How To Play Blues Shuffle On Guitar - Part 3
Hey there, I�m Tomas Michaud and I�m back with Part 3 of how to play Blues Shuffle.
We�re gonna add some embellishments in this lesson and make it even more fun.
Hey there, welcome back. We�re gonna add something to what we did in Part 2 and that
will be adding pinky to the pattern. The basic pattern in part 2 is like this (strumming)
now it�s gonna look like this. It�s open and then you take the 3rd finger off and add
the pinky on the 5th fret that�s the 3rd finger, off, pinky, off, 3rd finger, off � try
that with me. I�m hitting just the 5th and 4th strings. First finger is on the 2nd fret,
4th string, here we go � ready go � first finger, now add the 3rd finger, take it off,
pinky, off, 3rd finger, off. How did you do? Try it again? Okay, same thing, ready go � first,
3rd finger, off, pinky, off, 3rd finger, again, 3rd finger, now, off, pinky, off, 3rd finger,
off � one more time (strumming) .
Now, let�s add something else to that. We�re gonna add a mute and I�m gonna mute with
the palm of hand, listen (strumming). I�m muting with the side of my hand, slightly
touching the top of the string near the bridge of the guitar, this is the bridge so Im not
pressing too hard. Im still letting it sound. Too hard would be � you can do that too,
that�s a different sound but what we�re going up to something in between so Im muting
palm muting with the palm side of my palm and hitting both strings so experiment with
that. Put your hand on the guitar and play around so lets try it together � palm mute,
first finger on the 2nd fret, 4th string. Were gonna hit the 5th and 4th strings. It�s
the same A chord basically, here we go (strumming) same pattern. Try it again, one more time.
Now for the third embellishment, were gonna add just a little lick in there. It sounds
like this. You don�t have to add it all the time but right now were just gonna work
on that so lets do it over and over. The notes are, it�s the open 5th string, 2nd finger
on the 3rd fret 5th string, then the 3rd finger hitting on the 4th fret at 5th string and
then open so it sounds like this (strumming) and that�s the exercise I want you to practice.
Both strings 4th and 5th and twice and then and the 3rd finger is doing a hammer on. Im
not actually striking that again with my pick so Im striking that when I hit the 2nd finger
on and the 3rd finger hits the 4th fret without me hitting with the pick so its (strumming)
Try that with me, two times down and then hit the 3rd fret, 5th string, hammer on 3rd
finger and then go back,
Now lets put it all together. I�ll play it reasonably slow and you can try to play
along or you can listen and then come back and play along later after you practice it.
Here it is (strumming).
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