Blues Ensemble

This video shows you four ways of using material we’ve looked at in lessons. In the top left corner you can follow the low part for Green Onions. In the top right corner you can follow the high part for Green Onions (notation below). In the bottom right, you can play all the way around…

Message To You, Rudy

This is a really lively, fun tune that we can play with the same three chords all the way through.

This song uses upstroke strumming instead of downstroke strumming. That’s what gives it the danceable feeling it has.

It can take more concentration doing the upstrokes. To practice this, it can help to stand up,…

Wasted Days

This is lively piece that will help you get good at navigating up and down the fretboard, finding different frets, and building up your picking skills.

Take each two bar section, start by finding the numbered frets and play only those notes, five to ten times round. Then add in the open strings and repeat the…

Create your own song

Now that you can play some chords and notes, you know enough to create your own songs. Creating your own songs is really fun to do, and people will love to hear what you’ve made.

Let’s take a moment to review the chords you already know. Pick any six of them and play…