From the course: Blues Guitar: Learn to Play

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Example 9: "Big City Lights"

Example 9: "Big City Lights"

- And here's example number nine. (metronome) (blues music) A one, two, three, four. (blues guitar) All right, let's break this one down. Some new chords here. The G chord, or the one chord, is going to be in the open position, but check out this fingering. I'm going to start on the fourth string and play through to the first string. And the notes are going to be third fret of the fourth string, or F, A, second fret, open B, gives it a nice closely voiced texture. And then with my pinky I'm going to play G on top, right? Now, I'm going to alternate between that chord and the same chord, but I pull my pinky off. It's kind of tricky 'cause you have to have that strength in your pinky to pull off and make the lower note sound with some authority. If you just kind of lift your pinky off it doesn't sound as nearly as effective. So what I do is I yank my pinky towards the floor and snap off to that open E note. Okay? So, I'm going to play it with between both these chords where I'm…

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