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Hey Blues Fans,
Why stretch your fingers if you don’t have to? Billy Gibbons doesn’t. ZZ Top plays a lot of songs in the key of G – Tush and Arrested for Driving While Blind come to mind. Many times, Reverend Billy G doesn’t play the typical shuffle pattern. Instead, he plays the top three strings of a G chord, C Chord and D Chord. For the G and C chords, he mutes the middle string. For example, he mutes the A string when playing the G, and mutes the D string when playing the C. There is no need to mute any strings when playing the D. The beauty of this style is that it’s easier to play plus you get a fuller sound. Sadly, this style only works in the key of G…perhaps that’s why so many ZZ Top songs are in G.
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I just registered a few hours ago. I am really enjoying what you have done here and have already turned a couple of my guitar-playing friends onto it. I was watching a Billy Gibbons guitar lesson on YouTube today. I think he only has one out there. He covers some really cool stuff, but he doesn’t break it down slowly and I’m having trouble figuring it all out. Have you seen this video and can you maybe show some of the licks slowly…if you haven’t already covered it?
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September 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 am
I know of the video of which you speak. Actually, someone else asked me to do the same thing, so I guess I’ll have to.
thanks learnt something new today!!
cool little lesson, gave me another way of doing a shuffle that I hadn’t thought of..
sounds great!…and easy
I havent noticed this method before. Its certainly a gr8 idea to use in this key……..thanks once again