Example 3: "Yazoo, That’s My Baby"

- Okay, here's example number three.…(blues music)…One, two, three, uh.…(blues guitar)…All right, let's break this one down.…

For this one, we're going to take a shape…on two strings and those two strings…will be strings four and two.…It's going to be at the seventh fret…of both of those strings.…Using I use my third and fourth fingers,…take your pick.…So I'm going to slide on the fourth string…up to the highest note on the fourth string…and then a whole step and then…grab the second string, play it,…and then slide them both back.…So it's a single note,…two notes, and then slide the whole thing back.…

And it starts on beat two,…so check it out.…One, two, three, four, one.…And that's this pattern, and that's the shape,…and that's the rhythm to be carried on…through all the chords.…The D, of course, up here in the…tenth position and the E,…in the 12th position.…Now, before we get to the turnaround,…let me, let me show you something here.…

You want to play this one of two ways.…One is playing the low note with your pick…and then reaching up and playing…