"Shinin' Moon" a Lightnin' Hopkins' slow blues in A" taught by Ernie Hawkins (Part 1 of 2)

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In this blues guitar lesson, Ernie Hawkins teaches Lightnin' Hopkins' "Shinin' Moon" (a slow blues in A). In part 1, Lightnin' performs the tune, followed by the first half of Ernie's lesson, including tune-up. Look for the rest in part 2. From the DVD "The Guitar of Lightnin' Hopkins." More info at stefan-grossmans-guitar-works...

[@danbrooklin]

It amazes me to read many of these comments by people who complain that this is really in G not in A. Don't people listen? Ernie makes it very clear what he is doing. This instruction is for SOLO GUITAR PLAYERS- not band members, not playing with harmonicas or other instruments. So Ernie is describing the chords as a guitar player would think of their SHAPE.

[@7upIsLove]

:40 that is the mark of a true performer. i watched this like 3 or 4 times before i noticed him tuning during that pause. like a magician taking your attention away from his hands while he pulls off the trick.

[@donk9132]

Ernie, your lessons on Lightnin are awesome and your choice of his tunes is excellent...!

[@NiekkieNick]

Who is disliking this???? Love Sam Lightnin Hopkins! Great blues player!

[@TheChurchIsLikenUntoTheMoon]

NiekkieNick haters are

[@missbknodel]

The people ho really need the blues to heal but are ignorant of it, for now. Comes a time...

[@jimji5116]

A great blues artist. I was fortunate to see him life at a club in Montreal. After his performance I went to see him in the green room. And on the table in front of where he was sitting was a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey!

[@celticprince637]

What an absolute joy!

[@andrewwheelerguitar]

Lightnin - totally underrated player. Hawkins - excellent, excellent teacher and performer. A winning combination.

[@QuistJam]

wow!!!!!!! Just wow.

[@winstonparker6]

I have the wonderful Luck of having Lighting"s last Bass player as my friend and bass player (Ron Wilson) and from the stories he has shared with me Lighting "just played" time,tuning were his car that HE drove and you were just along for the journey.This sit is great! blues is the blues( The real blues anyway) and this site should give you a way to teach you how to drive not give you the car!! Thank you for the great site D

[@robertcapewell716]

ernie, lessons on lightnin, hopkins, are excllent thank you.

[@jojodeguzman4094]

thank you sir Ernie!!!

[@cajfilms]

What a VOICE!!!

[@Stringbean421]

I've only just discovered Ernie Hawkins (shame on me!). I just love this guy. A very pleasent tutor indeed and very patient by showing you every note on each string and fret which is what I need. Amazon have a lot of Ernie Hawkins instructional DVDs which I'm going to buy.

[@12Radius]

Very cool. Better than most lessons on the youtube

[@jkuebler89]

thats the heartbeat!

[@billlowe6883]

Excellent Teacher

[@RandyStrubleBackingTracks]

Great stuff nicely broken down and understandable!!

[@johnnybx3254]

Thanks so very much 👍👏👏

[@VideoWithLight]

really fin great. thank you!

[@giovannisilvestri8696]

Amo questa musica

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

@ratboy68 Totally agree, I learnt to play all this stuff off the DVD - first class instruction. Ernie has studied all Lightenings tunes in incredible detail.

[@TheMahagoni]

oh and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@___dh__dh__]

You're right.

[@donottawaguitar]

wow hes good

[@VincentFink]

great I love learning blues lately, but yes this is in the key of G, A position in this tuning... it's meant for me cause I always have my guitar tuned like this; one whole step down (2 semitones) for my baritone voice!

[@ajsorigins5386]

hello ernie just wanted to say your teaching method on the lightning hopkins tutorial disk I purchased from you is exellent and my blues learning has come on in leaps and bounds thaks to your workshop disk, do you by amy chance have a similar one which teaches hurricane beulla and scratch my back many thanks ,,steve.

[@shitstucked3237]

OK for everyone confused on the tuning of the song, you need to know about concert music. Take saxophones for instance. You have E flat and B flat sax's. If you play a C on a B flat sax and a C on an E flat sax, they wont be the same note. This is what everyone is missing I think. They see that the song is in the key of A and assume that is the standard guitar tuning A which it is not. Anyone who was in concert band in high school would understand thisl

[@imairlax]

everything on that friggin' dvd takes practice :-P did you tackle "take me back" yet? that's where it really gets fun.

[@MinorMeriwether]

holy fuck so much soul it just oozes.

[@blushingtruth]

Looks like he is actually playing the A Barre Chord with his pinky on the 5th fret of 5th and 6th string @4:20

[@jimihendrix1967]

i don't understand how those old microphones get every sound from a particular distance and gives you a very clear sound.

[@NevadaPic]

It's in the key of Lightnin'

[@robertwhitehead8486]

Flat doesn't mean old

[@sgtpeppercr]

hey where's the other part??

[@TheBibleWitness]

Just keep working on it. You can get your fingers to stretch more gradually with practice. Remember I said "gradually," don't do too much too soon or you can hurt yourself. Good luck! :)

[@firesteelers]

Great lesson! I have trouble with the lyrics of the 3rd verse, could someone help me? I'm not sure about this Verse3: She just did tell me Lightnin’ Til’ that rooster crow for day Just tell me, just tell me lightnin’ Til' that rooster crow for day Won't it be time for you to move?? Old papa be on the way

[@jimihendrix1967]

I'll search for those.

[@trm989]

awesome comment nevada

[@NortonG15CSR]

There's nothing misleading about this. If you listen to Ernie's' instruction he points out that LIghting has his guitar tuned down - in this case a whole step. This is a blues in A, played in an A chord 1-4-5configuration, but comes out sounding in G. For students wanting to learn LIghtnings fingering, it would be more misleading to represent it as a blues in G.

[@flipspiceland64]

great triple trills........

[@supersnake93]

how can you tell?

[@TheMahagoni]

HOLY BITCHES THIS BROTHA IS KILLING i wish that when i go to mississippi i'll see people like him i dont know if there are so much like him left

[@joetest4047]

Is there tab for this tune ?

[@user-pq1ej2pu3o]

โคตรไพเราะ

[@vajraloka1]

Im 61 goin down hill i got the cant learn blues ..i got the arthritis blues...oh yeah. 🎶🎵🎶🎤🎤🎤🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@DocMacca1981]

2min16sec, that's whats up

[@toby099]

so he is just playing his normal e blues stuff except tuned down a whole step?

[@supersnake93]

i mean how do you tell what key a song is? im not disrespecting and im sorry if you took it that was

[@dancaucci5791]

the 1st tune is in G BLUES, g d c he is tuned down a whole step. fingering in A BLUES

[@api9mm]

Nice. But it's in open G ant A

[@dafyddharvey6300]

Can’t do that damn thumb slide

[@shitstucked3237]

def not in A cause i got my D harp and it aint right

[@jimforgrave6365]

Great video, but honestly….I never understand the time wasted in tuning the guitar.

[@bcolebuild]

Hey Jim, I didn't really understand, are we just tuning down whole step?

[@missbknodel]

Jim Forgrave for real artists that care to be in tune with each other. It's free. Flow don't criticize. Appreciate it all, even when you don't understand, it's done with earnestness.

[@warrenginmartini]

Ernie always sounds like he uses new strings. He should keep old strings on his guitars, at least 6 months. Old bluesmen play guitars with very old strings.

[@scrumpymanjack]

Just in case beginners out there are getting confused it worth repeating that this is in G, not A. Nice post but totally misleading information. Please be more careful next time.