrows... nice easy lesson.. thx

@fardle 5 жыл бұрын

Briliant lesson

@andrewrobertson3499 5 жыл бұрын

Another great lesson John. I can {almost} play it....Not quite like you but getting there... I am doing it finger picking but would like to work on the thumb pick.

@amos1678 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, fun stuff and not that difficult, especially the way you teach it. Never can find my thumb pick so use my flat pick

@beckys7876 5 жыл бұрын

Yasss! This is what I gotta get!

@timleem3609 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson! You really break it down in a clear way. Just subscribed - will check out your other lessons. Thanks from Phoenix, Arizona.

@flylippfantom8425 Жыл бұрын

I use a large triangle pick for this Thank you for the lessons learned ✌️💜🎸🎶

@78barryboy Жыл бұрын

Great lesson finger picker all the way.

@Wizardstix23 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing for a few years now and have falling in love with learning to play delta slide blues. Thanks for the easy lesson

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! Cheers, Kevin!

@heavymandrilrock 5 жыл бұрын

Great sound john! Thanks for sharing

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Adan!! Thanks for the comment and for watching my friend!

@mikeglasgow6656 3 жыл бұрын

I use a soft Triangular flat pick. If by chance of it breaking I can quickly turn it to a new side. Mostly spend my time turning my guitar upside down trying to get the pick out of the sound hole LOL

@DSPRemote 2 жыл бұрын

Learning this finger style

@jacobadcock851 5 жыл бұрын

Thin flat pic, great lesson, great pace!

@ludomirsteinbruck9376 5 жыл бұрын

Fairly easy, and a great lesson, THANKS A LOT

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ludomir!

@ronbenenati2987 4 жыл бұрын

Flat pick on this just seems to bring out the best in this

@jeremystandifird5884 Жыл бұрын

I'm a finger picker, generally with just my thumb and forefinger... Just sort of learned it that way from the beginning and no one ever told me I should try something different :-) But, I've been trying out the thumb pick method lately and really liking it. This is a great, simple lesson that is fun to play around with! Thank you!

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment, Jeremy. All the best! John

@roadie6565 5 жыл бұрын

Love this lesson, thank you

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Paul! Appreciate the comment.

@aagehansen4811 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you know what I will do this weekend 👍😊

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Right on, Aage!

@ChristineJump 3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I'm a finger picker, and have embarked on learning to flatpick. This is an awesome lesson. Thank you!

@TheOpinionatedGuitarist Жыл бұрын

I use a thumb pick, a Fred Kelly Bumblebee, it allows me to switch between strumming and finger picking on the fly. I bet you’d love it!

@darioxricci 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome and useful! I can already see a porch in the swamps 😁

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Yes sir. Perfect for the porch, Dario!

@marcelrobert812 3 жыл бұрын

I LIKE THE REGULAR PICK.

@ranman58635 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how you did it but you found my learning curve. Plus, I had some lion's mane yesterday so it helps me to understand better. Thank you for showing me this as its more close to my speed.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Lion's Mane blues! 👍

@ranman58635 3 жыл бұрын

@@BluesGuitarInstitute lol! Got that right!

@Barefeet200 5 жыл бұрын

Added this one to my favorites. Finger picker here, not very good with the thumb pick but I do practice with it a bit more lately. Strumming is great, do it for a lot of songs but still, finger pick is where its at.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, Barefeet200. I love finger picking myself.

@johnnybx3254 5 жыл бұрын

Great 👍👏👏

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John! Appreciate the comment!

@ranman58635 3 жыл бұрын

I had to laugh out loud because nobody has been able to teach me. I yelled out, hush, with a big grin cause it made sense finally. I have a cognitive disorder so when I'm able to learn, its neat. You show the tab in a way I understand too.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

that's awesome!

@ranman58635 3 жыл бұрын

@@BluesGuitarInstitute, yeah it is. In 25 years I'm still a novice but I can pick up advanced skills if the right teacher comes along. For instance, I can play, A Solin, by Peter, Paul and Mary but I know no song's other than that one.

