Oh good grief - why could this not have been done when I was a youngster ! So little time left but I shall devote as much as possible to following this series. This old dog want's to learn new tricks. Cheers Dave - you are a star.
As much as I love a good demo/review Dave, this is where you really shine. I know you don't realise it but your teaching style is amazing, so natural and authentic. Can't wait for more of these. Thanks Dave.
Dave - this is probably the best youtube guitar lesson I have ever seen. I love that you're teaching a series of licks, in context with encouragement to improvise and use them in creative ways. This is exactly what I want and need right now. Thank you !
There’s a big belief that ‘TH-cam can Teach’ ... that you can learn to do anything through TH-cam - WRONG! (You can watch a 1000 vids and learn feck all; there’s still the fact of finding ‘One In A Million’) Think SMART Think Dave!
Still Alive and Well, Johnny Winter. I was 14 when this album came out. My Grandmother, who lived in Scotland, came to Montreal to visit us. Her visit coincided with my birthday. She brought 2 albums with her for my birthday. This was one and the second one was by Jimmie Hendrex, Are you experienced. I had an electric guitar and was playing, Glen Campbell and the Monkeys, that sort of popular music at the time. She told me she thought I was old enough to start getting into some more mind bending music. Gran was pretty hip. The music changed my life
@@Wynndell1 awesome grandmother brother!!! My grandmother was a huge Elvis fan and she had an acoustic guitar in a case under her bed and pulled it out and started teaching me Elvis songs when I was little.
Dave, just wow! I just discovered this series a few days ago on "The Tube". I gotta tell you, man ... I think this series is worth 5 years of guitar lessons. I have learned more from it in just the past week than I have in months of jamming with friends. I am a 68-year old American from Alabama, and have played rhythm acoustic (James, Taylor, John Denver, etc) for decades, but never delved into lead until the last couple of months. Frankly, I don't know why you aren't the biggest guitar star on The Tube. You are an amazing individual with a perfect teaching technique! Do you have a Premium channel or a Patreon? I'd love to subscribe! I owe you so much! Cheers to you, sir! I salute you!
Dave , man, I always love listening to you play. But, when you get down to detailed lessons like this - your videos are gold. Please, please keep this series going. You are as good a teacher as you are a player., and that is a rare brace of talents. Your followers and YTube income are about to rocket. You’ve spoken openly about your mental health problems but you know, I hope, that you are gifted, talented and giving. People love you. And we want more. Thank you for this.
I'm already in love with this series. I love blues and I love guitar, but lately my passion for most things has taken a nose dive. This has reinvigorated that passion for me. I've been trying to teach myself for years now, but I feel like I haven't really made nearly as much progress as I should have, I suck at teaching myself. You are an excellent teacher Mr. Dave, sir. You may think that you're terrible at speaking, but you speak through your guitar and how much emotion you put into how you play says more than words ever could. Keep jamming my friend!
This lesson is general guitar theory based on chords and notes but is delivered by a teacher who has obviously had issues learning this himself and is explaining it to us plebs in way that we can understand because he has been through the tribulations of learning musical theory. It is usually painful but this is super helpful for those of us who just can't comprehend the usual boring drudgery of guitar lesson in musical theory. Thankyou Dave please do more of these for us.
. Constantly staring at THE most gorgeous stratocaster in TH-cam history helped sooth homesickness for the south of France. This was excellent, thanks Dave 👍 .
Dave, I know playing this has become second nature to you but for most of us it’s exactly what we we want and need to learn. You do such a fantastic job of explaining it so clearly. I really appreciate the lesson and look forward to anything else you want to teach...
Dave, you are a born teacher. I’ve always struggled with receiving instruction but you’ve absolutely nailed it. I can totally understand what you’re saying. Many you enjoy happiness and love for the rest of your life. Congratulations on your cooperation with Andertons. Really enjoyed the interview with Lees dad. Very moving. Thanks.
Trying to really learn the guitar at 49 years old sometimes seems impossible. Sometimes it is discouraging when you see everyone playing so well and sounding so good and you think “ geez I will never be able to play like that “ but then you watch something like this and Dave you are able to break it down in small bites in such a down to earth way and it makes me believe it’s doable! I must press on! Thanks again from Texas sir, you definitely have a natural knack for instructing us newbies!
I hope you're still learning! I'm right behind you, learning new tricks. Besides marriage, learning guitar is the most challenging thing I've taken on. Every once in a while, I play something that connects to my soul, and all the frustration is worth it
Man, every time I get stuck in a rut I just watch one of your teaching videos and out I come with new inspiration. I'm half way through this piece and the whole joy of these six strings is overwhelming (and I realise how much I don't know) Not only are you teaching a blues, you are refreshing the joy of playing guitar - so many thanks.
Dave, you are so generous with your skill, talent and knowledge. The best tones and feel of any guitarist on the tube. I am really looking forward to the rest of this series. The first lesson is killer. Thank you!
Chris Bishop I am an almost 70 year old acupuncturist from Sydney, Australia who just discovered you a week ago. I have just got back to playing blues since I reduced my working hour last year. (I did play bass professionally when I was very young but now expanding my 6 string playing). Your lessons are bloody awesome. You are just real mate.
