The Power of Open E Tuning - 12 Bar Blues Practice Routine!

Hello friends,
Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another solo blues practice routine. In today's session, we'll learn to achieve a powerhouse sound using the soulful tones of Open E tuning. This is a tremendous way to break the monotony of typical guitar practice, while adding new and exotic sounds to your repertoire. Let's get started! -Rob

In this video, you’ll learn: 📚

• Tuning Up by Ear: How to tune your guitar to Open E without any fancy gadgets. Develop your ear and get your guitar sounding perfect!

• 12 Bar Blues Routine: Learn to combine rhythm and lead techniques as you master a practice etude loaded with iconic licks, riffs, and chord voicings that will make your playing stand out!

• Fingerstyle Picking: Enhance your the timbre of your instrument as you learn essential fingerstyle picking and strumming techniques.

• Old School Embellishments - Achieve an authentic blues sound as you learn to utilize soulful slides, slight-bends, and percussive slaps.

📌 Timestamps:
0:00 - Demonstration
0:50 - Tuning to Open E
3:00 - Intro Riff
4:00 - Bar 1
5:30 - Bar 2
7:50 - Bars 3-4
9:20 - Bars 5-6
11:40 - Review Bars 1-7
12:19 - Bar 8
13:20 - Bars 9-12
16:20 - Full Review
17:11 - Final Thoughts
17:37 - Premium Patrons 🙏
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[chisroar]

Love your little lessons. I always begin thinking these will be a monumental effort, however they're pure joy. I'm then caught off guard when i reach the end! Short, sweet, and a good bit challenging.

[sdriza]

i like the open tuning a bit more when playing She Talks to Angels

[handsolo]

I just tuned to open e to learn little martha and one of robert johnsons songs. Always squint my eyes a bit when im tuning up anticipating the string snapping

[kram]

totally awesome(TA) lesson!
always enjoy open tunings and add partial capos to them

[lloydmenzel]

That's sounds like some swamp music down here in Florida. I love it.

[laurensverhagen]

Thanks for the lesson 🙏
I’m a slide player so I made some cool adjustments to integrate the slide, very cool! Thanks again! 🤘🏻

[Elvis-dwux]

Cheers from Canada....will try with a Chucking

[GaryBook]

Dylan used it on Blood on the Tracks. Daune Allman used it.

[MattH]

Would I be able to use a pick for this? I have arthritis in my right hand.

[mattprince]

Is this one of the more common tunings in country blues?

[Someone-lcdc]

Cześć Rob. The only problem with different types of tuning is that... I have no idea what chords I'm playing :(

[LMacNeill]

Interesting... I'm a relative newb to the guitar, so I figured you'd tune the A string down a half-step to Ab, but you went the opposite direction with that string... I guess because you tuned the G to Ab, and it definitely can't go anywhere else...

[Elvis-dwux]

So one cannot play this in Standard Tuning?