Level Up Your Blues Comping! | Kirk Fletcher Style
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Today we’re looking at a blues comping etude that I wrote after drawing a lot of inspiration from the rhythm playing of a modern day blues master - Kirk Fletcher!
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There are loads of incredible blues players out there today - Josh Smith, Matt Schofield, Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales are just a few of the guys I’ve been listening to for years now but Kirk Fletcher is one who I only started really listening to over the past few months.
Kirk is of course a fantastic lead blues player but as I mention in this video, it’s his blues comping / rhythm chops that really fascinate me as both a fan and a student of blues guitar playing.
I wrote this etude and uploaded it to instagram a few months ago. In terms of the chord voicings I used, the single note lines I threw in between the chords and the rhythmic feel in general, it was very much inspired by Kirk’s rhythm playing.
In this free lesson, I break the etude down into 5 key elements to help you better understand how I put it together.
The 5 key elements are:
The shuffle feel
Chord voicings
Double-stops (on the I chord)
Passing chords
Single-note lines
I hope you guys enjoy this free lesson - I had a lot of fun making it.
Video edited by John Hollingworth.
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Hey Ross, I just wanted to say that I think the quality of your videos and you’re playing is impeccable.
Thank you so much. I appreciate the kind words!
pure gold. - this king of content is what we guitar players need more and actually is the hardest to find - please do more like this and in other styles too - Thanks
Life changing lesson and exactly what I needed, thanks Ross!
Kirk is a great player. I think overlooked by many. So good thing you are giving him his credit where credit is due.
Ross Campbell is awesome. You are my hero. I improved a lot because of your fine videos. God bless you!
Thanks Isaac, I'm so glad to hear that! Keep it up :)
Kirk is amazing! I love his enthousiasm, he seems like such a great guy who thoroughly enjoys what he's doing
Totally agree. Seems like the nicest dude ever
I really like this lesson and how you have stressed the importance of timing and spatial awareness. It isn’t your straight forward SRV style shuffle. Reminds me of Robben Ford the most. Like how he added a 13th bar onto the song Somebody’s Fool.
Great stuff Ross.
Great teaching style to
Great lesson, great playing,. glad I found you...
Thank you!
Pure Gold
Great video Ross...love that shuffle stuff...
Thanks Joseph!
Great lesson! Thank you✌
An excellent lesson from a guy who I seem to remember has been doing this since he was a “kid”. Well done.
There are so many jazz comping videos it's nice to find one focused on blues comping! Great lesson!
Awesome Blues chording lessential. Thank you.🎸👍🏻
Completely agree with you, Kirk gives cool "soul/r'n'b" elements to his blues shuffles. Thank you, nice video!! You did a nice work in putting together some Kirk's habits for this video lesson. 👍
Love this breakdown! I learned a lot! Thanks
More I watch more I see you how much of a great teacher you are Ross 💓 put a lot of good players in the limelight.
Thanks so much!
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Thanks for this awsome lesson! Can you recommend a specific song by kirk that has this exact type of rythm playing?
This video has become breakthrough for me ...
Nice to play a complete song that is not to complicated and fun also. Many thanks
Glad you liked it Michel, thanks!
Thanks Ross I just recently fell in love with this style of playing that he plays an I just feel like I suck at guitar but I’m gonna rap my head around it an own it so keep the lessons like this coming an again you will always get my money every month man thanks a lot for the lessons.👍🏾🎸(USA)Ohio
Kirk is one of my favorite players - GREAT video Ross. Hope you are well
Thank you! I am. Hope you are doing good as well
Thanks Ross,great teaching video,really well presented and also featuring one of the best blues players around.
Thanks Michael!
Thank you for breaking things down so well. You have great teaching skills! Comping is something I've neglected in my playing and this is so useful.
Thank you Fred!
Filled with goodness - thank you sir!
Glad ya enjoyed it!
