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Archive for October, 2009

Unlike classical guitar playing, blues guitar has no pre-existing beliefs on the right way to play and hold your instrument. This lack of a formal approach frees you from the normal way of learning, which is to listen to someone else tell you how to do something the right way — and call you out when you’re doing it wrong.

In the blues, you can’t really be doing something wrong, unless it either hurts
or sounds bad. That’s because the blues is a folk art — an art created by ordinary people — and doesn’t carry around the baggage of established rules that some other art forms do. But you can observe some simple guidelines that help you play comfortably, efficiently, and, by all means, without pain.For the blues guitarist, any pain associated with playing should come from the heart, not your fingers or lower back!

Holding your guitar should feel as natural as picking up a baby. Don’t think too much about it; just treat it with love, and you’ll do fine. Once you have your baby — er, your guitar — in your arms, use the info in the following sections so you’re comfortable while you figure out how to fret notes and strum strings.