My understanding of blues and even just music theory has gone through the roof since I started watching your vids a couple of years ago. I’ve been playing acoustic for almost 35 years and only seriously got into lead playing during lockdown. With you, Tim Pierce and Guthrie Trapp along with some others I now play everyday. Your style of teaching and playing is my favourite of all and, to believe this is freely available is unreal…. Even though I’m a patreon too.. I hope you love teaching and it pays you enough to keep going. You’re a true gem of style and knowledge. Please never stop like so many seem to be doing these days

You are illustrating this saying very well, Jack! "Any fool can play something difficult, but to play something simple requires skill." - Robert Fripp. Thank you!

Thanks Jack for another great lesson. I don't often comment but please rest assured you're absolutely spreading the love. Not just to me but thousands of us who love your teaching. We're all becoming better musos coz of you. Best to you and yours, Col

Love the calm nature of your training. The Bob Ross of guitar sound❤and teaching🎸👏👏👏

Where have you been all the time?? ===> Killer NO filler!! ==> Sick tranquility, original, genuine STRAIGHT to the Point! ==> Keep'm com'n! THANK you SIR!!

Superb phrasing!😎

Superb lesson Jack and beautifully explained as always. Thanks.

That altered scale sounded very cool indeed… Pretty, as Jack would say. Thanks for a great lesson!

I really dig your unagitated kind of explaining connections I always thought were difficult. Thank you so much.

Such a tasty player

What a great lesson. A7 as a secondary dominant to the IV chord, and how closely related that is to the C# diminished. Finally putting it together! Thanks so much for this …

Just so tasty and delivered with absolutely silken touch - fantastic as as always, Jack!

Best lesson so far. Great job Jack.

Great lesson, Jack! I'm always looking for ways to add that diminished voicing to the minor blues, your major 7 voicing brought it all into focus. Thank you, kind sir!

Great info. Thanks!

Idea for a Jack Ruch Tshirt or motto/mantra: -Know your arpeggios -Substitute diminished for dominant -Pentatonic

Jack- Many thanks for sharing your knowledge, mastery, and grace as a professional musician. Outside of that- your technique of touch and attack and rhythm is just masterful. Thank you very much for sharing. ❤

Thanks

A7 great way to signal a change

Thanks Jack.....always good stuff.

Great one, thanks Jack!

Thank you 🙏

The lesson content goes without saying it's vital brilliant information. But cN we talk about Jack's tone and phrasing man he has that tele singing

Another great video Jack. Thank you.

Thank you so much for that beautiful A7 addition, absolutely game changer! I wish I could absorb more from your lessons..

Some nice call and response playing as well. Thanks

Love it Jack! ❤️

I think I just had an Epiphany. I'm probably not the only one 🙂 Thank you Jack

Love it! Thanks Jack! This helps give a newbie some cool ideas!

Awesome as always, thank you for sharing all you do.

Excellent!! Thank you! I’m gonna hit your Patreon-

Reminds me of “Old Love”

good one Jack .

Great lesson Jack thanks man❤

Great! Thanks Jack!

Great information and great how you explain it ❤

Fantastic lesson.

Never heard anyone go over this before. Thanks! I just subscribed.

Pretty awesome! Watched a doc watson lesson and he also used a dim chord much the same same...very cool

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Jack also happy first week of summer ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

Super cool stuff❤

Sounds Gooood !!!

Beautiful playing, Jack, and such clear music theory to boot. Perfect tone as well - what amp are you playing through? Best

Excellent Jack! These are tones that a lot of players don't hear in that minor chord progression.

What a beautiful way to transition to the IV chord by using it's V! Needless to say, the theory is all very well, but your examples are so outrageously tasty that it all makes sense. I did have one thought, though it may be too much and may have to be used very judiciously. What if, just before the A7 (the V to the Dm7) you used an Em7b5, and that would make it a II-V-I in Dm - probably sharing that last bar, or maybe even getting a bar each. What do you think?

Smooooooth.

Cool info! What drum program are you using here? Sounds great.

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Really great lesson for a person like me who is taking a deep dive into the blues. So I have a question for anyone out there that has the knowledge to answer. I am wondering if this lesson would also apply in a 1-4-5 chord progression where the 4 chord is a D9 chord in lieu of a Dm? Here is an really common example of a 1-4-5 12 bar blues chord progression where the 1 chord is A7 /(4) D9 /5 chord is E9. Anyone?

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How can i get that backing track?

Good lesson but I have to translate from E flat. I wish more people did that.tuned down.

Thanks