Intro to the course
With
Doug MacLeodDoug MacLeod welcomes you to 101 Blues Guitar Essentials and shares his approach: building blocks rather than licks, so you learn to play and sound like yourself.
What's in the course
16 lessons (1h 51m) · 1 free
01. Intro to the course
You are here2:23
02. Tuning
1:30
03. Essential techniques for left & right hands
10:19
04. One Chord Groove
8:30
05. Octaves & Dynamics
6:45
06. You Can't Take My Blues
3:53
07. 12 Bar Blues
3:35
08. Turnarounds
3:34
09. Exploring the neck for greater range
10:27
10. Home Cooking
4:08
11. 8 Bar Blues
16:56
12. Ain't The Blues Evil
3:07
13. Doug's Special "G" Tuning
16:07
14. Big City Woman (She Talks So Much She Makes Me Tired)
4:30
15. Open G Tuning
11:34
16. A Sweet Ride
4:04
Lesson transcript
Welcome to 101 Blue
Hi, I'm Doug McLeod, and I want to welcome you to 101 Blue.
What You'll Learn
On this DVD, we're going to give you the building blocks that you need to:
- Play like yourself
- Sound like yourself
- Find the feeling that lives behind the notes
- Have the confidence to play the right notes
Understanding the Right Notes
You're going to say to me, "Well, how do I know the right notes?" Well, it's real easy.
The right notes are the ones you hear in your head.
That's what we're going to do.
Setting the Right Mindset
Before we get started, I want to take just a second and get your mindset right.
- Get my feet right, and you get your mind right.
- Get your mindset right on what we're going to do here.
I don't want you to think about this as "licks." I want you to think about this as building blocks.
The Difference Between Licks and Building Blocks
If you think about it as licks, sometimes people have a way of just kind of saying, "Well, I got this lick, and I'm going to connect it to this lick and this lick."
You think you're playing, but really what you're doing is just licking.
What I want you to do is think about building blocks, where you put a foundation down and build upon it. This gives you a chance to express yourself and sound like you.
Flexibility in Playing
The notes that you'll hear me play and the sequences that you hear me play them in don't necessarily have to be exactly how you plan.
Okay, we got that together?
Then let's go on and get ready to make some music together!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Doug MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug MacLeod performance is his knack for storytelling, bringing characters - from the faceless to the legendary - to strikingly real life. Doug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year for 'Break The Chain', and a nominee for the 2021 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year.
His album with producer Jim Gaines was released in 2021.
In 101 Blues Guitar Essentials, Doug passes on the foundations of his craft - the grooves, techniques and feel that underpin authentic acoustic blues guitar - so you can build a real vocabulary on the instrument and start telling your own stories through it.
"Like all great blues men, MacLeod lives his music, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue, they are one with his being." - Blues Music Magazine
"One of the great blues artists... period!" - Jorma Kaukonen