Dave I want to echo the comment below, (well said) brilliant! Im 65 now and this is the sound in my head from the British blus men, especially PGreen. Absolutely awesome lesson and incredible patience on your part. Can't say how great it was. Many thanks Dave.
Other teachers show you how to play guitar, Dave shows you how to be the guitar. But seriously I can’t thank you enough, your lessons are helping me play the way I’ve always wanted to.
Thankyou Dave, as soon as I heard in the style of Peter Green, Robert Johnson, Son House and BB King I was like, YES😊. Grabbed my guitar and absorbed the crap out of this vid. It's not so much the notes, but the space between them. Can't wait for more of these lessons. 👍
I sincerely adore how you go lick by lick, go back and arrive at the newest one. Us guitarists have this thing that we need to do a full run through, forget everything we did and repeat. Your method is anxious-guitarist-proof.
Think I'm living in weirdest time of my life... been playing for some 55yrs. My roommate thinks my boss katana 50 is too loud at low levels but neighbor thinks it's not loud enough at full volumes.... now I will do some blues.. thanks Dave
Hey Dave. I've been learning to play guitar since the start of the first lockdown in 2020. As a 58 year old, I'm finding it doesn't come at all easy and I've used all kinds of on-line resources in the past 15 months. Genuinely man, this is BY FAR the best lesson I have ever had. So from a baldy old man from Wigan, thank you so very very much!!
Its all about 'that' feeling and putting your emotions into the notes you play. And NOT playing a million notes a second. Listen to Peter Green- less is more. A very instinctive / feel player. Good one dave. I love the minor keys - the 'sad' key . 👍🎸
Dave, Dave, Dave this is pure gold! Who said you can’t teach an old dog etc…I have a cheap tele and amp, nowt else and I’m in blues heaven Thank you so much!
“Just express YOU, and have fun.” - Dave Simpson. That sums up why I started playing guitar years ago. I love this lesson as it’s just as much about the techniques as it about expressing oneself and creating. It’s also reflective of Dave’s approach to guitar and perhaps why his music touches so many of us: It’s real and from his soul. Looking forward to part 2 and more. Thanks for what you’re doing, Dave. You’re an inspiration.
OMG This is awesome, I'm a beginner guitarist and love the blues. I have been waiting for someone like you Dave to come alone, this is the best on TH-cam. Great teaching great video, I feel I can finally learn to play the blues. Thank you so much Dave looking forward to the next one.
The more ya see, the more ya realise - the world needs more Druids! (Dave Simpson) - live long, live strong 💪 If ever you’re ever in Cornwall, drop in! (I don’t play guitar - harmonica and mandolin banjo and half a dozen others; but string wise, just the mandolin banjo. The point, this info is valuable altogether) You’re a teacher with a whole lotta soul dude! Much respect ✊ Oll an gwella 😊
Dave, this is much more than an introduction to the blues and an appreciation for space in between notes. This is a master class on touch and feel for every note. I've always been more of a chord guy and never found a lesson for single notes and soloing that resonated with me. Until this one. I'm going to use this lesson to learn how to milk every last bit of emotion from each note and connect and explore how they should 'feel', not just how they sound. Thanks for this one.
Really good lesson with lots of essential blues ingredients. Thanks so very much Dave. More of this would be greatly appreciated. Very best wishes to you from Northern Ireland 🌌💕🌠🙋♂️
Awesome lesson and playing! I really like how you handle the transitions between chords while soloing. Small technical point, those were E and F# dominant 7ths (aka plain old 7th chords), not major 7ths. Maj7 raises the 7 for that lounge-y-sweet feeling. I like to use minor 7th on the I (Bm7) and sometimes the IV (Em7). The IV is minor on "The Thrill is Gone" for one song, not sure if BB and co. used the 7th or not.
@@juanaguado5890 They do fit perfectly. Blues is weird that way, though, since before blues you'd only have one dominant chord. But all three I IV V chords can be "dominant" in blues, and you can get with playing both major and minor blues scales over them, or even both mixed together at the same time.
@@MarsHalekGuitar this is a minor blues ther is several types minor major gospel etc they all have different chord progressions and or scales notes that can be played the blues is deep as theory wise 👍👍
Dave you have an excellent conversational style, so much information conveyed without complicating the lesson. Thanks for this, looking forwards to whatever you have to say.
Fantastic. So happy when you do lessons. Your series years ago, like on how to play like John and Greeny, were as inspiring as anything I've ever found in my (slightly hapless) guitar journey. Based on this one, seems like again you have an approach figured out for this, and are actually even MORE focused and clear in telling this one, with your additional years of experience communicating on YT. I love your approach, don't change anything, but please keep giving occasional reminders where we are, eg referencing the chord tone, shape or scale etc. We all hate theory and want to play by ear not shapes, but for anyone at my (pathetic) level, the cues really help to "navigate" why we're aiming for that note over that chord, etc. THANKS MATE!!!