Hi ya Ross ! Thanks so much for this pure gold. Kirk is one of my favorite modern blues players. I was looking for detailed study on his rhythmic approach and I found your lesson. You have a great tone and use of dynamic, besides being a crystal clear teacher. Thanks again for sharing. Cheerio! Walt
Thanks Walter!
Thank you so fucking much.. Been trying to figure Kirks shit out for ages. Nice one
His rhythm playing is sick af
Agreed
Thanks so much Ross. One of the most thoughtful and useful guitar lessons I've ever seen on TH-cam. For me, this one is special and just what I needed at this moment.
That's made my day reading that Bryan. Thank you so much!
This works, just learned my first decent blues shuffle. Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
I love the tech names given to something that used to be described as put some snot on it ... Russ great as always ..thanks !
Fantastic lesson again, thanks Ross!
Glad you liked it!
No Ross is amazing the guy is truly the best guitar player and teacher on TH-cam.
You're far too kind. Thank you!
I love that style. Today is the first time I've seen your channel - it looks great, I'll be back.
Thanks so much!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist It's a pleasure Ross. Your teaching is very good. I just bought someone else's books that will keep me busy for a while but when I'm in the market again I'll certainly look this way.
Wow Ross, thank you very much for your guitar lesson. You are the first in a long time to motivate me again with your tasteful playing, a real challenge both technically and harmoniously great Ross, once again thank you Ross
Great lesson. Thank you.
First time viewer here, but if you can help people get just a bit of Kirk Fletcher into their blues rhythm playing, I think you're on to a winner. Thanks!
Thanks Jimmy!
This is such a great video for many reasons. First, juicy blues rhythm techniques truly are overlooked. Second, Kirk Fletcher is great. Third, Ross does everyone a great service by firmly looping theory into the lesson, which is also such an overlooked aspect with YT guitar lesson videos. This video is 19:48 long and every second is valuable. Lastly, the natural teaching skill and passion are flat out obvious, which makes being on the learning side much more enjoyable. Thanks dude!
What a nice comment. Thank you!
Hi Ross, I saw this lesson the day it came out and have been trying to get the feel and vibe over the last few days and it is slowly coming to me, it's not easy but is so rewarding, it's a really enjoyable technique to play, very Texas Flood! I just want to say thanks and keep it up you're a very good teacher indeed. I'll be signing up to your subscription tuition very soon. Cheers and all the very best - Mark
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant lesson. The game changing technique for this sort of stuff is to mute the strings that aren’t being played to get that SRV rake thing going.
Thanks!
I’ve been a fan of Fletcher’s playing style for a while. Thanks for the great tutorial. BTW, I’ve been a fan of your for a while, as well.
Thank you Brett!
Amazing lesson,great feel,and a strat tone to die for,very Well played Ross,with out rythm we are nothing,thanks for sharing..stay safe/best regards Lasse🇸🇪
Thanks so much!
Definitely neglected my Rhythm playing over the years. Kirk has definitely inspired me to get the finger out and start learning some proper rhythm and blues, so much harder than it looks. Cheers for the lesson will be here for a while I think 🤣
Thanks, great little lesson, have admired Kirks playing, now my thumb hurts trying to get this right
Thanks Matthew!
fantastic lesson! I'm gonna be working on this for a long long time.
Thanks Bret!
I really dig into your videos man, absolutely useful content and as always very practical and bluesy. Please keep posting this sort of videos!!!
Thanks so much!
Great video been using a lot of these chords via the more blues you can use book. That thumb over version of the A7 is rough though wasn’t blessed with the thumb anatomy to pull it off
Really cool video. I really like comping, and I took to learning and practicing more of it this year. As much as I enjoy listening to searing leads, I'm not the guy to take the front stage, so I very much apreciate playing a supporting role and have fun doing it. Also, a great groove is fundamental to any music, so I like to be a part of that.
Glad you liked the video Andre!
