Here I show you an easy blues guitar riff in E by using open strings to give it that mississippi blues vibe. I show you 2 versions - one with finger picking and one with the pic.

Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

 

Hi, I really enjoyed this  but it's tough to get that sweet blues tone. The TAB says it's free . How do I download it.

Hey there -

thanks for the nice feedback. That's a bug in the system which I can not solve. The TABS are for free for all premium members. So you need to make the upgrade.

For the sound - maybe check this tutorial here :

 

Hey Hanspeter, thank you for this tutorial!

I have a possibly odd question. But it made me crazy for a while, because i suggested that my guitar would be out of tune.

So I reall worked hard on the tuning device. And i tested the turnaround on higher strings as well....
But finally it just seems to me, that the turnaround (Ab, A, Bb up to B7) sounds in my ears a bit better or maybe just a bit more natural, when i play after the A the next note not as Bb, but as  a 1/4 bended A.

Is there any theoretical explanation for this, or is the reason just an old man's bad hearing in this case? I hope my question isn't totally stupid 

Have a nice evening and thank you!

3 hours ago, medikon said:

Is there any theoretical explanation for this, or is the reason just an old man's bad hearing in this case? I hope my question isn't totally stupid

In fact a very interesting question. I would say the reason for this is that you might be used to play the blue note very often which is in fact 1/4 bended A. There is a german word for that which I don't know how to translate : Hörgewohnheit ( something like " ways your ears are use to hear music ) and in this case this lead to your personal perseption that the 1/4 bend in this case sounds correct. At the beginning of music there was first the " Hörgewohnheit " and that leaded to theory. So your way is the original, intuitiv one.

6 hours ago, medikon said:

Hey Hanspeter, thank you for this tutorial!

I have a possibly odd question. But it made me crazy for a while, because i suggested that my guitar would be out of tune.

So I reall worked hard on the tuning device. And i tested the turnaround on higher strings as well....
But finally it just seems to me, that the turnaround (Ab, A, Bb up to B7) sounds in my ears a bit better or maybe just a bit more natural, when i play after the A the next note not as Bb, but as  a 1/4 bended A.

Is there any theoretical explanation for this, or is the reason just an old man's bad hearing in this case? I hope my question isn't totally stupid 

Have a nice evening and thank you!

Excellent catch!