I now own a few of Stefan's DVDs. I have to say, after spending £££s over the years on tuition books, cds, dvds, each of Stefan's DVDs that I own have been worth their weight in gold. The man is a great teacher, great player, and has introduced me to some great great tunes. Acoustic blues is now my favourite style, and I am a better player for having bought, and persevered at practicing, his stuff.

Grossman is onre of the top teachers in the world. He is a master of the blues. When I started playing slide -- him and Brozman were my 2 teachers. You cant go wrong with his DVDs. Check out his St. Lewis Blues in dropped D -- ;-). Stefan - Thanks so very much for all the great lessons.

I agree with all - Stefan is a great teacher. He also makes playing look and sound so easy. I have several of his books and have learned so much from therm. I enjoy playing so much now. Whats really cool is others enjoy my music also. Thanks so much Stefan.

An excellent lesson. I remember reading his column in Guitar Player 30 years ago.

wow, this video is 4years old and yet to me its the freshest acoustic blues ive heard, brilliant. thanks

Thanks Stephan, you are a treasure of clarity in playing and teaching. Best Wishes

Damn, the man knows his stuff... Great player an' great teacher!

It's rare when you find a guitarist as talented as a performer as he is a teacher!

Terrific lesson yet again Stefan. Thanks for posting.

Wow! These lessons are enjoyable and well taught by a master. Inspirational to anyone seeking to learn or teach guitar.

Really useful..love these type of lessons that provide impro & positional ideas.

Thank you for sharing your knowlege with us. It's making me happy! Tears in my eyes.

I love this guy. Fantastic instructor!

thank you for these i appreciate it so much

so helpful. watch and practice these every day for a week and you'll be insanely better. Im getting the DVD next paycheck

Great tutorial, bought my first LP about 35 years ago (How to play the blues guitar) and im still ploughing along.

Fantastic sound and lesson! Gonna go get my guitar and start practicing your method right now. Thanks. Tom

Great sound Stefan!!!

Wonderful stuff.Thank you

this is awesome. I really like this style. Great lesson. I will definitely learn this and use it. Great! Thank you!

i like this lick, very nice and simple but sounds very smooth and nice, thank you uncle Stedan

Thanks, Stefan. I'm a friend of ED and worked at KM for a while before he went in another direction. Checking your other vids. I play bass, but enjoy watching great guitar playing.

you just made my night...... I was in heaven while you played.....

Great lesson. Thanks!

This guy is so smooth.

brilliant player, excellent tips, thanks

Ace vid! Thanks Stefan. Keep it up!!

Nicely taught! Thanks

wow great lesson think ill buy the dvds

Awsum lesson

excellent teaching thanks

best guitar teacher on the whole internet wide

Just came across this masterful gent, and he is a wonderful teacher. Sometimes, as most of you know, you come across some on youtube that can play a good piece, but just don't have the talent to convey it to someone else, but this chap can both play it and pass it on to others in a most very professional plain way, without all the needless jargon that some of the younger folks try to throw in there to impress others with, but only bores those just wanting to see the lick. Just great.

Ahhhhh, the "cute little riff", man, it was so good! Dukarm is striving to play with that much flavor and style.

They're definitely Lonnie Johnson-type riffs, but played with a more clearly defined sort of raggy feel. Very nice and helpful. Cheers Stefan!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Right on. I just started messing around with D blues. Some good little ideas there.

could anyone else listen to this all day?

whoo, thats oh, so sweet!!!

Nowt like getting your fingers into the strings and playing this type of music can be addictive

Very nice Stephan

Yeah, Grossman rocks. Get his DVDs - they come with tabs and other useful stuff. They usually have lots of good historical footage of the original blues men doing the tunes too - worth the price just for that. Grossman has really spent the time to study *exactly* how the originals were done, warts and all. His respect for their art really comes through.

so good

I have to agree...buy the DVDs...you won't regret it! Saw John Renbourn not so long ago and he is better than ever...so fluid. Renbourn and Grossman...ahhhh.

🙏 thank you 😊

Stefan your following a tradition i'am trying to learn thank got to get the DVD's.

Just what Iv been looking for.........willing student Sir...........

rock n fun blues buddy. I'll be learning a lot from you.

Thanks

Awesome

once again thankyou for giving ,,,and soo well done ,,,cant wait to get this down ,,one year learning and addicted to figerstyle guitar ,, just awsome and are ya performing in Vancouver at all and ever heard of Don Ross ,,,another guitar God ,,peace man

Yep he's amazing

I hear a little Chump man blues around 4:14 and 4:39. Pretty amazing how he fuses Blind Blake and Lonnie Johnson so effortlessly.

very nice videos

very cool

whow man , this sounds great , i hope i can learned it to :)

youre amazing

bravo

Hey Stefan.... Angie Mack here from the Grafton House of Blues :) (It's just a house with a story). Great videos here! Keep up the great work!

bravo merci pour le plan blue

Sometimes the simplest sounds things are a challenge to play..this is one of those times...