@chrisrat2720 3 жыл бұрын

Start playin' 4 years ago-see a lot of tutorials- but really youre channel is the best couse you show it simple and in an easy way-Thank you for all these wonderfull lessons ✌☻☮Let it Roll and stay sick 😊✌☮

@nicolen.9642 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the cool blues. I learn everyday. It takes time and relaxing a bit. I'm too nervous sometimes, I'm not "cool"... Thanks for sharing!!! 🎶💙

@chrisrat2720 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are cool - only people with heart and soul and an open mind can feel & play the Blues ! That's cool ✌😊☮

@nicolen.9642 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrat2720 Thanks 😎

@chrisrat2720 3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolen.9642 welcome✌☻☮

@flylippfantom8425 Жыл бұрын

After finally getting thumb independence and sanding down the point of a Dunlop medium thumb pick to where only about 1/4" sticks out. I don't use a thumb pick for this type of playing blues. If I play Lightning Hopkins I use a thumb pick

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

makes sense...i put mine on to play Lightnin's stuff too. I love his style...so raw and real

@randolfjones1024 5 жыл бұрын

Coming from a classical background I just use my thumb at different angles for the tones that I need. Always look forward to your lessons

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool, Randolf. Pretty cool how little adjustments like you mention can make such a difference. Thanks for watching!

@eddie01187 4 жыл бұрын

More of Delta Plz

@Leroysfunnytrees 3 жыл бұрын

great lesson. I'm a thumb pick guy.

@bharatbhagwat 2 жыл бұрын

I fingerpick with and without a Thumbpick. Depends up on the song style. :)

@AceBaseKingOfSpace 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this one...it's a really good metronome exercise.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Right on, Bryan! I agree and good luck with the metronome.

@mikeglasgow6656 3 жыл бұрын

There's a rumor that if a METRONOME is out of time CALL RINGO STARR

@wmdudewicz 5 жыл бұрын

I do finger style with or without a thumb pick, and use a flat pick as well. Trying to perfect all three styles...

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill! Thanks for the comment, I think while I have my favorite style (all bare fingers) I really try to keep my skills up on all three like you mentioned.

@byronstrickland377 6 ай бұрын

Finger pickin' John, but I try to stay fluid on flat and thumb. Cheers

@danbgt 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! Love the thumb pick. I’m a fingerpicker. Can use a thumb pick but just can’t get the hang of a flat pick.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

I hear you, Danbgt. I normally go with my bare fingers, but pull out the thumbpick occasionally. I only pull out a flatpick next to a campfire these days :)

@JC-tv5zx 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson as usual thanks....btw. I pick with artificial fingernails...Fingerstyle...And when the nails are broken, I switch to the pieces with plek!...flat pick... Greetings from🇨🇭

@danbgt 5 жыл бұрын

I have a really cheap dobro that I mess with occasionally. The thumb pick and metal finger picks are a real stumper.

@steveavant9727 Жыл бұрын

Really like this lesson and style of Delta blues. Flat pick for me, never tried a thumb pick. Is that a VHS tape on the table? Great lesson, thanks!

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve and yes that's a vhs of one of my first bands back when I was in high school. no vcr around but I still have the tape! Play On!

@tylerjones7310 Жыл бұрын

Can you show us Texas style blues

@robineliason7850 5 жыл бұрын

I've got a thumb pick around here somewhere, but have never gotten comfortable with it. I should probably give it another try. I tend to either flat pick or fingerpick. I think I prefer the fingerpicking, I have never had to spend twenty minutes trying to shake my fingers out of the soundhole of the guitar like I have with a flat pick. This one I think I am going to work on in all three picking styles.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

That's funny, Robin. I feel the same way. Searching for a flat pick used to cut into my practice time :)

@frankemel6520 3 жыл бұрын

Love your teaching style. Big fan! I am very clumsy with a pic so I use my fingers most of the time.

