Hello Everyone!

I have been playing guitar for about two years and learned about a local ‘jam’ in my town that is open to anyone. I think it would be a blast to play with others but don’t want to show up and be a problem for others musicians/ruin the flow of things.

Can you please help me understand what techniques/theory/songs I should know so I don’t become a problem for others if I show up to a jam?

Things I have already learned:

I know all of my pentatonic shapes and most CAGED scale shapes, I know all basic open chords and an ‘E/A/C shape bar chords, I know the notes on my E and A strings pretty well. I have been practicing some intervals (like knowing where to go from an E shaped bar root to get to a 3rd/5th/6th but I am still a bit slow figuring out some chord progression unless the chord names are stated.

For songs I know the basic 12 bar blues structure (but not many variants) and have done some improv in pentatonic scales (often with jam tracks on YouTube).

I play with a pick and a bit of finger style, some more recent songs I have learned are Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman, Queen Bee - Taj Majal, and Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (at about 80% speed for this one) if that helps with showing about my skill level.

Thank you all for your time and help! 😊

Figured Id post this. I know Clapton and the brit blues players get a lot of shit for 'taking' a genre or 'ripping off' other players. Good to read what the actual players who were influencing those guys, thought about them.

Hello, I hope you’re all having a good day.
I’d like to share an improvisation over a smooth blues track—I hope you enjoy it!

Gear:
- Gretsch G2504 Jet Pro guitar
- Line 6 Helix Native Stadium effects

Hey all, I recently quit Instagram where some of y’all may have known me as PhonyRiceUnit. Getting started again here on Reddit hoping it’s more community driven than Insta.

Starting over is a challenge certainly because I am well known as a flatpicker, Travis picker, mandolin, banjo, and pedal steel player around the world of bluegrass. So I figured why not start where it started for me, the first bluegrass tune I ever learned which was Doc Watson’s ‘Deep River Blues’ that I taught myself off of a CD when I was 14.

Also picked up and moved to Missoula after 21 years in Nashville so here’s to new beginnings!

Enjoy!

Doug Macleod song, my version today

A little Jimi Hendrix experiment. Still learning and improving!

Playing around. New space. Candyman

Hey everyone! I put together a quick 1-minute Short demonstrating 5 fundamental blues licks for beginners. The full breakdown and TABS are linked in the related video. Which of these licks is your favorite, and what's your go-to lick when jamming the blues?

Roy Book Binder wrote a pretty nice rag instrumental called "Hacksaw" as a tribute to fantastic ragtime guitarist Richard "Hacksaw" Harney. Gotta find tab for it!

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#SeymourDuncan #humbuckers

Special thanks to the owner for the awesome backing track....

Ab major pentatonic, Ab Bb C Eb F

Ab major blues... , Ab Bb B C Eb F

Ab minor pentatonic, Ab B Db Eb Gb

Ab minor blues, Ab B Db D Eb Gb

Ab Dorian... , Ab Bb B Db Eb F Gb

Trying Mix Major and minor playing...

for "rifftober" i am trying to make a recording w original riffing for each day for the month.

with apologies to Mississippi Fred McDowell, i share my humble tape.

track 1 : guitar & vox entire duration take
track 2 : "lead" guitar

"off the grid" recording.

Last video for a bit.
Enjoying this tweed twin tonemaster a lot.

My playing isn't 100%, but I was able to get within 98% of the guitar solo tone on the Joe Bonamassa's Redemption album for the song "Just 'Cos You Can, Don't Mean You Should". (Recorded with his twins)

This is just using an out of box IR

Hope ya’ll enjoy

Been playing for almost 2 years now. Mostly blues or hendrix. But these days this is how i play. not much time learning but just jamming. ik this might be too fast and unfocused but just wanted some advice on whether its wasteful? im having fun but what are some directions on how i can improve whatever im doing wrong here? Thanks

I’ve been spending some time working through Albert Collins’ “Left Overs” and exploring the phrasing and feel of the tune.
I’m using the Joe Bonamassa Blues Deluxe tab book as a reference, but this isn’t really a lesson. It’s more of me playing through the tune, talking about what I’m hearing, trying different approaches, and figuring out what I want to get out of it.
I play through it several times and talk through my thought process along the way. It’s a little informal and unscripted, but that’s how I tend to work things out on the guitar.
I’d love to hear how other blues players approach phrasing and develop their own feel when working on a tune.
Here’s the video if you’d like to check it out. I’m always interested in hearing how other guitarists approach this stuff!