Robert Johnson's Delta Blues Guitar Technique
taught by Scott Ainslie Page Three

Does it show you the I IV V fingerings changes in a clear and precise manner in the assorted keys? Pretty well.. seen worse. Is it fun to play in these open tunings? Yes it is and if you make an effort you will make some headway.

Open A apparently is like the loose girl in high school that no one married but you still think about late at night.

Drop D is a fantastic open tuning and open E sounds good too. If this is your first exposure to open tunings, slide, and Robert Johnson you could do a lot worse. There is plenty here in regular tuning to get you in the mood and to not turn delta blues into an unrealistic goal. I believe I'll dust my finger picks too just in case but you don't 100% really need finger picks to learn a lot and have fun with this one! There is a sweet pamphlet too! Nobody ever called it easy but this lesson at least makes sense of the style.

Here be the Robert Johnson lesson low down.

Robert Johnson with Scott Ainslie Menu
• Ch 1: Play All
• Ch 2: Kindhearted Woman Blues Standard tuning key of A
• Ch 3: Sweet Home Chicago Key of open E tuning
• Ch 4: Drunken Hearted Man Lonnie Johnson's Drop D tuning
• Ch 5: Ramblin' on My Mind Open E tuning
• Ch 6: Walkin' Blues Open A tuning with capo on 2nd fret to key of open B
• Ch 7: Come on in my Kitchen Key?
• Ch 7: Cross Roads Blues Open A tuning
• Ch 8: Closing and Credits

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