Lesson 34 - Beginner SRV Style Solo - Slow Blues #1

April 1st, 2008

Details

This lesson is also available in intermediate and advanced levels. This is the beginner level lesson. This is a very typical, SRV influenced slow blues solo, in the style of Texas Flood. For the full lesson, you will receive a HD video download of the full 20 minute lesson as well as tablature for the entire solo in GuitarPro and PDF format. The free lesson covers what notes to play, the extended version has more detailed instruction on each part and how to play it correctly.

Backing Track

Download the backing track here: SlowBlues1BackingTrack.mp3

Gear


Guitar


Amp

  • Brand: Fender
  • Model: Blues Junior Tweed NOS Edition
  • Mods: None
  • Tubes: Stock Groove Tubes
  • Speaker: Stock Jensen

Pedals Used: Nobels ODR-S, Boss PQ-4, Boss PQ-3B (no pedals used for teaching portion)

Full Lesson


Download StoreThe extended version of this lesson goes into much more detail about how to play this solo from start to finish. Knowing the notes is helpful, but the exended lesson shows you how to play it as well. The video quality is amazing, in near HD quality, and in addition you will get full tablature for the entire solo in GuitarPro format as well as PDF format.

Leave a Comment

16 Comments

  1. carlos Says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    Cant see this video.Do I have to download vimeo.Thanks.

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  2. Jim Sinclair Says:
    May 19th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Hi Anthony
    I ordered lesson 34 begginners srv guitar solo slow blues #1
    two to three weeks ago have not received it as yet.
    When can I expect to receive this lesson?
    Thanks Jim.

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on May 19th, 2008:

    Hi Jim,

    I checked and your receipt was sent automatically on June 2nd with download instructions. I’ve forwarded it to you, make sure that my email address is on your “non-spam” list. Please email me directly if you have any trouble downloading the lesson.

    Thanks,
    Anthony

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  3. Jeff Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am

    Anthony…the question of tuning seems to come up a lot (i know i have bugged you with several questions on the matter)… Is there any chance we could get a tuning lesson or podcast in the near future? I have found multiple different methods of tuning on the internet and it can get pretty confusing.

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  4. Jim Sinclair Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Hi Stevie
    How do I tune my guitar so that I.m in the rignt key.

    Thanks Jim.

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on April 30th, 2008:

    Hi Jim,

    I’m just tuned down 1/2 step on all strings. I play through my open strings before I get into the lesson. You’re just lowering the pitch of each string a little bit, but the relative tuning of each string to the next one is the same.

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    Jim Sinclair reply on May 1st, 2008:

    Hi Anthony
    Thank you so much for the info.It is going to make it a lot
    easier to play along when viewing your video.

    Thanks Jim.

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  5. Dragondicer Says:
    April 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Hi Stevie!
    I’m a long time guitar player but I’ve “grown up” on the guitar by mostly playing hardrock and metal. I started playing Blues about 2 years ago. Now I stumbled across your page after I watched one of your videos at YouTube.
    I checked out a couple of your free lesseons and I REALLY like the way you show how to play those blues licks. Even watching the “Beginners Lesson” is still interesting to me since I have reached a point where I don’t get much improvement by improvising, so I needed a little new inspiration to get going again, to improve my usage of the “Blues Boxes” (Blues Scales) and I just wanted to say thanks for your free lessons!! I’m the kind a guy who doesn’t like practicing scales for hours, I love to practice by playing cool sounding licks, implementing them in my songs and then experimenting with them. Your videos help a lot and I really appreciate that you offer short lessons for free!! THANK YOU!!!
    Kind regards,
    Dee,
    Germany

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on April 19th, 2008:

    Hello from the US Dee,

    I get quite a few viewers from Germany, land of my ancestors (there and Switzerland). You and I share a disinterest in scales, I too much prefer practicing things that I actually play. I guess for this style of music you can get away with that, but try doing that with classical music :)

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  6. Dave Saenz Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    oops, nevermind. I guess i missed it. thx, dave

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on April 19th, 2008:

    I guess you found what you were looking for :)

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  7. Bob Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 6:54 am

    These are the best blues lessons on youtube…and I know because I am am a youtube junkie…always in search of some tasty guitar tidbits!

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on April 10th, 2008:

    Thanks Bob, Youtube has been a great resource for me, and I know that there’s a lot of great lessons there so it means a lot for you to say that mine are keeping pace with the rest of them.

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  8. Jeff Says:
    April 4th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Thanks for making the backing track available!

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on April 10th, 2008:

    Wouldn’t have it any other way :)

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    Dave Saenz reply on April 11th, 2008:

    Anthony, awesome website. Love the lessons. My playing is really coming along with your help. SRV has always been my musical inspiration since the i first heard Texas Flood back in ‘86. Just wondering, where can i get the backing track for this lesson.

    Regards,
    Dave

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