Added by on 2013-07-15

Visit www.activemelody.com to download the tablature for this lesson. In this blues guitar lesson, I show you in depth how to play a very fast blues solo on an acoustic guitar in the style of Eric Clapton. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Visit www.activemelody.com to download the tablature for this acoustic blues guitar lesson. This is an original delta blues finger style composition that’s played in the style of Lightin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, and Howlin’ Wolf – with maybe a little Eric Clapton thrown in for good measure. Enjoy!

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49 Comments

  • cnb2000 11 years ago

    Awesome, thank you!!! ; )

  • Yanto2013 11 years ago

    Love it…You have explained it so well. “Thank-You”…Really Enjoying learning it.

  • Gusthavo Vidal 11 years ago

    thank’ s a lot man!. i’m from Brail and the lessons here doesn’t have so much details like you did!. it’s so good cause always when i try to learn i get lost in the middle because it’s so hard and we need a patient teacher like u. congratx and all the success.,

  • TheSkimfamily 11 years ago

    Thanks for this. It’s perfect for us who are beyond basics but not advanced on the fretboard yet. Really well and clearly done.

  • F. Stefan 11 years ago

    guitar is in a special tunning ?

  • Valerio Di Matteo 11 years ago

    now I know how to spend my next few buck. I love those old little guitars, they scream blues

  • Robert Tiger Ethier 11 years ago

    thanks man, i’m a beginner , 3 months ago i didn’t knkow that a guitar had 6 string, i love the way you teach me how to play blues and believe me i’ll pratice around and around till i’ll play it well, thks again

  • mtmn7 11 years ago

    I love your guitar! It looks rustic and used.

  • Hereistone 11 years ago

    It’s in the form of a c9 played at the 7th fret, then slide down to the 6th from what I’m hearing.

  • sk8erdawg25 11 years ago

    Dude what are the two chords you play at the end when you play it all the way through at the beginning of the video? You didn’t include them in the lesson

  • proney018 11 years ago

    good video … tnx for the lesson appreciate it btw. you got a nice guitar it sounds great

  • Richard Charon 11 years ago

    Possibly the best on-line lesson I have seen to date. Thanks

  • cheesedips 11 years ago

    Smallish guitar??

  • iwishiwasbell 11 years ago

    Thank you so much for such a helpful video. So happy to have found this, you are a great teacher !

  • mini0705 11 years ago

    Just got to say,Great vid!! Thanks Mw

  • jojo deLinux 11 years ago

    Now, its not just Dubai. Thanks Brian. Its fun to learn this one and very cool. ill be looking for your other lessons. shukran jazeelan (thanks a lot) from Kuwait.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    Cool man thanks! and you’re right, from my basement to Dubai – didn’t see that one coming for sure :)

  • noobi core 11 years ago

    I bet when you posted this you did not think it was going to ‘inspire’ a player all the way in Dubai ?!

    GREAT vid, it hit the spot. We have nearly the same finger dexterity so it was a delight to pinch your licks on ole’ E blues. No matter how many times you play on a few frets and in the same key,there’s always someone out there who has a new arrangement that will mezemerize your ear ! That’s music for ya… Thx man.

  • Atmo Suryo 11 years ago

    thank you for the losson and bless you.
    saludos desde los arcipielagos.

  • maplesyruple 11 years ago

    Great blues lick great lesson very good teacher

  • Rory Johnson 11 years ago

    This is a great lesson! Right pace of teaching, playing and talking. Bookmarked your webpage!

  • szolatocsifula 11 years ago

    Hey everybody, i made a vid of my alltime favorite blues licks found on youtube. Check my channel, maybe you can get something out of it..

  • Joey vaughan 11 years ago

    Nice one pal!

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    awesome Robert – good to hear. I’ll do many more of these. They are a lot of fun to create.

  • DAVID BARRETO 11 years ago

    THANK YOU Bryan….you are so best and thanks for sharing your wonderful playing..
    I will sign up with Activemelody
    because you teach so well….I AM A FAN

  • piroxinaable 11 years ago

    You got a great suond with only 400$ and that’S amazing man! If you read guitar magazine they all talk about 1500/2000$ for a good acoustic guitar and that’s shit what they say…you can buy a good damn guitar for more less!