Gold. Tnx
Thank you!
I learned a ton from that. Thank you
Glad to hear it, thank you!
Great lesson Ross. I find the muting difficult, do you have a lesson on this? Thanks
Dude Kirk is a REALLY approachable guy and I'm not a gambling man but I'd bet you every dollar in my pocket that if you reached out to him he'd do an interview on here with you. He has responded to me on youtube tons of times and I'm just a nobody. He's really generous and humble.
Not a bad idea...
Great video! Thanks!
Thanks Luis!
Love this! Would be cool if you could do the same for a slow blues comping.. Kirk's great at those too!
Thanks!
Looking svelte there Ross!
Thanks - I've managed to lose a lot of weight this year so I appreciate that!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist I can tell! Looking good my man! Cheers from America!
Well explained sir
Thank you Neil!
Ross are your lessons on DVD also I want to buy all of them
No physical copies but when you purchase them you can download a big zip file that contains all of the video lessons.
Thanks Ross! You're my FaV.
Can't see the 1st string on my phone, on the chord diagram. Its cut off when phone is on the side , horizontally not vertically
Thanks for this awsome lesson! Can you recommend a specific song by kirk that has this exact style of rythm playing?
Yer stash needs sunglasses , great vid
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Ross, I LOVE this. My rhythm chops/chord vocabulary need major work and this really hits the spot. You could do 10 of these etudes and I would love 'em all. Thank you!
Glad to hear it Greg!
Really enjoyed this lesson, Ross! That guitar tone is superb as well! May I ask what you’re playing through?
Thank you! This I'd the Cory Wong signature plugin from Neural DSP
It’s ironic that you get more views teaching Kirk’s style than he does. Anyways great video
Kirk’s You Tube Channel has really improved the last few months, lots more lessons. I am sure he will be adding many subscribers just from this lesson. Great guitarist and super nice guy.
@@Musicsports yeah he’s a class act, I first heard of him thru the andertons captain meets video.
I play that style and can do pretty much all of this except having tough time fitting in the mute and single note bit in time. Driving me a little crazy.
Just take it slow and keep practicing - you'll get there!
Hello from Moscow! Thanks for cool lesson! I love your bluesy sound. What amps or plugins do you use for this?
Thank you! I'm using the Neural DSP Archetype Cory Wong plugin for everything here
I'm pretty sure that's technically not a D9 but an F#m7b5. Interesting idea though it does seem like a type of 4 chord when listening to it played here. Edit: and same with the E9, that's a G#m7b5 (or Abm7b5 depending on key).
I see where you're coming from as a D9 with no root contains the same notes as F#m7b5 but in the context of a blues it's functioning as the IV chord so it makes no sense to visualise it as a m7b5 chord.
The bass player would normally get the root, otherwise it's implied
Whoa! Almost didn't recognize you w/that catapilar on your lip!! Lol
Thanks a lot Ross! Really useful lesson! I'm searching for a similar tone, G&L legacy and Princeton clon.. Do you think a need a Tube Screamer? I ve seen the gear details in the descrption, did you use those pedals for this specific video?
Thanks! No, the only gear I used in this video was the Cory Wong plugin from Neural DSP. Those links are just some pieces of gear in my collection currently
So stratty :)
All cool, but go back and listen to guys like Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Robert Lockwood Jr, Lonnie Johnson and Louis Myers - to name a few. That's where what you're playing comes from... there's a whole wealth of blues rythym guitar ideas with the older generation that many young players are missing out on... all Kirk's own inspiration!
Im too early again Hahaha
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Man, I'm spending this winter at the Himalayas. My mission is to become a better blues and funk player. This lesson is incredible. I'll check out your courses, big hug
Really thank you
Wow, have a nice time over there! Thank you :)
I'm a bit confused with the D9 and E9 chords, i thought that was the shape for half diminished chords, for example i play the same shape for bm7b5? Anybody can enlighten me please?