Blues is a feeling as you stated Dave, it comes from deep inside. It can life you up, or drop you down, it's all in the timing/volume. The same combination of notes can bring out a plethora of emotions depending on how they are played. Outstanding lesson as always Dave
🎸🤟🏻You make perfect sense Dave thank you so very much for making these instructional videos. I am a self taught guitar player I have recently picked a guitar back up after raising two children. Now I'm getting back into it. Your guiding methods and instructional lessons are fantastic!!! and so helpful to me. I have been stuck in a rut for over a decade and your video has helped me take the next step to becoming a better guitar player and musician Your videos have also help me understand the fretboard. I usually don't comment on TH-cam videos but I decided since you took the time to make all these fantastic videos to help people become better musicians I would take the time to leave a comment to let you know you are appreciated. Now I'm off to earn it and express my emotions !!!! 🎸🤟🏻
Stumbled on to this by chance. As someone thats played for a few years I would just like to congratulate you on making a great video. Anyone new to playing the blues will find this super super useful.
Dave, huge fan here dude, just finished my Nightshift, and seen this video, now it's not reasonable for me to whip the axe out now and start hitting so I shall be up early today before shift having a go at following this, and just to mention here mate this has to be one of the easiest going blues videos, trust me man I've watched hundreds of hours as I'm a budding learner and dude this video excited me, please please please don't stop doing videos like this!! Cheers man
as a lifelong bass player who's getting way more serious about guitar over the past few years (strat and tele) this is EXACTLY what i needed. so stoked i found your channel! and no, this is def not rubbish!!!!
Dave Simpson your a god .. your one of the reason i haven't gave up trying to play guitar at 59. Love Peter green and watching all your vids with these blues ..thank you sir
Thank you, thank you, thank you. An "old school" guitar teacher at last. I will save and treasure this vid and hope more like this will follow. Well done Dave.
Thankyou this is amazing believe it or not I have just bought my first guitar at 40 I've played bass for 20 years but decided nows the time I really want to get into guitar your passion and knowledge has helped so much thankyou
Loving the lesson dude. Love how you go back to the start after each step. Any chance you can upload the backing track. I'm feeling a sunday afternoon blues session coming up. Cheers for taking the time to put this together 👍🤘
Thank you very much for your great videos I have learnt so much in a short space of time , I’ve been playing for 50 years and you have inspired me to reach another level thanks again Paul , Berlin Germany
This is awesome. You are awesome. I'm a 53 year old idiot who never learned how to solo. This is precisely the kind of thing i need, at exactly the right speed. Love you.....
omg Dave, thank you so much, I was just trying to find someone who could teach me blues (specially SRV style) just like you taught me how to play like JF. THANK YOU!!
This video is amazing thanks! After picking the guitar up again after 20years this has to be the best video I’ve found that has taught me some great licks and reignited my enjoyment of guitar and reduced my frustration of not being able to play anything. Can’t stop watching your videos keep up the great work
Thank you thank you, you're straightforward approach makes so much sense, please continue these types of instructional videos.. it's not everyday you find someone to guide you in a practical sense while still explaining the theory behind it in a way that allows personal growth instead of mimicry. I also must say that your boss katana panel settings video was a true revelation to teaching me how to approach and open up this amplifier.. especially after months of exploring mediocre patches.
How To Play Blues Guitar. BLUES IS EASY TO PLAY BUT HARD TO FEEL. COPYING OTHERS IS A HELP BUT ULTIMATELY DEFEATS THE POINT. UNIQUE PLAYERS KEEP BLUES ALIVE AND WELL.
Dave you are one of the best players that I have seen on TH-cam and I see that you are one of the best teachers also. You take your time and explain what you are teaching and make it easy to understand. I feel that I can learn from you. I have always wanted to play but struggle with it. Thanks for these lessons. You have a real talent.
Dave I am so pleased to be one of your “people of the Tube.” It is endlessly fascinating for me to both watch and listen to your fluidity on the guitar. You are such a nice person to share your musical knowledge with us. I wish more people in the world were like you. Thank you Ben Jackson Illinois, USA
I think this was one of the more effective guides to blues I’ve seen. So far as, get up and play, not bogged down with unnecessaries or too basic. B was a sensible key too! Love your channel mate
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Dave!!!! I am so sorry you had to leave France, but hope you find some comfort in the fact that I have been dying for a How to Play like Dave Simpson series like this. Forget everyone else, you are a master and it is awesome to learn from you.
Best video of its type Ive seen. I almost felt like a real guitarist during this. Love the format and delivery. Thanks so much for making it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!
This is great for beginners, or anyone really. I think anyone can learn a lot from these type videos, and take something new away. I’m loving this, and I’m sure a lot of other people are going to learn a lot from this series. Yea, it’s all about feel. That’s something that’s really hard to teach. Think it almost has to just come with experience learning to let the music determine when, and where you begin to paint your picture throughout the song. Love that guitar btw, it’s just so gorgeous. It’s got that 70’s vibe all over it. One of the most beautiful instruments I’ve ever seen.
More more more plzz, love this, I've found my passion I think ,I've taken so much from this lesson ,brilliant brilliant brilliant you are now my master Yoda in the kindest possible way keep up this truly outstanding work Dave we all need you in our lives so much
I delved... I sort of stumbled on this years ago... but thanks for explaining exactly what I was/am doing! Great teacher our Dave... and plays more than a bit good too! We all have our demons Dave... thanks for helping people keep some of them in the box by helping with the music stuff... Dave Simpson; my fav tube channel.
