John Lee Hooker Style

-Guitar Lesson:
This is a lesson for beginners. Here I show you how to play a song in the style of John Lee Hooker, blue singer and guitarist from Mississippi, USA. He sang in a half-spoken style that would become characteristic. Rhythmically, his music was very free, characteristic that has been common among the first blues acoustic musicians of the Delta. In this example I played in 12/8 a piece inspired by his playing.

-Music Style:
Delta Blues

-Tonality:
E

-Techniques:
chords, riffs...

-Sound:
I play a Gibson LP Gold 7194, H&K tubemeister 36 amp, CLEAN channel, SM57 micro.

-Tuning:
Standard tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E

-Tempo & Beat:
82pm (Slows 45bpm)
12/8

-Chord Progression:

 
||:  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  |  
 |   E  |  E  |  E  |  E  | 
 |   B7  |  B7  |  B7  |  B7  :||