Fingerstyle Blues
The blues is a distinctly American style of music. Many popular genres such as jazz, rock, and country music draw upon basic blues concepts. Consequently, it is advantageous for any guitarist to study the blues.
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Orville Johnson combines his amazing fingerstyle abilities with classic blues music. Orville will introduce you to the necessary concepts of fingerstyle and move on to teach classic blues tunes.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Alternating Bass
In this lesson, Orville introduces one of the basic fingerstyle techniques - the alternating bass technique.
Length: 14:49 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Winin' Boy Blues
Orville Johnson teaches his interpretation of the piano-based song "Winin' Boy Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton.
Length: 29:33 Difficulty: 3.0 Member OnlyLesson 3
Blues Turnarounds
Orville Johnson introduces turnarounds and provides great ideas and techniques.
Length: 16:30 Difficulty: 2.5 Free Sample Lesson from this Series!
Payday Blues
Orville Johnson teaches the fingerstyle blues song "Payday Blues."
Length: 19:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Walking Bassline with Chords
Orville Johnson demonstrates how to play a walking bass line in conjunction with chordal accompaniment.
Length: 18:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
One Dime Blues
Orville Johnson teaches his take on a blues standard entitled "One Dime Blues."
Length: 13:46 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
I'll Fly Away - Piedmont Style
Orville Johnson teaches the classic gospel tune "I'll Fly Away" in the Piedmont style.
Length: 18:40 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Beulah Land
Orville Johnson teaches the classic gospel song "Beulah Land."
Length: 12:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Orville Johnson teaches "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" in the Piedmont style.
Length: 17:58 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
How Long, How Long Blues
Orville teaches the a fingerstyle version of the classic blues number "How Long, How Long."
Length: 23:31 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Common Blues Melody
Orville Johnson teaches a common blues melody that has been used in several classic songs including "Louis Collins."
Length: 15:09 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
St. Johnny
Orville Johnson reviews an original tune he calls "St. Johnny" in this lesson.
Length: 44:09 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Blind Blake Style
In this lesson, Orville Johnson takes a look at the style of Blind Blake with some fun tips and tricks.
Length: 12:50 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Chord Substitutions: Major
In this Fingerstyle Blues lesson, Orville Johnson uses the 12 bar blues in C to talk about chord substitutions.
Length: 35:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling
To demonstrate the relationship between gospel and blues, Orville Johnson teaches an arrangement of an old gospel tune called "Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling".
Length: 20:22 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Chord Substitutions: Minor
Orville Johnson is back with another fantastic lesson on chord substitutions, this time in a minor key.
Length: 19:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Mississippi John Hurt Style
Orville Johnson demonstrates Mississippi John Hurt's style using an old spiritual song called "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder".
Length: 10:18 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Skip James Style Part 1
Orville Johnson explores the style of Skip James in open G tuning.
Length: 19:28 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Skip James Style Part 2
Orville Johnson takes another look at the style of Skip James, this time in cross-note (D Minor) tuning.
Length: 25:08 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Bo Carter Style
Orville Johnson takes a look at the style of blues artist Bo Carter in this lesson.
Length: 15:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jelly Jelly
Orville Johnson walks through "Jelly Jelly," an original piano blues style song.
Length: 22:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
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