Guitar lesson: Blues lesson 1

Hi!

    Ok, here it is this first lesson. It's not too difficult to play
    but if you're a beginner, don't try to play this lesson till now :
    you could get bad habits.

    You'll have to play this little piece the more carefully possible.
    The goal of this lesson is to help you, and show you the way to
    get a good blues feeling.
   

    First, take a look at the scale used :


--------------------------------10-13---------------------
-------------------------11--13---------------------------
-------------------10-12----------------------------------
-------------10-12----------------------------------------
-------10-13----------------------------------------------
-10-13----------------------------------------------------

    Play it carefelly. First slowly and then play more and more
    quickly. But don't forget the goal is not to play
    like a chainsaw! ;-)


    You got it? Ok let's play the bluuuees.

    Very important : read carefully the notation and play effects as
    I tell you. Play in the good timing.

    Notation :

    - The 1 & 2 & .... helps you to play in the time.
    - pb : pre-bend, first bend the string until you get a note one
    step higher, then strike the string and release...
        - b  : bend.
    - p  : pulling-off. Make sure to make sound it good.
    - s  : silence. Don't make noise! ;-)
    - h  : hammer.

    Try to make it sound. Don't really think about the way you're playing
    but just about what you're playing. Just look at BB King, Buddy Guy
    for example, you can see they're playing with their heart. They're
    living lessons.
    Just think you're Jimi Hendrix and play.
   
4/4

    1   &  2   &  3  &  4  &  1  &   2   &   3  &   4  &
----------------------------|-------------------13------|
--pb13----11----------------|-------11--13b--------pb13-|
--------------13--s---------|-s-12----------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------|

    1   &  2     &   3  &  4  &  1  &   2   &   3  &   4  &
------------------------------|--s-----------------13b---13b-|
--1311--s------------11----s--|------------------------------|
----------12p10-12------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------------|

    1   &  2   &  3  &   4   &  1  &   2   &   3  &   4  &
--------------------------------|---------------------------|
----s-pb13----11-13--13b-11b----|----12p10-----10-12--------|
-----------------------------12-|--s------12----------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------|

        
    1   &  2   &   3  &  4  &   1  &   2   &   3    &   4  &
------------------------------|------------------------13---------|
--------------11--13--11-13b--|-------pb13-11--13b--------pb13----|
----------12------------------|-----------------------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

    Triolet
    1   &  2   &   3  &  4  &    1  &   2    &   3   &   4  &
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
--------11h13p11-----11--------|-----------------------------------|
------------------12-----12p10-|-12----12p10----10--12-------------|
-------------------------------|-------------12--------12p10-12p10-|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
    1   &  2   &   3  &  4  & 
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
--------10--------------------|
---12-------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|


    Well, that's it. Hope you'll get the feeling.

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