Hi Dave, as campfire professional but huge Peter Green, John Mayall , Alexis Corner, EC and... fan as well I was super enthused of your playing the slow blues thing so it took me an afternoon to work out part 1 and 2. Today I'll absorbe part 3?! Tanks a lot for such a pleasure!
Thank you Dave!! Your channel is giving me a purpose to learn guitar!! My parents told me last week that they are splitting up and it was devastating but the one thing that helped was guitar and you teaching the wonderful world of blues so thank you very much!
I can say I've learned more from you than most teachers. You always encourage us to work it out ourselves and that alone motivates me. Also that guitar just fits you like a glove!
Dave you are with out a doubt the greatest guitar teacher and player on TH-cam I’ve ever seen you are incredible and the fact that you do this out of pure passion is unbelievable and I found you through the John frusciante series and glad I did love and respect!
Loving it loving it! Been playing guitar since age 11 self taught. I'm 27 now and never researched how to play blues but I'm missing something that my own teaching can't do for me! Your my missing link thanks dave
This is a fantastic tutorial Dave!! Thanks for doing this for us👍 This will bring countless hours of bluesy, gravy goodness to practice with. 🎸💣 You are a great teacher too.
That 's exacly the way I needed to be guided. Thank YOU Dave ! For the first time , what came out of my playing made sence. I even improviced a little. I swear, it brought a tear to my eye. I can't wait for Dave's Guidance tutorial 2
I absolutely love this! It took half the day, and I had to tab it out but its all coming together and I can't thank you enough. This is such a beautiful solo. thanks for taking the time to share this. This is going to be a great series! Thanks from Texas, Dave.
I'm a happy camper! Finally a guitar lesson on TH-cam that gets to the heart of it with no BS. My hats off to you Dave! This is a truly inspiring video on the path to playing blues guitar. You just breathed new life in my dust collecting guitars. I've ordered new strings and guitar polish! Thanks!
He doesn't think he speaks well, but he speaks loud and clear with the language of the Blues. He got me to subscribe. I'm on board and looking forward to the ride.
This is a great little lesson. You make it so easy to understand, even a caveman like myself can learn it. My daughter even said your lessons are just easier to understand and go along with. I’ll be watching everything and can’t wait for the next lesson. Cheers Dave
Yet another remarkable lesson. Keep reminding us all that it is about the heart, imagination and feel. Technique is a tool, and not the end, but only the beginning of the journey. Above all, it is the active listening and interaction with the musical imagination. I love your message ; take the simple tools and techniques and go from there. Let the imagination fly. Thank you Dave.
I'm a happy bunny to be able to learn so many cool stuff through you! About gear, tones, life in general and now learn to play blues infused with your feel! Dave you are just an awesome lad!
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Oh good grief - why could this not have been done when I was a youngster ! So little time left but I shall devote as much as possible to following this series. This old dog want's to learn new tricks. Cheers Dave - you are a star.
John North JESUS SAVES. If you knock on the door i will open. Not maybe open. He WILL open
God bless you sir
@@HarryBarry97 Matthew 7:7-8
You're never too old John. :-)
Frankie C Right on!
Hi John, years of life experience are a plus for The Blues.
As a beginner guitarist that's the best blues lesson I've seen, thanks Dave. Now wheres my guitar ?
As much as I love a good demo/review Dave, this is where you really shine. I know you don't realise it but your teaching style is amazing, so natural and authentic. Can't wait for more of these. Thanks Dave.
Dave you badass my brother keep on keeping on we love you
An unassuming, natural teacher
Cool easy to follow and nice slow blues 🤩
Dave - this is probably the best youtube guitar lesson I have ever seen. I love that you're teaching a series of licks, in context with encouragement to improvise and use them in creative ways. This is exactly what I want and need right now. Thank you !
Absolutely.
Not teaching...guiding😉
Yup
As noted by Dave Forrow 🤝
There’s a big belief that ‘TH-cam can Teach’ ... that you can learn to do anything through TH-cam - WRONG! (You can watch a 1000 vids and learn feck all; there’s still the fact of finding ‘One In A Million’)
Think SMART Think Dave!
"Blues is good for you, don´t worry" - Johnny Winter
I have seen Johnny Winter 5/6 times I believe and every time it was good ... love the Blues
Still Alive and Well, Johnny Winter. I was 14 when this album came out. My Grandmother, who lived in Scotland, came to Montreal to visit us. Her visit coincided with my birthday. She brought 2 albums with her for my birthday. This was one and the second one was by Jimmie Hendrex, Are you experienced. I had an electric guitar and was playing, Glen Campbell and the Monkeys, that sort of popular music at the time. She told me she thought I was old enough to start getting into some more mind bending music. Gran was pretty hip. The music changed my life
@@Wynndell1 awesome grandmother brother!!! My grandmother was a huge Elvis fan and she had an acoustic guitar in a case under her bed and pulled it out and started teaching me Elvis songs when I was little.