  • 12Radius 11 years ago

    Thanks for the comment. Some of them are open tuning. Some of them tuned down.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    hey man, your stuff sounds pretty amazing too! just listened to a few videos. assuming you’re doing most of that in open tuning?

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    yes

  • Vcubed1 11 years ago

    Very nice composition. It’s not Lightnin’ Hopkins style, but that’s OK. Very nice in your style.

  • 119527863 11 years ago

    Was the show in Vegas?

  • Billyray195159 11 years ago

    Great Lesson.As far as the Guitar sounding to Happy. I think it’s just in who is playing it. Sounded Pretty Bluesy to Me. Thank’s Againg for the Great Least. ♫

  • guitarmaniaify 11 years ago

    It is a cool bluesy guitar ☆
    Very good!

  • echeva2 11 years ago

    good job

  • 12Radius 11 years ago

    This is one of you best. And cool guitar. love the acoustic blues.you got 20,000 subs. me 520. yo the blues master.

  • golfnff 11 years ago

    Suggestion on this particular lesson would be that I would have really enjoyed hearing you play back the entire song at the end at maybe 50-75% speed so that I could get the correct timing on all of it together? This is the hardest part for me as learning the notes are fairly straightforward the way you teach. The phrasing/timing is difficult unless you are familiar with the tune. Thanks again for all that you do here. Great teacher!

  • golfnff 11 years ago

    Yes, I got the exact same guitar after watching your big band, swing style video. Was able to get a great deal on it for 300.00 OTD. You also inspired me to buy a vintage parlor guitar as well after listening to some of your delta blues lessons. Really enjoy this kind of guitar! Just finished learning your blues solo guitar lesson-just guitar. Another great lesson. Have one suggestion for you as an intermediate level guitar player…..I will send it in next message due to limitation on size

  • adaptiveagile 11 years ago

    Sounds beautiful. That’s a great value. I like the form factor of parlor guitars — find larger, Dreadnought styles too uncomfortable. Yours looks quite thin, too. Thanks for the info.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    No problem, the guitar is an Alvarez AP710SB. It’s a little parlor guitar I picked up at my local guitar store a few months ago. I picked it up and started picking on it and couldn’t beleive how well it played and sounded.. and the best thing was the price tag was less than $400. I don’t think you can beat this guitar for the price.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    Cool :) glad you’re enjoying. I think the only thing that would make ANY guitar sounds “happy” would be what you’re playing on it. You can make any guitar sound bluesy if you play the right notes! I can’t remember, did you get the sunburst model?

  • Jim Blake 11 years ago

    Excellent lesson Brian. It would be very useful if you announced the key of the song at the beginning so that those of us with terrible short-term memories and fuzzy vision might predict what notes of the scale are coming up.

  • golfnff 11 years ago

    Another awesome lesson on that cool little Alvarez that I bought. I’m really enjoying playing this little parlor. It is kind of funny that on the Acoustic Guitar Review of this guitar they stated that it sounded too “happy” for blues but I think it has a fine tone for blues! Keep up the good acoustic blues lessons and Robert Cray stuff. Really digging this!

  • adaptiveagile 11 years ago

    Agreed. I LIKE that you go slow… and I haven’t even watched this particular lesson yet. Brian, you so rock. Thanks for all you do. The fingerboard on that guitar looks delicious. Must be a joy to play. I’m sure you’ve addressed it before, but can you tell us about the guitar? If it’s on your forum (I’m a member and customer), just tell me and save yourself the typing.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    Cool – that was a freebie from the Consumer Electronics Show last year. I’m one of those guys that actually WEARS schwag :)

  • guitarman65854 11 years ago

    Cool lesson thank you

  • 119527863 11 years ago

    I like the tee-shirt. I work for Corning.

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    @Looserdoll maybe you just learn way too fast ;) 

  • Looserdoll 11 years ago

    your lesson goes waay to slow. also you should have tabs in the bottom of the screen as you play. You should start with this because your songs are great!

  • activemelody 11 years ago

    That is an Alvarez. Great little parlor guitar I picked up a few months ago. It’s an AP710SB (SB for sunburst)