Good tutorial Stefan. I remember being amazed by you, especially on 12 string, when you did a gig at Warwick University. We were both a lot hairier then, 40+ years ago. Your buzzword was "HOTDOG" as I recall. Open D on a 12 string ...dear me! What gauge strings do you use on the 12 stringer? The G-drone in particular. I grew up in India although I'm English...the chants that mesmerised cobras and the skirl of the pipes that were the marching bands heartbeat, not forgetting the Sitar Uncle and his decorated cow. I grew up with octaves and how you can harmonise within them. I'm still slow nearly five decades later but it seems a good pace. Thanks for all you did and are still doing Stefan. You're a top bloke.

2:59 greatest moment, nails the note so well. "Another wam ;)"

I love the whams

Muy bueno...hace fácil lo difícil...tela el juego de dedos...gran clase

I love his videos, even if they remind me of Bob Ross. "You can put a happy little tree over here."

The only thing better than Stefan Grossman the guitarist is Stefan Grossman the guitar instructor. Peter Hyatt

wonderbar

So you know 30 or so years ago I heard you play police dog blues, and I spent years in a direction that made me find players and styles I could never master but I still try ... thanks for the insperation and direction .... and thank you for not selling out !!!! C-

i wish i could play d and g7 blues this good.

Is that in drop D? You're a very good teacher, thank you very much

Hey man, The tones for a blues scale are as follows: 1, Flat-3, 4, Flat-5, 5, Flat-7. So the notes for D blues scale are: D, F, G, A-flat, A, C. But often times they use other notes on top of the regular blues scale. I know just about every scale by memory, so if you have any questions or want to know anything about scales, feel free to let me know.

he's got dvds that shows everything, man theres thousands of vids showing scales& hundreds of thousands if sites...his vid.s are not classified as "beginners" there for people how wanna learn the blues...he's one of the best teachers out there...i'm sure if you type scales you'll get plenty of stuff k...keep pickin!

291,000 people now realize you can call a bend a "wham". Thanks Stefan

Yeah!! you finger picking is amazing..........

its a pentatonic scale in d in various positions

I don't have this pre-arranged. I have a general idea of the sounds I want and then empty my mind/intellect and let my fingers and sound lead the way.

I recall a scene from a movie, I think it was Lakawana Blues, where one of the character was trying to show a youngster how to play blues. He kept insisting you only need on chord. D. That's it. Turns out he was right.

@SanDiegoJefe I've usually seen DADGAD referred to as "modal" D, whatever that means, and as someone said drop D id DADGBE, there is "double drop D" which is DADGBD, and a true "open D" is DADF#AD. B cool, take care, keep playin' the blues :)

This is so awsome! i'm gonna learn this thing no matter what! haha im such a noob , having trouble with the bas thing with your thumb haha :P But im getting there!

Ho bisognio moltissimo, di quest percorsi di mano destra,mi sforzero di guardare più a fondo la sua semplicità incisiva e ben esercitata

Love it. He's a great player with perfect time, tone etc, but the technique gets alot of variety out of a relatively few chords - a lot of bang for the buck".

Great lesson and sweet tone!! What brand and guage strings are you playing here? Thanks

I just bought 3 dvds

👌

goddamn you're good... thanks bro.

I owe my independent, alternating thumb to Mr. Grossman and I am going to buy (at least) one of his DVDs. Can anyone yell me if the "How To Play Blues Guitar" DVDs run in order of difficulty? I was thinking of going straight for No.2 but should I consider getting No.1 first?

Fabulous lesson. Thank you, thank you, thank you. BTW, what is the guitar he is playing here? It sounds outrageous.

damnnnt his guy beasts it up

hola,me podrias descir si la afinacion de D abierto es solo en el mi grave o si tambien hay que afinar el mi agudo en D, GRACIAS desde venezuela

I know that I'd preffer a nice strat or tele to learn some sweet blues, but I got my Jagmaster... I think it works quite well for blues... any other thoughts??

See what you can do if you practice. Dont wish for it, you need to have a go and it will seem strange for a little while, but as you practice more and more IT WILL GET easier and then you can do it also. Have fun. PS: You need to practice at least 3 hours a day. Also "A Well Setup Solid Top Guitar" will make it happen much faster than a Guitar that you got from a second hand shop. The Neck and Action MUST be in Spec. Its called. A Professional Setup and Im sure Stefans Guitar is also in spec.

i'd loved to have such grandpa :)

Fret board marks help you know which frets you are playing. Haven't you ever seen a guitar before?

Hi guys, does anyone knows the exact reference of the guitar grosman use here ? Thanks

It's called practice and with that comes muscle memory with that comes resonating with the mood. It comes dude just keep playing. All humans have this innate ability, it just takes a little bit of time. 15 minutes a day, 15 at night every day and in 6 months you'll see it.

its a 'dropped D tuning' you only have to retune the E (6th) string to D ,so tune it down to D.Have fun

Stefan, can I ask if you already have, recorded in your mind, the exact frets you want your fingers to alight on? If seems that your fingers already know---a split second before they actually press the string---precisely where they need to be to get the sound you want. For every note. There is some improvisation on the fly but generally you already have the 'mental' vision of what you want. Would that be a fair guess?

Did you ever talk to Bukka White? I worked stage for Muddy Waters. He was to busy to talk much. But I got Pinetop Perkins to talk to me at length. He was a real nice cat.

this is really, really cool stuff, travis picking style! Thank you =) Where are you from? Louisiana?