I've been playing for 35 years and that is singularly the most helpful video I've ever seen in my life, best teacher ever 👍
Dave, just wow! I just discovered this series a few days ago on "The Tube". I gotta tell you, man ... I think this series is worth 5 years of guitar lessons. I have learned more from it in just the past week than I have in months of jamming with friends. I am a 68-year old American from Alabama, and have played rhythm acoustic (James, Taylor, John Denver, etc) for decades, but never delved into lead until the last couple of months. Frankly, I don't know why you aren't the biggest guitar star on The Tube. You are an amazing individual with a perfect teaching technique!
Do you have a Premium channel or a Patreon? I'd love to subscribe! I owe you so much! Cheers to you, sir! I salute you!
I have a patreon. Link is in the description box. :)
Dave , man, I always love listening to you play. But, when you get down to detailed lessons like this - your videos are gold. Please, please keep this series going. You are as good a teacher as you are a player., and that is a rare brace of talents. Your followers and YTube income are about to rocket. You’ve spoken openly about your mental health problems but you know, I hope, that you are gifted, talented and giving. People love you. And we want more. Thank you for this.
I'm already in love with this series. I love blues and I love guitar, but lately my passion for most things has taken a nose dive. This has reinvigorated that passion for me. I've been trying to teach myself for years now, but I feel like I haven't really made nearly as much progress as I should have, I suck at teaching myself. You are an excellent teacher Mr. Dave, sir. You may think that you're terrible at speaking, but you speak through your guitar and how much emotion you put into how you play says more than words ever could. Keep jamming my friend!
I could have wrote that Walt, Verbatim, Im very old an still tryin, good LUCK,
Yes, He directly dived into the meat of the subject.
Lacks emotion too many blues so bland nk vibe cal reason is the blues master
This lesson is general guitar theory based on chords and notes but is delivered by a teacher who has obviously had issues learning this himself and is explaining it to us plebs in way that we can understand because he has been through the tribulations of learning musical theory. It is usually painful but this is super helpful for those of us who just can't comprehend the usual boring drudgery of guitar lesson in musical theory. Thankyou Dave please do more of these for us.
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Constantly staring at THE most gorgeous stratocaster in TH-cam history helped sooth homesickness for the south of France.
This was excellent, thanks Dave 👍
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I am loving that guitar!
Beautiful guitar
Dave, I know playing this has become second nature to you but for most of us it’s exactly what we we want and need to learn. You do such a fantastic job of explaining it so clearly. I really appreciate the lesson and look forward to anything else you want to teach...
AAARRRGGGHHH! Guitar School has started. Class in Session!
and may i add,what a class by a class guitarist,awesome!!
Dave, you are a born teacher. I’ve always struggled with receiving instruction but you’ve absolutely nailed it.
I can totally understand what you’re saying.
Many you enjoy happiness and love for the rest of your life.
Congratulations on your cooperation with Andertons. Really enjoyed the interview with Lees dad. Very moving.
Thanks.
Yes, finally a guitar lesson. It's been a while. Was missing this part of your channel. Please keep them coming.
Trying to really learn the guitar at 49 years old sometimes seems impossible. Sometimes it is discouraging when you see everyone playing so well and sounding so good and you think “ geez I will never be able to play like that “ but then you watch something like this and Dave you are able to break it down in small bites in such a down to earth way and it makes me believe it’s doable! I must press on! Thanks again from Texas sir, you definitely have a natural knack for instructing us newbies!
Never give up!! And ur never to old mate never
I hope you're still learning! I'm right behind you, learning new tricks. Besides marriage, learning guitar is the most challenging thing I've taken on. Every once in a while, I play something that connects to my soul, and all the frustration is worth it
Man, every time I get stuck in a rut I just watch one of your teaching videos and out I come with new inspiration. I'm half way through this piece and the whole joy of these six strings is overwhelming (and I realise how much I don't know) Not only are you teaching a blues, you are refreshing the joy of playing guitar - so many thanks.
Everyone else has already said it. I absolutely love the way you teach. Got my first guitar 47 years ago and learnt so much from this video.
Dave, you are so generous with your skill, talent and knowledge. The best tones and feel of any guitarist on the tube. I am really looking forward to the rest of this series. The first lesson is killer. Thank you!
Chris Bishop
I am an almost 70 year old acupuncturist from Sydney, Australia who just discovered you a week ago. I have just got back to playing blues since I reduced my working hour last year. (I did play bass professionally when I was very young but now expanding my 6 string playing). Your lessons are bloody awesome. You are just real mate.
Dave I want to echo the comment below, (well said) brilliant! Im 65 now and this is the sound in my head from the British blus men, especially PGreen. Absolutely awesome lesson and incredible patience on your part. Can't say how great it was. Many thanks Dave.
Other teachers show you how to play guitar, Dave shows you how to be the guitar.
But seriously I can’t thank you enough, your lessons are helping me play the way I’ve always wanted to.
Thankyou Dave, as soon as I heard in the style of Peter Green, Robert Johnson, Son House and BB King I was like, YES😊. Grabbed my guitar and absorbed the crap out of this vid. It's not so much the notes, but the space between them. Can't wait for more of these lessons. 👍
I sincerely adore how you go lick by lick, go back and arrive at the newest one. Us guitarists have this thing that we need to do a full run through, forget everything we did and repeat. Your method is anxious-guitarist-proof.
