Most of the time when you play with a group or at a jam you’re playing rhythm, so you’d better know what you’re doing.
These are my tried-and-true basics for playing with a band and they work really well almost any time at all.
More of this kind of stuff can be found in Blues Guitar Unleashed and How To Build Blues Songs.
4 replies to "Blues Shuffle Comping 101"
Great Griff, love the chickety chic.
It helped me if I put the counting in my head first, 1ah,2ah,3ah,4ah
then I rewound the video several times to play the chords with you at beats 2 & 4.
I’m giving up on the six string guitar and going with a Ukulele which was given to me by a friend,
It seems less complicated. Using Ukulele Blues by Manitoba Hal.
Maybe you have something similar? I would love that.
-Alan
I too am a BGU convert to the UKE…
There is a Monday night class 6:30 pm PST from Kev of the tiki nation…( he’s from San Diego )
You can RSVP via meet-up or try and sign up via the tiki nation website. ( he has three other classes )
The biggest thing with the Uke is to switch to a “low-G” string…
Good luck!
Love your videos. Just found your sight. Been working on my counting and the 7th and 9th chords. I would rather play rhythm. Want to learn to play the blues by myself mixing the rhythm and lead.