You'll find that there are many chord voicings that can function as several different chord types depending on what note is seen as the root of the chord. You're right in thinking that the D9 and E9 voicings here could be taken out of this context and seen as F#m7b5 and G#m7b5 chords as they are the same shape. But, we're thinking of D and E as the root notes in these chords, even though I might not always actually play the root notes in those voicings (I could easily add them in on the high E string).
Let's compare the D9 and F#m7b5. These chords share a lot of common notes but the root note is of course different, which makes the resulting intervals in each chord different.
F#m7b5:
R - F#
b3 - A
b5 - C
b7 - E
D9:
R - D
3 - F#
5 - A
b7 - C
9 - E
So as you can see, the D9 has all the notes of the F#m7b5 but with the addition of the root note - D.
When you see me play the D9 voicing WITHOUT the root note, it does have exactly the same notes as an F#m7b5 chord BUT I can always add in that D root note on the high E string if I want to, so that's the root note I'm visualising in this context.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist man! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me, bless you! You are definitely one of my favorite players and teachers. I'm still deciding which course to get if part 1 or 2 of the bulletproof guitarist. Thank you Ross!
Great lesson! Thank you❤✌
Awesome lesson. Thanks
What amp and pedal is used? That guitar is one of the nicest fiesta iv ever seen. Orderd the classic vibe 60s,will do a massive upgrade. Gotoh vintage tuners,gotoh NS510 trem/bridge,and handmade SRV pickups. Cant wait.
you're the best teacher/player here on TH-cam
May I just comment that this lesson is really good. However, Kirk plus many others have a deep understanding of the rhythm playing going back beyond SRV. Louis Myers, Robert Jr Lockwood , Jimmy Rogers and later Junior Watson , Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl are masters at this. Swing guitarists have a lot to offer as well . I met Kirk and saw him play nearly 20 years ago and KNOW that his knowledge is deep. Rhythm guitar is so underrated, yet the best guitarists are those that play it and know it. It's 90% of the song. Thank you for doing this lesson.
A metronome can be your best friend.
Thanks!
That's so cool! Blues playing is up my alley man!
Thanks! Great lesson . I appreciate the effort put into this detailed lesson.
Very nice lesson Ross
Thank you!
hi Ross why can't you use subtitles for your videos like before? sorry for my english i used google translate
Your a great teacher
Thank you!
Good job! Sounds like my old cronies from Ft. Worth.
Another automatic " save to lessons"(I have a lessons playlist)
thank you, great lesson
CONGRATULATIONS! I am a heavy user of youtube blues lessons and you seem to be the only one who explain the theory deeper (talking about mixolydian, flat 5th, whys and hows, etc - specially that maj7#5 arpeggio (that was great) - ). Great job thanyou. subscribing and following!
Thanks Ricardo!
Great tones
Thanks mang!
If i was putting a super group together he'd be my rhythm player no question, with maybe Josh Smith or Robben Ford on lead...? but rhythm Kirk is the man, he just makes the non-dancers dance whether they want to or not, he's great !!
That sounds like one hell of a band to me. Wouldn't be surprised if those three guys have already shared a stage together.
Came across this while exploring "Further on up the Road" by Joe Bonamassa (some similar riffs). What an absolute gem of a tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time and care to create the lesson. Brilliant playing (as always) and your teaching style makes it all so accessible. Top marks!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great lesson, Ross! Can you tell me from what Kirk Fletcher`s lesson did you transcribe it? I really like that kinda of blues rhythm guitar!
Thanks! I didn't transcribe it, it's something I wrote that was very much inspired by Kirk's rhythm playing.
Fabbydoo. I'm just getting started with the guitar and the blues after a loooong lay off and was a bit bamboozled and scared of taking anything like this on until this lesson got me thinking I can. Time and practice will tell :) Thanks again.
Awesome to hear that Brian, thanks!