Think I'm living in weirdest time of my life... been playing for some 55yrs. My roommate thinks my boss katana 50 is too loud at low levels but neighbor thinks it's not loud enough at full volumes.... now I will do some blues.. thanks Dave
Ditch the roommate
Hey Dave. I've been learning to play guitar since the start of the first lockdown in 2020. As a 58 year old, I'm finding it doesn't come at all easy and I've used all kinds of on-line resources in the past 15 months. Genuinely man, this is BY FAR the best lesson I have ever had. So from a baldy old man from Wigan, thank you so very very much!!
Its all about 'that' feeling and putting your emotions into the notes you play. And NOT playing a million notes a second. Listen to Peter Green- less is more. A very instinctive / feel player. Good one dave. I love the minor keys - the 'sad' key . 👍🎸
Dave, Dave, Dave this is pure gold! Who said you can’t teach an old dog etc…I have a cheap tele and amp, nowt else and I’m in blues heaven Thank you so much!
As someone who decided to learn guitar in his early sixties, it was a great lesson!! Super easy to follow. More please.
“Just express YOU, and have fun.” - Dave Simpson.
That sums up why I started playing guitar years ago. I love this lesson as it’s just as much about the techniques as it about expressing oneself and creating. It’s also reflective of Dave’s approach to guitar and perhaps why his music touches so many of us: It’s real and from his soul. Looking forward to part 2 and more. Thanks for what you’re doing, Dave. You’re an inspiration.
OMG This is awesome, I'm a beginner guitarist and love the blues. I have been waiting for someone like you Dave to come alone, this is the best on TH-cam. Great teaching great video, I feel I can finally learn to play the blues. Thank you so much Dave looking forward to the next one.
Dave is too humble- he's an exceptional teacher. I can actually follow him the first time around, which is miraculous!
The more ya see, the more ya realise - the world needs more Druids! (Dave Simpson) - live long, live strong 💪 If ever you’re ever in Cornwall, drop in! (I don’t play guitar - harmonica and mandolin banjo and half a dozen others; but string wise, just the mandolin banjo. The point, this info is valuable altogether) You’re a teacher with a whole lotta soul dude! Much respect ✊ Oll an gwella 😊
Dave, this is much more than an introduction to the blues and an appreciation for space in between notes. This is a master class on touch and feel for every note. I've always been more of a chord guy and never found a lesson for single notes and soloing that resonated with me. Until this one. I'm going to use this lesson to learn how to milk every last bit of emotion from each note and connect and explore how they should 'feel', not just how they sound. Thanks for this one.
Really good lesson with lots of essential blues ingredients. Thanks so very much Dave. More of this would be greatly appreciated. Very best wishes to you from Northern Ireland 🌌💕🌠🙋♂️
This lesson is an EXCELLENT place to learn to walk before you can run. I wish you were my teacher from the beginning. Thanks Dave.
Awesome lesson and playing! I really like how you handle the transitions between chords while soloing. Small technical point, those were E and F# dominant 7ths (aka plain old 7th chords), not major 7ths. Maj7 raises the 7 for that lounge-y-sweet feeling. I like to use minor 7th on the I (Bm7) and sometimes the IV (Em7). The IV is minor on "The Thrill is Gone" for one song, not sure if BB and co. used the 7th or not.
Hello Tommy, I was thinking exactly the same, the IV and the V here are Dominant Chords, but they fit perfectly (Bm, E7 and F#7)
@@juanaguado5890 They do fit perfectly. Blues is weird that way, though, since before blues you'd only have one dominant chord. But all three I IV V chords can be "dominant" in blues, and you can get with playing both major and minor blues scales over them, or even both mixed together at the same time.
@@MarsHalekGuitar must agree too, but not hearing the c# on the f# major change
Was odd, but if it sounds right it must be good.
@@MarsHalekGuitar this is a minor blues ther is several types minor major gospel etc they all have different chord progressions and or scales notes that can be played the blues is deep as theory wise 👍👍
Fella just discovered you!, am am 61 and a learner who wants to play the blues.and my word the best and clearest teacher on you tube. thankyou
Dave you have an excellent conversational style, so much information conveyed without complicating the lesson. Thanks for this, looking forwards to whatever you have to say.
Proper bloke you are Davey boy! Best instruction I have ever seen anywhere :D
Fantastic. So happy when you do lessons. Your series years ago, like on how to play like John and Greeny, were as inspiring as anything I've ever found in my (slightly hapless) guitar journey. Based on this one, seems like again you have an approach figured out for this, and are actually even MORE focused and clear in telling this one, with your additional years of experience communicating on YT. I love your approach, don't change anything, but please keep giving occasional reminders where we are, eg referencing the chord tone, shape or scale etc. We all hate theory and want to play by ear not shapes, but for anyone at my (pathetic) level, the cues really help to "navigate" why we're aiming for that note over that chord, etc. THANKS MATE!!!
Blues is a feeling as you stated Dave, it comes from deep inside. It can life you up, or drop you down, it's all in the timing/volume. The same combination of notes can bring out a plethora of emotions depending on how they are played. Outstanding lesson as always Dave
Definitely more of this Dave!