@marciaewell2661 5 жыл бұрын

Nice lesson with great options for different styles and future improvisation. I do all three styles, but this last year really working on thumbpick. I like the thumb pick for getting that Mance Lipscomb damped thump bass sound which really improved my timing and could be the part B for this lesson. I find the ergonomics better for my arthritis with the thumb pick, but some of my old songs, I cannot transition to the thumb pick easily, so I do it all. For those just trying to learn the thumbpick, the white fred kelly thumb pick, the narrow "speedpick" was the best at first, but now I like the orange fred kelly TP with the stubby short thick pick the best and it flat picks well when you want to strum. Dunlops never stayed on good for me and were too tight.

@675henry 5 жыл бұрын

Flat pick for me👍

@gibby6904 5 жыл бұрын

Nice lick John.. .what model is your Larivee? I love the binding....nice tone too! I wear a thumbpick 90% of the time....have one in my pocket at all times. Just seems natural to me.. .bare fingers and thumpick

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, Gibby. I definitely love the sharper attack you can get with a thumbpick. I'm playing an OM-09. The binding is flamed Maple and it's one thing I love about this guitar.

@donpattonjr 5 жыл бұрын

Nice sound to your delta blues lesson John! I have used a flat pick in the past, but now finger pick. Mostly thumb and index fingers. ..👋

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, Don. Thanks for chiming in my friend!

@jambitt4974 4 жыл бұрын

Finger pick no thumb pick my thumb wants to get a bit heavy so I don't use the thumb pick.

@paulstaerker8158 4 жыл бұрын

Fingers only. I never have developed the feeling that a thumb pick is a ‘part’ of me. And a pick is just too loud!

@urbancarpet 5 жыл бұрын

Fingers but experimenting with the pick

@robcaputo9708 9 ай бұрын

Okay another fantastic video but what is that guitar it’s beautiful

@BluesGuitarInstitute 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, Rob. it's a Larrivée OM-09. It's my #1.

@roothogordie2391 11 ай бұрын

I am with my fingers. Can't even use picks anymore

@tomekberg9252 5 жыл бұрын

I prefer the flesh of my fingers but plan on using thumb pick at some point. BTW, great lesson John!!

@SketchingRocks 5 жыл бұрын

meeeetooooo

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Overall, I do too and as Robin said below, I never waste anytime looking for my fingers :)

@andrewmuelleranantababaji8073 3 жыл бұрын

Flat pick but trying to use bare fingers

@karlhorton185 5 жыл бұрын

Ok, What's the guitar model you are playing...?

@bobramirez588 5 жыл бұрын

Larravie OM-9. Great guitar. I used to own the same model. Great tone and action right out of the box

@SketchingRocks 5 жыл бұрын

Fingerpicking, no pick or thumb pick. clean & mean lol

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

I like it, Greg. That's my "go to" and couldn't have said it better :)

@alred9699 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the e major chord. I need to learn what that means before I start I guess.

@ranman58635 3 жыл бұрын

And finger placement.

@mylord4321 3 жыл бұрын

The new clip on pick It makes me pick better and you can't drop it.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

I love the not dropping it part. So true!

@DakotaWoodsman 2 жыл бұрын

I just use my fingers because my children like to take my thumb picks.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

that happens to me too...

@lesterthornsberry9293 Жыл бұрын

Don't use a pick at all. Did for 20 yrs but gave it up, about 5 yrs ago and never went back.

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

I went a decade or so without touching one, but now I’m 90% fingerstyle, 10% pick.

@user-we8dr5iz5l Жыл бұрын

ТАВ

@SketchingRocks Жыл бұрын

FLATPICK

@davidswift1644 2 ай бұрын

Don't know man sounds a bit weak..I mean Delta's normally pretty dynamic. The strumming patterns forcefull and not complex. This is in the realms of "Got up this morning believe I dust my broom "but thought maybe drag a damp rag over the sideboard instead but decided to go back to bed anyways.