How To Play Blues In the key of A | Acoustic guitar lesson

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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Pick/Plectrum v Fingers
1:58 Using your thumb to get an authentic blues sound, playing the A chord
3:15 Learning the shapes that expand our knowledge and give authenticity
4:15 Playing the 5 chord
4:38 The importance of getting the basics down
5:55 Adding the top end
6:40 Transitioning between A & A7 whilst keeping a steady bass
8:32 Playing the authentic D chord with top end
9:24 Transitioning between the A & D chords
9:46 Options for the 5 chord using a hammer on
10:42 How to put everything together
12:00 How to get accustomed to difficult chords
13:50 Additional tips & Outro

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/6-7uMzxyhe8

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Welcome to Part 2 of my "How to play blues in the key of A" This is a series of lessons covering how to play the blues like the greats. It's starts off with Part 1 outlining some of the basic concepts and progresses on from there. There are 5 videos in total that are available over on my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons Many of the ideas presented can also be used in other keys.

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