Wow, found this video noodling around and am sooo happy I did. You are an incredible teacher and player. You have a subscriber for life.
We are in my wheel house today! Being a New Orleans musician i play a TON of blues. Fun video, Dave! Its good jamming with you!
🎸🤟🏻You make perfect sense Dave thank you so very much for making these instructional videos. I am a self taught guitar player I have recently picked a guitar back up after raising two children. Now I'm getting back into it. Your guiding methods and instructional lessons are fantastic!!! and so helpful to me. I have been stuck in a rut for over a decade and your video has helped me take the next step to becoming a better guitar player and musician Your videos have also help me understand the fretboard. I usually don't comment on TH-cam videos but I decided since you took the time to make all these fantastic videos to help people become better musicians I would take the time to leave a comment to let you know you are appreciated. Now I'm off to earn it and express my emotions !!!! 🎸🤟🏻
Cant thankyou enough for this Dave, I've tried so many confusing sites...this is great. :) will be learning over the weekend.
Stumbled on to this by chance. As someone thats played for a few years I would just like to congratulate you on making a great video. Anyone new to playing the blues will find this super super useful.
Dave, huge fan here dude, just finished my Nightshift, and seen this video, now it's not reasonable for me to whip the axe out now and start hitting so I shall be up early today before shift having a go at following this, and just to mention here mate this has to be one of the easiest going blues videos, trust me man I've watched hundreds of hours as I'm a budding learner and dude this video excited me, please please please don't stop doing videos like this!! Cheers man
as a lifelong bass player who's getting way more serious about guitar over the past few years (strat and tele) this is EXACTLY what i needed. so stoked i found your channel!
and no, this is def not rubbish!!!!
Thank you. :)
Omg, i have been waiting for this moment for a long time!!! Thanks Dave🙏
If you'd been waiting all your life, your post would have been followed by a massive drum solo....
Me too..
Me too, also. ☺
Dave Simpson your a god .. your one of the reason i haven't gave up trying to play guitar at 59. Love Peter green and watching all your vids with these blues ..thank you sir
Love this. So much to absorb here. Will be repeating this again and again. makes me actually look forward to practicing!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. An "old school" guitar teacher at last. I will save and treasure this vid and hope more like this will follow. Well done Dave.
This is the good stuff Dave. Cheers
Thankyou this is amazing believe it or not I have just bought my first guitar at 40 I've played bass for 20 years but decided nows the time I really want to get into guitar your passion and knowledge has helped so much thankyou
Loving the lesson dude. Love how you go back to the start after each step. Any chance you can upload the backing track. I'm feeling a sunday afternoon blues session coming up. Cheers for taking the time to put this together 👍🤘
Maybe upload the backing tracks for all in this series to patreon, or for a small donation on bandcamp
Thank you very much for your great videos I have learnt so much in a short space of time , I’ve been playing for 50 years and you have inspired me to reach another level thanks again Paul , Berlin Germany
Oh yeah. Boy that guitar looks fine.
This is awesome. You are awesome.
I'm a 53 year old idiot who never learned how to solo. This is precisely the kind of thing i need, at exactly the right speed. Love you.....
omg Dave, thank you so much, I was just trying to find someone who could teach me blues (specially SRV style) just like you taught me how to play like JF. THANK YOU!!
Really looking forward to many more lessons, absolutely brilliant!!!! Cheers Dave
"Blues is easy to play but hard to feel"
Jimi Hendrix-
Finally a blues lesson that I can not only understand but follow , many many thanks
Dave "The Mad Professor" Simpson! Where be part 2 you mad, passionate fool you? ; )
Got my first blues lesson today. You are a magician.
This is gonna be great, thanks alot Dave.
What would be great too is a series for beginners, like a structure plan for learning, a road map kind of thing.
This video is amazing thanks! After picking the guitar up again after 20years this has to be the best video I’ve found that has taught me some great licks and reignited my enjoyment of guitar and reduced my frustration of not being able to play anything. Can’t stop watching your videos keep up the great work
IT HELPS TO EXPOSE YOURSELF TO MANY BLUES STYLES. IT AINT ALL ABOUT STEVIE RAY. NEVER GET STUCK ON ONE PLAYER BUT YOURSELF.
Thank you thank you, you're straightforward approach makes so much sense, please continue these types of instructional videos.. it's not everyday you find someone to guide you in a practical sense while still explaining the theory behind it in a way that allows personal growth instead of mimicry. I also must say that your boss katana panel settings video was a true revelation to teaching me how to approach and open up this amplifier.. especially after months of exploring mediocre patches.
How To Play Blues Guitar. BLUES IS EASY TO PLAY BUT HARD TO FEEL. COPYING OTHERS IS A HELP BUT ULTIMATELY DEFEATS THE POINT.
UNIQUE PLAYERS KEEP BLUES ALIVE AND WELL.
Dave you are one of the best players that I have seen on TH-cam and I see that you are one of the best teachers also. You take your time and explain what you are teaching and make it easy to understand. I feel that I can learn from you. I have always wanted to play but struggle with it. Thanks for these lessons. You have a real talent.
