Spicin Up Your Blues in A - Ukulele Blues Improvisation/Jamming and tips 

Cheers brother, got a whole month of blues coming in August with a chance to win an Ukulele. Blues Challenge, keep your eyes peeled!

@@astralhealer1111 wahoo!!! Happy to hear that you are vibing with it and having fun

Came across this 3 years too late, still jamming?

Searching for the perfect timing is hard, thank you for the feedback! Where are you at in your blues playing? Have you learned the pentatonic scale?

I totally agree! Love this so much! And I want to learn to mix strumming with finger picking and all of that spice. But I need things broken down even more! Maybe one video detailing how to read finger tabs and mix with strums? Maybe one video for each technique you showed here? I know a good amount of chords now--not in their different positions though. But just dipping into scales. Thanks!

+Lyle Reger Boom! That is EXACTLY what I want to do with these types of videos. Break things down, give you some fun examples to start with right away, but the building blocks for you to continue to grow on your own as well. Rad comment, made my day, look for more blues jams coming soon.

Thanks! We are doing a 10 day blues challenge right now with a new blues lesson every day and a ukulele give away with it too! Come check it out on the main youtube page. #10DayBluesChallenge

+Sean Sobergman We need to do Crossroads for sure.

Loooove that. Tell me about your playing? Trying to learn more about shredding the blues?

@@TenThumbsProductions I am a blues guitar player, but have bunch of ukuleles, which I love. Looking for a simple finger style pieces of well recognized tunes from you.

+Ginny Ilive Love me some blues too, "I got 'em bad ya know." Great stuff.

Happy you dig it mS

+RHurworth Here are the scales in A minor all four positions to get you going with this one.

+Josué Ramos Márquez Saludos desde Colombia! That is great man, happy to hear that we have helped you out.

That is a great feeling! So cool, I love to hear that. Thanks for letting me know.

+Manuel Alonso Marqués Thanks Manuel, saludos desde Medellín, Colombia.

Nice! Thanks!

Not quite Pride and Joy... yet...

You are very welcome.

Love the enthusiasm.

+TenThumbs Productions more i love your enthusiasm

Cheers Paul, thanks for coming. The ukulele and blues sound great together.

Right here my brother. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bItMhJXJPpI.html

Cover song with Ukulele MIN SIMTE your welcome..

+RHurworth That is a good question and I wish I had a better answer. I know it isn't A, because that would be A major, and you are looking for the A minor Pentatonic, which is actually built in the C major. So a C would work, but you have two notes in there, the B and F that you want to be careful with or avoid. I wish I could help you out more. Here is some light reading I found that hopefully could help you more. www.harmonicalessons.com/when_in.html

Just thought I'd throw this out there in case someone stumbles on this question and wants to know. 10Thumbs is right you need a harp in C, which is relative to Am, and also the same exact scale, note for note (the chord progression your playing and whether your using C as the root or the 6th note of the C major scale (A), is what gives it that major or minor sound). Now blues is really cool b/c it takes a progression of all major chords w/ the added 7th and plays a minor pent over it including that flat 5th to get that really chill bluesy sound that we all know and love. As far as avoiding the B and F on a blues harp, I'm pretty sure that harp players just bend the note high to low by sucking really hard to a note that works. So the B to the root (A) and F to the 5th (G). Everyone should get blues harp. since they're in key and you never have to worry about playing a wrong note. They're really fun to hand to somebody who's thinks them self unmusical and then have them mess around while you play a chord progression in that key.

No doubt! Where at? Cleveland area?

Yupe, right there. I tried to find where to buy the tshirt, no luck yet though.

It is a Michigan company but of the top of my head I can't remember, maybe M-60? It is in the wash otherwise I would just grab it and tell you.

Hehe thank you!

I'm working on a book that will both be in physical print and E book form!

Of course, you are welcome!

+Aaron Hey Aaron, here it is. www.tenthumbspro.com/#!scales/my5n3 We are looking to do much more with this but this will get your fingers started for now.

That is great, I a happy that you are so happy with the Patreon, that is the goal! Yes, so what I am dong plucking both strings with index and middle. In this style, depending on the triplet, I would use my thumb for either the G or C string and index on the E and middle on the A, that will give it that nice snappy blues sound.

Great question man, I would play it so your G string is the one closest to the ceiling and your A string is the closest to the floor, that will be the best for you moving forward.

Cheers Franko, it is a Luna Hightide, and this one is actually the concert! It was a lot of power for a little guy.

You can day that again. That little ukulele sounds awesome. One of the best sounding I have heard. I have see a few like yours but they are also electric. Is yours this way also? Is yours mahogany?

To be honest I am not sure of the wood, but you can amplify it. Here is how it sounds plugged in jamming with a piano. instagram.com/p/BMnOceTAg36/?taken-by=tenthumbspro

Great question. One thing would be to focus on triplet timing, or playing three notes on one beat, like 1 - 2 - 3 - tri-po-la - 1 - 2 - 3 - tri-po-la, and the tripola part should happen over what would be the 4th beat, than move that around, like 1 - 2 - tri-po-la - 4. That should do it.

+CharlieBeer We are getting more and more for that one, it is lookin' like a must do.

Cheers

Links to the tabs for our tutorials are pinned in the first comment of the comment section. www.patreon.com/posts/4877643 Enjoy!

+RHurworth www.tenthumbspro.com/#!scales/my5n3 I forgot the link! Sorry. There they are.

Nope, just my fingers and some nylon.

wo, didn't proof read: Would it be as good with Low G? (I'm considering switching to Low G...)

Hmmm, that depends on preference, I have a low G, but it isn't my go to Ukulele. Do you only have one? I would say keep it a high G, primarily because so much information on the internet is made for the high G, but not everyone would agree with my opinion on that.

Yes I only have a high-G tenor. I play alone or with my girlfriend who has a high-G concert. We are beginners (I started 7 months ago and she did 3 months ago) and we try to fingerpick while the other strum when we play together; she usually sings also. Mainly folk/pop/soft rock/oldies; we discovered Travis picking which seems nice to add some base line... and there low-G seems advantageous...? But I adore blues (and hence was wondering the effect on the C# hammer sequence because I find the high-G sounds great...)

+Ian Barrow Yes it is, is the link in the video broken or incorrect? I am going to check it out right now.