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A simple way to play 12 bar blues using simple two string chords on a three string guitar.

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Comment by Paul Smith on August 11, 2012 at 4:40am

This is great, thank you so much. I'm away to try it out...

Comment by Rusty Pup (Mark) on August 10, 2012 at 10:56am

Learned a lot, actually - great vid! Thanks very much. Even an untalented mope like me can understand it. Please keep the vids coming! I know I sure appreciate them...

Comment by 407bug on August 10, 2012 at 8:52am

A brilliant lesson..

So that's tuned like the first 3 strings of a guitar then, rather that traditional CBG tuning?

Comment by Spike on August 10, 2012 at 8:15am

Great tuition, Scrapyard - clear, relaxed, and with just the the right amount of dry humour!

(Shame that your band's vibraphone and marimba players were tuning up off-camera during the first couple of minutes. Percussionists, eh? - inconsiderate buggers!)

Comment by Reeds Taylor on August 9, 2012 at 8:26pm

Thank you Scrapyard....that was a great help!

Comment by Richard G Caudill on August 9, 2012 at 2:19pm

took   a good bit of info with me off this video .. tks  for ur time n effort..

Comment by SlowHound on August 9, 2012 at 2:03pm

Ver nice sir. Great approach to teaching and you do it really well. Is Roger Waters hiding in your garden?

Comment by Keith Remnant on August 9, 2012 at 12:26pm

Hey Mr Scrapyard, you fooled me. I tune mine EBe and as I was half working and half listening, wondered why I couldn't make out your chords until I re-wound and listened properly. 3 nice videos though, I'll try the EAD tuing. Thanks

Comment by South Paw,Davey on August 9, 2012 at 11:42am

Very nice.

Is that a Yorkshire accent I hear? ;-)

Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on August 9, 2012 at 9:19am

Real nice tone on that CBG. Good lesson too. I tune the EAD strings to DAD, but keeping it in the standard tuning configuration (EAD) is a great way to have an additional tuning to explore. Thanks for sharing. BTW:  Your lovely garden makes for a great "woodshedding" place. Enjoy.   

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