Opening solo had that guitar bursting into tears :)
Dave
I am so pleased to be one of your “people of the Tube.” It is endlessly fascinating for me to both watch and listen to your fluidity on the guitar. You are such a nice person to share your musical knowledge with us. I wish more people in the world were like you. Thank you
Ben Jackson
Illinois, USA
You are very good at what you are doing as a teacher and I agree 100% what you said about Peter Green.
He was outstanding in his playing. Superb!!
Dave - this lesson has helped me more than any other TH-cam lesson. Please, PLEASE, Good Gravy!, give us more on Blues Soloing!
I think this was one of the more effective guides to blues I’ve seen. So far as, get up and play, not bogged down with unnecessaries or too basic. B was a sensible key too! Love your channel mate
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Dave!!!! I am so sorry you had to leave France, but hope you find some comfort in the fact that I have been dying for a How to Play like Dave Simpson series like this. Forget everyone else, you are a master and it is awesome to learn from you.
Useful is an understatement! Brilliant. Can't wait for part 2, and hopefully 3 and 4 and just keep going. Play on!
Best video of its type Ive seen. I almost felt like a real guitarist during this. Love the format and delivery. Thanks so much for making it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!
I grew up in Austin watching blues greats and you are on fire my brother!
This is great for beginners, or anyone really. I think anyone can learn a lot from these type videos, and take something new away. I’m loving this, and I’m sure a lot of other people are going to learn a lot from this series. Yea, it’s all about feel. That’s something that’s really hard to teach. Think it almost has to just come with experience learning to let the music determine when, and where you begin to paint your picture throughout the song. Love that guitar btw, it’s just so gorgeous. It’s got that 70’s vibe all over it. One of the most beautiful instruments I’ve ever seen.
More more more plzz, love this, I've found my passion I think ,I've taken so much from this lesson ,brilliant brilliant brilliant you are now my master Yoda in the kindest possible way keep up this truly outstanding work Dave we all need you in our lives so much
I delved... I sort of stumbled on this years ago... but thanks for explaining exactly what I was/am doing! Great teacher our Dave... and plays more than a bit good too! We all have our demons Dave... thanks for helping people keep some of them in the box by helping with the music stuff... Dave Simpson; my fav tube channel.
Dave, you do more to brighten our days more than you'll ever know!
Sometimes TH-cam suggestions do just nail it!
Somehow missed this in January ...
Absolutely great ...
Thanks a lot for sharing this gem!
Lads, knuckle down and learn this. Fantastic piece of blues that is just great to play. Thanks Dave for an excellent tutorial.
Hi Dave, as campfire professional but huge Peter Green, John Mayall , Alexis Corner, EC and... fan as well I was super enthused of your playing the slow blues thing so it took me an afternoon to work out part 1 and 2. Today I'll absorbe part 3?! Tanks a lot for such a pleasure!
Thank you Dave!! Your channel is giving me a purpose to learn guitar!! My parents told me last week that they are splitting up and it was devastating but the one thing that helped was guitar and you teaching the wonderful world of blues so thank you very much!
I can say I've learned more from you than most teachers. You always encourage us to work it out ourselves and that alone motivates me. Also that guitar just fits you like a glove!
Dave you are with out a doubt the greatest guitar teacher and player on TH-cam I’ve ever seen you are incredible and the fact that you do this out of pure passion is unbelievable and I found you through the John frusciante series and glad I did love and respect!
Loving it loving it! Been playing guitar since age 11 self taught. I'm 27 now and never researched how to play blues but I'm missing something that my own teaching can't do for me! Your my missing link thanks dave
This is a fantastic tutorial Dave!! Thanks for doing this for us👍 This will bring countless hours of bluesy, gravy goodness to practice with. 🎸💣 You are a great teacher too.
That 's exacly the way I needed to be guided. Thank YOU Dave ! For the first time , what came out of my playing made sence. I even improviced a little. I swear, it brought a tear to my eye. I can't wait for Dave's Guidance tutorial 2
I absolutely love this! It took half the day, and I had to tab it out but its all coming together and I can't thank you enough. This is such a beautiful solo. thanks for taking the time to share this. This is going to be a great series! Thanks from Texas, Dave.
I'm a happy camper! Finally a guitar lesson on TH-cam that gets to the heart of it with no BS. My hats off to you Dave! This is a truly inspiring video on the path to playing blues guitar. You just breathed new life in my dust collecting guitars. I've ordered new strings and guitar polish! Thanks!
He doesn't think he speaks well, but he speaks loud and clear with the language of the Blues. He got me to subscribe. I'm on board and looking forward to the ride.
This is a great little lesson. You make it so easy to understand, even a caveman like myself can learn it. My daughter even said your lessons are just easier to understand and go along with. I’ll be watching everything and can’t wait for the next lesson. Cheers Dave
Yet another remarkable lesson. Keep reminding us all that it is about the heart, imagination and feel. Technique is a tool, and not the end, but only the beginning of the journey. Above all, it is the active listening and interaction with the musical imagination. I love your message ; take the simple tools and techniques and go from there. Let the imagination fly. Thank you Dave.
I'm a happy bunny to be able to learn so many cool stuff through you! About gear, tones, life in general and now learn to play blues infused with your feel! Dave you are just an awesome lad!