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"Sounds nice! Very bluesy feel. I'm going to print this page out and practice it righ…"

Steve Becker replied Dec 13, 2010 to How to play Walking Blues lick, shuffled version.

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Dec 21, 2010
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"Nice! Can't wait to try it out."

Steve Becker replied Sep 12, 2010 to more blues fingerstyle

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Jul 15, 2011
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Let’s talk, Phrygian mode for One Stringers in G & D pt.2

Started by BrianQ. Oct 14, 2020. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Let’s talk, Phrygian mode for One Stringers in G & D

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Finger stretching exercise - Diddley Bow

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More Canjo Tab for Beginners

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Canjo Tab for Beginners

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Pentatonic scale in GDG tuning

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6 String Lap Steel for Beginners

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3 String Tab: G7 Exercise

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Diddley Bow Tabs #5

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Diddley Bow Tabs #4

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3 String EZ Slide Riff 2

Started by BrianQ. Dec 6, 2018. 0 Replies 3 Likes

Diddley Bow Tabs #3

Started by BrianQ. Nov 28, 2018. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Simple 1 String Tab

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Diddley Bow Tabs #2

Started by BrianQ. Nov 8, 2018. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Simple 3 string Tab

Started by BrianQ. Nov 5, 2018. 0 Replies 0 Likes

3 String Ez Slide Riff

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Diddley Bow Tabs

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Chord/Scale blank

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by BrianQ. Oct 29, 2018. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues by Skip James tab??

Started by Frank Scott. Last reply by Doug Noren Oct 20, 2018. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Green Onions Slide Tab

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