https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4E3Cm7FEk A short video showing preview clips of my latest compilation of guitar lessons featuring 3 songs by Blind Blake. Happy pickin', Jim When first starting to look for those perfect guitar lessons, most of us would try the all-powerful 'G', and 'Google it'. More and more searches for everything imaginable are carried out on Youtube, in fact it's the second most favorite search engine after Google itself. Like Google, the number of items returned for a search like 'blues guitar lessons' is impressive - how to determine the lessons that's best for you? Youtube guitar lessons feature all kinds of styles and instruction levels, both paid and free of charge. Many of the professionals in selling guitar lessons have developed a very slick marketing style that use many kinds of psychological hooks to get you to buy. Only a beginner? That's OK - you'll be picking like a professional in 3 weeks. Intermediate player? We'll raise you to the next level. Experienced player? Our instruction will turn you into Eric Clapton, and so it goes. Amongst my favorites is the advert we see everywhere 'The Three Awful Mistakes That 90% Of Guitarists Make", or something of that style, which is almost difficult to resist, it must be admitted. In reality, playing good guitar takes practice, dedication and time. Of course, the whole process could be made faster with clear-cut teaching and faithful blues guitar tabs. Guitar tablature is the fundamental characteristic of excellent guitar lessons. It needn't be super complex at all, with just basic notation indicating finger movements and chord diagrams. Some tablature just goes too far, trying to convey the feel and style of authentic blues picking, which it can't possible do! This leads us to the second characteristic of great blues guitar lessons - the teacher should be able to play the music to a high level (and the tablature should adequately represent what he does.) Guitar tablature itself just can't translate that subtle pause, or the thumb strike that is a little behind the beat when needed to emphasize the words. Sure, the tablature system can show that a single thumb stroke is muted or damped with the palm of the hand, but doesn't indicate that the damping movement itself isn't continuous, but varies in quality as the force of the palm on the strings is continually being changed according to the flow of the song. Take your time when looking for any instruction, whatever kind you are looking for. The Chinese have a saying 'a year or two engaged in doing little else but locating the right instructor is very well spent'. That's about right. You might not need to spend a year for your search, but choose carefully and ignore the hype. Don't expect to improve in just a few short days weeks, take it easy, don't be hard on yourself and above all, enjoy the music and the journey. Deep River Blues Lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4lMZxM5AFQ More guitar blues music here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWGIiuAHveI