Acoustic Delta Blues Slide Guitar Lesson - "Up And Gone Blues"
Here is the slow speed play along:
And here is the full speed play along:
Downloads
The Intro Video (MP4)Mac users should use the MP4 version to download the video
- The Intro Video (WMV)
Windows users should use the WMV version to download this video.
- The Slow Speed Play Along Video (MP4)
Mac users should use the MP4 version to download the video
- The Slow Speed Play Along Video (WMV)
Windows users should use the WMV version to download this video.
- The Full Speed Play Along Video (MP4)
Mac users should use the MP4 version to download the video
- The Full Speed Play Along Video (WMV)
Windows users should use the WMV version to download this video.
36 Comments
David Vernon
June 2, 2015Hey Griff, wonderful stuff! One issue though. The links all appear to be un-loadable on my tablet (unlike most of your wmv files). The extension on each does say .wmv, but the files are not recognized as wmv by my player. Again, this is NOT normal for your download area, working with my tablet.
Anyway thanks again for doing your thing in the lessons. I’m not complaining, just giving you a heads-up on the situation.
Steven Brading
June 2, 2015Hey griff, as always a wonderful lesson. I have to agree with David on the uploads. I was able to download the tab though. Keep up the great work!
joe amado
June 2, 2015for an 84 yr ol’ u make it easy….
jim
February 11, 2016Griff’s not really 84, is he?
Gerald Irish
February 15, 2016I thought I was the oldest at 71, have been playing hard for little over three years.
Pete
June 3, 2015Hi Griff – Great Acoustic Blues – How can I get hold of the dvds here in Australia – Perth Western Australia – Regards Peter
Janet Brooks
February 11, 2016Just join Blues Guitar Unlimited and order the disks from Griff. They are good value.
Cheers Janet
ron
June 3, 2015Similar problem here-can’t play the vids. (not trying to download, just play) I don’t usually have a problemeither but the same thing happened yseterday with the same blog post.
Thanks for all the great lessons!
John
June 3, 2015Hi Griff this is the first time I have spoken to you only like the other folks i have a problem downloading the links. Still I am ploughing my way throughthrough your blues giutar course and hope you have something on slide in that.thanks for the tab and the brilliant stuff you send. Keep it coming
Regards John White
brian dunn
June 3, 2015bice touch GriffLord of the strings ;maybe ican move mu left enogh to try this lov the slide
Douglas
June 3, 2015Great and wonderful music to listen to and play. I know my time will come when I will be really good at this. thanks and keep it coming.
David M. Howard
June 4, 2015Hi Guys;
I thank you You and Your team for all of your assistance and educational music concepts that I’ve had to dig-out; interpret and bloody translate from the older
and and cryptic forms of music that I had to translate from the older …” Mel B_y”; and other next too impossible languages for learning guitar for us ‘Green Horn’s.
Thank You all, Hopefully; I’ll learn and Experience More with you’all; … God Bless
Joe
February 11, 2016As always I am grateful for your insight and advice. One thing I’m curious about . . . having gotten into this mid-stream, I wonder if you ever include the lyrics to the songs you present. Given the fact that you supply us with the music, don’t you think it would be cool if the lyrics were included. Then you would have armed us with everything needed (essentially) to do the song for an “audience” (even if only an audience of 1 or 2).
A final question . . . how will I know if my questions or comments are addressed? Must I return to this location to check?
Samantha
February 11, 2016This is great stuff…I ordered the acoustic blues and slide. Can’t wait to get started:)
I decided to order the dvd’s because it takes me a little longer to get some of the techniques down and now I can go at my pace.
Thank you and God Bless!
johnny sutton
February 11, 2016hey guys, just press the lower headings in blue to get vids where it says mp4 great stuff nice slide
Paul Warner
February 11, 2016This is by no means a criticism, just a difference in taste, but I have never enjoyed a slide on guitar. I don’t like it’s sound, and I never felt it was something I would do to advance my skill on guitar. There are just too many other things to work on in improving my guitar playing that even in doodling with it would be a waste of time for me. I know there are lots of people who really like it, but it just has never had an appeal to me. I have seen people in bands using it on a number of occasions but the sound never appealed to me. Acoustic blues is great sounding stuff without the slide in my opinion. A great lesson though for those who really like it.
Bharat
February 11, 2016Ilove the way you have made this piece very easy . I will practice with this. Hope to do good. One thing is causing some difficulty. In the video your finger on strings is not clear. May be it may havebe enlarged and shown in two portions. Clarity will help. I love Blues,but I am begginner with acoustic guitar. I may have take up your starting courxs first .,Ifeel..
Bharat
February 11, 2016Another observation ,I noticeyou are wearing kind of band or device on your pinky finger. May i know if it is on purpose to help playing or only a bandage?
Papathor
February 11, 2016Great lesson, blues for the lone home guitar player that when replicated to a reasonable standard gives you the pleasure of sounding like you know what your doing for a change.
Hey re the downloading, I have a macbook and the tab downloaded straight in as normal however with the mp4 link it took me straight to the video, if you do a right trackpad click (or touch depending on your settings) a small window appears giving you the option to save to your computer.
Papathor
February 11, 2016My earlier comment was meant for the “Down to the Station lesson” oops
Janet Brooks
February 11, 2016Had no problem downloading and playing with GOM Player. Great little tune – wish I could play it like that – I am slowly getting there. Cheers Janet
crawford
February 12, 2016I before i bought your dvds and the lesson that you share on e_mail i was embarrass to pick up the guitar because i did not want to look bad but thank to great teaching iam ok now not like other teacher you go into ex plain in detail on how to play the guitar other teacher say buy this dvd and will be playing a song right away but do not brake the song in detail and for that reason thank you mr hamlin
Ove Christensen
February 12, 2016Thank you Griff,
I think that you are extremely generous in handing out your goodies. Thank you, ant thank you also for this very piece of music.
Yours Ove C.
Mike
February 12, 2016Another great lesson Griff. I would like to see a little more about technique in-regards to using a slide, selecting a slide, etc.. I get a lot of clunks and unwanted rattling when placing and lifting the slide.
crawford
February 12, 2016yes i did get the slid video thank you again for all your hard work.
Gary
February 13, 2016Wow! Great job! Thanks for the Delta Blues licks. That taking me back home.
George
February 13, 2016Griff:
Can’t play the videos.
Douglas
February 13, 2016Yes I did get the slide video. Hope to get started on it soon.
priscah
February 13, 2016Griff,am unable to download,so cann’t play the video
Michael Chappell
February 22, 2016Hey Griff,
Great lesson, I am a long way from this Slide style so I have downloaded the complete lessons successfully for a later stage in my progress of learning form all the Courses I have purchased from you..
Michael-Sydney-Australia
tony
August 9, 2016I like Your guitar I found an old one when I was a kid it had been put out with the garbage. It was to far gone to be rescued . Should have kept anyway but being a kid well I did the old thing in playing el ka bong with it . Destroyed it ! Nice note playing and I noticed a series of notes I have heard before . I heard Tim Pierce use the same pattern ,but , in a diffrent key . He is a great session guitarist one of the very best in the world. Anyways nice lesson down loaded the first one and thats all I need . Still holding on to many lessons and some day even though I got so much time on My hands . I may catch up with all of them. dough ray me fa so la tea ever concider teaching guitar that way ? c ya ; )
Clive Farthing
August 23, 2016Hi Griff I got it and l am glad I did another great piece of music & teaching thanks see. You soon even though you can’t see me Clive.
Pete Schmidt
February 15, 2017Nice breakdown of slide guitar work. What is that guitar? who makes it?
Bill
May 21, 2021Re: “UN-LOADABLE” videos.
All WMV videos successfully downloaded and will play on Win10 laptop without requiring any 3rd party players for videos. Win10 is somewhat different from prior versions of MS windows with respect to native video formats. Those having difficulty, may consider installing a 3rd party player. NO SUGGESTIONS. I don’t endorse any I have not personally utilized. Cheers!.
Sergey Victor Parakhin
September 15, 2021Good lesson! Thanks!
Louis Ogden
August 18, 2022Happy birthday, Laura!