JFRocks UNplugged Acoustic Lesson

The JFR Blues

Written by: Jeff Fiorentino

These lessons are structured much the same way I do things on the main site jfrocks.com. These lessons will cover various aspects of acoustic guitar and things to practice. Mostly dealing with steel 6 string acoustic as that's what I play. However, some lessons will deal with Nylon string acoustic guitar as well. Either way the lessons covered here are interchangeable between the two guitar string types. Although I recommend learning and practicing on Steel string acoustic. This is because its more difficult to play and you will improve your electric playing immensely because you will build finger strength. Also acoustic is less forgiving than electric. Mistakes can and will be heard and are not covered up by effects or heavy reverb. Updates to this page will be as often as I can. I'm only human and while I have help with jfrocks.com, I'm on my own with this off shoot. LOL I will strive for an average update of 1 per week. To be alerted of updates to this site or the main site, please sign up for our alerts on the main website. You will receive an email when updates to either site have been made.

Lesson Title

The JFRocks Blues, fresh from the Delta

CD Category

Expansion on The JFRocks Blues Explained CD

Jeff's Guitar's tuning

Flat Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb

Key of

Lesson Features

The song track

The Jam along track

The Video Guitar Lesson

Lesson MP3 song track

N/A

Tabs & Lesson

Original score by: Jeff Fiorentino

Transcription by: Jeff Fiorentino

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This Lesson's difficulty level 1-10 scale

Performance notes

For this lesson I made this doable with a pick. You can either use your fingers or a pick I don't care. The lesson here is about the double stops and the scale in play and also the feel of it. See video for additional tips. The tabs for the JFRocks Blues are below.

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Main Lesson

Key of E basic E, A, B9 chord pattern. Be sure to observe how the double stops I used are related to the root chords in this piece.

Intro

B9 A E

E__________0__________________________________________________
B_____________2_0__________________5______8___________________
G______2__________0-2_0____________ 6______5_____6_____________
D___1_____________________2_____________________7_____6_______
A_2_______________________0__0x_______0x_____0x____0x_7__0x___
E_____________________________________________________________

E7 Eb7 D7 E A Bb B

E_______4_______3________2____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________
G__3--4____4__3____3___2_____2__0-1-0-1-0-1-0____________________________
D________________________________________________________1-0__________
A____________________________________________0_1_2~___2______________
E_____________________________________________________________3^1/2____

Main verse

E______3_3^1/2>release_3-0___0_3^1/2________________3_3^1/2>release_3-0________________
B_____________________3_______________________________________3_3^1/2~_______
G___________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E_0______________________________x_0_3^1/2_0__________________________________

E_______________3_3^1/2>release_3-0___0_3^1/2__0_0__ 4______________________________
B______________________________3______________3_>strike chord approx 12 times_____
G_____________________________________________4______________________________
D____________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________
E_x_0_3^1/2_0__________________________________________________________________

A E

E_______7-5_____________ 5________7-5_____________________________
B__5_5__5______8-5_ 7____5________5_______8-5_____________________
G__6_6_______6_____6____6_____________6_______6__6______________
D________________________________________________7_____6________
A____________________________0x____________________0x__7________
E_______________________________________________________________

G Bm A E

E__________________________________________________
B__________3~_____2_______________________________
G______4___4~_____2_______________________________
D______5___________________2______________________
A__________________________2______________________
E__0x_________0x_____0x____0_______________________

G Bm A

E__________________________________________________
B__________3~_____2_______________________________
G______4___4~_____2_______________________________
D______5_________________________________________
A________________________________________________
E__0x_________0x_____0x___________________________

B9 A E

E/B E7

E__________________________________ 0______12_14_12_14_14--15~////////____
B______________________ 9~_________ 0________________________________
G_ 9__9___9__9___9__9___9~_>>sl dwn>>__ 7________________________________
D_12_12__11_11__10_10__ 9~_>>sl dwn>>__ 6________________________________
A__________________________________7________________________________
E__________________________________0________________________________

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Scale at play here

E, F#, G, G#, A, B, C#, D, D#.

This is a 9 tone scale very similar to the one that Mr. V.H. likes to use when he can.

This is not a blues box or even a full Major or minor scale. These are the notes we work with and we mess with notes from within our chord pattern. I.e. the notes that make up the chords we are using. Which in this case are E, A, B9. and also G in spots but it's very brief.

E___________________________________________0_2_3_4_5_7_9_10_11_12______
B_________________________________0_2_3_4_5_____________________________
G_________________________0_1_2_4_______________________________________
D_______________0_1_2_4_5_______________________________________________
A_________0_2_4_________________________________________________________
E_0_2_3_4_______________________________________________________________

Main chords

Note sometimes for the B9 we do the open 1st string in stead of the 2nd fret 1st string. No need to argue semantics we'll keep it simple here and call it a B9. lol

E A B9

E_0_________5_____2__________________________
B_0___2_____5_____2__________________________
G_1___2_____6_____2__________________________
D_2___2_____7_____1__________________________
A_2___0___________2__________________________
E_0__________________________________________

Main Double stops at play

There are others of course but if you understand these you can figure out the others without much trouble.

E A G Bm

E_______________5___________________________________
B____________7__5_2________3________________________
G________6___6____2_____4__4________________________
D____6___7______________5__________________________
A_2__7_____________________________________________
E_0________________________________________________

See video for added lesson detail. And to hear the JFRocks Blues played.