Beginning Blues Workshop
It was a real pleasure having all of you in my class. Thanks so much for your wonderful participation and I'm sure hoping to see you all again along our musical journey.
Also, I'd like to invite all of you to join my Members Club. The info is above on the menu bar.
Below are the tabs and mp3's of the material we covered. I'll be putting up some videos at some point in the future and will let you all know when that's done. Be sure to bookmark this page because it's 'hidden' from the rest of the site.
Finally I'd like to offer you a very special discount that I think would be great if you ever wanted to learn how to fingerpick the blues. You can find that offer below your files.
Once again... I had a BALL with all of you and will hope we'll see each other again down the road.
Stay tuned and play nice..
Toby
Also, I'd like to invite all of you to join my Members Club. The info is above on the menu bar.
Below are the tabs and mp3's of the material we covered. I'll be putting up some videos at some point in the future and will let you all know when that's done. Be sure to bookmark this page because it's 'hidden' from the rest of the site.
Finally I'd like to offer you a very special discount that I think would be great if you ever wanted to learn how to fingerpick the blues. You can find that offer below your files.
Once again... I had a BALL with all of you and will hope we'll see each other again down the road.
Stay tuned and play nice..
Toby
Here are the files containing the information we covered at our week in Swannanoa. There are two types: those ending in .pdf are tabs and those ending in .mp3 are music.
Downloading the lessons:
PC users - Right click on the file and choose 'Save File As' or 'Download Linked File.'
Mac: Control click on the file and choose 'Save Link As.'
You can also stream the videos by choosing 'Open link in new window.'
Downloading the lessons:
PC users - Right click on the file and choose 'Save File As' or 'Download Linked File.'
Mac: Control click on the file and choose 'Save Link As.'
You can also stream the videos by choosing 'Open link in new window.'
Learning how to play various types of Blues Forms
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Closed Shuffle Licks and Transposing to Other Keys
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Blues Turnarounds, Endings and Intros
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Bass Lines For Guitar
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Blues Chords
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Now we're going to have some FUN!!!!!
Blues Song #1 - 'Evil' by Howlin' Wolf - key of G
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
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Blues Song #2 - 'Rock Me Baby' by Muddy Waters - key of E
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
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Blues Song #3 - Hootchie Coothie Man by Muddy Waters - key of A
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
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Blues Song #4 - 'Dust My Broom' by Elmore James - key of ????? YOU TELL ME!!!
If you can't figure out the key then shoot me an email. But you've GOT to try this on your own for a few days at least. The song is a typical 12 bar blues.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
If you can't figure out the key then shoot me an email. But you've GOT to try this on your own for a few days at least. The song is a typical 12 bar blues.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.

23_dust_my_broom_1.mp3 | |
File Size: | 998 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
Blues Song #5- 'The Sun Is Shining' by Elmore James - key of ????? YOU TELL ME!!!
If you can't figure out the key then shoot me an email. But you've GOT to try this on your own for a few days at least. The song is a typical 12 bar blues BUT with a quick change to the IV chord in the second measure.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.
If you can't figure out the key then shoot me an email. But you've GOT to try this on your own for a few days at least. The song is a typical 12 bar blues BUT with a quick change to the IV chord in the second measure.
Your .mp3 file is the ACTUAL song as recorded by Howlin' Wolf!! Use the tab below to play along.

09_the_sun_is_shining_1.mp3 | |
File Size: | 975 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
Your Special Lesson Offer:
If you ever wanted to learn how to fingerpick the blues then this series of lessons is for you. Normally this goes for $11.95 but as a Swannonoa student I'd like to offer it to you for $9.95.
You'll learn 7 country blues songs and have the ability to fingerpick many more.
Take a look at the lesson 'Learning How To Fingerpick' on this page ... but don't order them from there because those are advertised at the retail price!!
Instead... use the Paypal button below for your special discount:
Learning How To Fingerpick The Blues: $9.95
You'll learn 7 country blues songs and have the ability to fingerpick many more.
Take a look at the lesson 'Learning How To Fingerpick' on this page ... but don't order them from there because those are advertised at the retail price!!
Instead... use the Paypal button below for your special discount:
Learning How To Fingerpick The Blues: $9.95