I learned to play guitar years ago listening to "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "I'll Play the Blues for You". Pure blues albums. That's what I was looking for.
I love those tunes. I did a deep dive into Born Under a Bad Sign a year or so ago teaching the Albert King version and comparing it to the Cream and Robben Ford versions. Such a great tune
An excellent review of some of the aspects of the style of the great Albert King. Like many guitarists of my advanced age I was heavily influenced by his licks long before I realised it was him having learned licks from the likes of Eric Clapton and co during the British blues boom in the 1960s. In order to make the big string bends a little bit easier I use a 9/42 set of strings replacing the 16 G string with a 15. I really look forward to your very interesting videos , they help me keep my playing fresh as left to my own devices I tend to get stuck in a rut.
Marc, as usual a great video. I always look for your new material. I like how you mixed in some great Blues history with teaching points PLease consider this for the future John Crowe
Very interesting observations, analysis, and insight into Albert Kings playing and technique, Marc. Given what you stated in the video, when we play in the 'House of Blues/Albert King Box' on a standard strung and tuned guitar are we really playing anything that AK was playing or are we just approximating his sound?
Yes, I'd definitely say that we are approximating his playing rather than exactly replicating his playing. We are certainly not putting our fingers on the fretboard in the same positions and bending the notes in the same way. I could have spoken more about that SRV and Albert video. It's a goldmine for studying his playing. Really interesting to watch SRV copying his licks but playing them in a different position, but replicating the feel not the exact notes. Have you seen it? It's really worth watching
Great analysis I heard that many of these player's back then played still when their guitars went out of tune Hendrix was like that, could that be another variable in his sound ? You can't copy these players , their influence will never die , Albert King , BB and and Freddie will be inspiring players for generations to come , great lessons Mark, Freddie King is another one I love to look at
Well they certainly didn't have electronic tuners like we have today, and vintage guitars certainly have a harder time staying in tune than our modern equivalents. So yes, I'm sure they struggled to stay in tune
Yes. If Albert was playing in A, he'd use box 1 and grab the b3rd (a C note) and bend it up to a D and then keep bending it to an E. He could do that easily because he was tuned down and pulling not pushing notes.
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I learned to play guitar years ago listening to "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "I'll Play the Blues for You". Pure blues albums. That's what I was looking for.
I love those tunes. I did a deep dive into Born Under a Bad Sign a year or so ago teaching the Albert King version and comparing it to the Cream and Robben Ford versions. Such a great tune
Excellent video Marc. A nice tip of the hat to a legend too. 👍
Cheers Graeme! Comment appreciated as usual
Thanks for this video.great instruction
Thanks Jonathan, much appreciated
An excellent review of some of the aspects of the style of the great Albert King. Like many guitarists of my advanced age I was heavily influenced by his licks long before I realised it was him having learned licks from the likes of Eric Clapton and co during the British blues boom in the 1960s. In order to make the big string bends a little bit easier I use a 9/42 set of strings replacing the 16 G string with a 15. I really look forward to your very interesting videos , they help me keep my playing fresh as left to my own devices I tend to get stuck in a rut.
Thanks Henry! I really appreciate the comment.
Marc, as usual a great video. I always look for your new material. I like how you mixed in some great Blues history with teaching points PLease consider this for the future John Crowe
Thanks! This was a new type of video for me. I was very unsure if anyone would like it. Would you like more like this?
Great info!
Thanks! Much appreciated
Very interesting observations, analysis, and insight into Albert Kings playing and technique, Marc. Given what you stated in the video, when we play in the 'House of Blues/Albert King Box' on a standard strung and tuned guitar are we really playing anything that AK was playing or are we just approximating his sound?
Yes, I'd definitely say that we are approximating his playing rather than exactly replicating his playing. We are certainly not putting our fingers on the fretboard in the same positions and bending the notes in the same way. I could have spoken more about that SRV and Albert video. It's a goldmine for studying his playing. Really interesting to watch SRV copying his licks but playing them in a different position, but replicating the feel not the exact notes. Have you seen it? It's really worth watching
Great analysis I heard that many of these player's back then played still when their guitars went out of tune Hendrix was like that, could that be another variable in his sound ? You can't copy these players , their influence will never die , Albert King , BB and and Freddie will be inspiring players for generations to come , great lessons Mark, Freddie King is another one I love to look at
Well they certainly didn't have electronic tuners like we have today, and vintage guitars certainly have a harder time staying in tune than our modern equivalents. So yes, I'm sure they struggled to stay in tune
I know what his tuning was. He gave it to me, so saying that "no one knows what is tuning was" is very in accurate.
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@@MarcGuitarVideos I shared...comments?
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MARC GUITAR< Example in the key of Aminor , Albert king would use the b3 pentatonic scale which would be C minor pentatonic box#1?
Yes. If Albert was playing in A, he'd use box 1 and grab the b3rd (a C note) and bend it up to a D and then keep bending it to an E. He could do that easily because he was tuned down and pulling not pushing notes.
@@MarcGuitarVideos right but also he would use the b3rd as the starting point tonic moving shifting the minor pentatonic box#1 up a minor 3rd
Video about Dom7 blues arpeggio please😊
Hi Matteo - can you give me a little more detail. Do you mean teaching the dominant 7th arpeggios and how to use them in a 12 bar blues?
@@MarcGuitarVideos Sure!
Ok, I'll work on a lesson and see what I can do
@@MarcGuitarVideos great 🎸