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

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Patreons download your tabs and written explanation here: www.patreon.com/posts/4877643

[@RossCrain]

This is absolute fire.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@jimtheking96]

Me a beginner: okay, slide to D7 sounds cool, easy enough, I totally got this.. Tyler: and let's just throw in a couple triplets in there Me: ...a what?

[@lylereger7187]

LOVE your stuff dude. The more of this stuff the better. I am not a naturally musical person, so learning how to express through the blues is a process for me. These types of videos though where you show how to drop fills into a progression and teach some good fills is a great starting point to build from and add my own. You are providing the structure that makes it all seem less daunting as a novice blues player.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

+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.

[@coronnation8854]

This and the previous lesson has just made uke click for me for the first time! I was always doing the same boring uke chords, and struggling any time I tried to do more advanced stuff. But this blues stuff is the perfect middle ground for me!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Came across this 3 years too late, still jamming?

[@indigomontoya1970]

Mahalos! Really made sense brother. Bravo

[@astralhealer1111]

Just picked up a ukle. Thanks for these awesome tutorials bro you rock ❤

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@tergelicious]

Love all the knowledge you’ve got, and i can tell you’re super excited and super skilled, but its hard to keep up as a newbie when you go so fast

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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?

[@birdy27designs77]

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!

[@JoseGonzalez-pz2qq]

Really like this tutorial. Learned the blues A progression last night from another site and then stumbled upon this tutorial this morning and it “Spiced” things up a bit. I’m a real newbie and have only been playing for a month but with the pre-A7 lick, the D7 slide, the chuck, and the 3-5, 3-5-3 lick me and my beginners concert uke are starting to sound a lil’ bad-ass-just a lil.’ 😎 Thanks!🤘

[@louisdore-savard8429]

After watching all your blues and jamming lessons, I decided to focus on the blues in A, as you suggested to avoid too much confusion with the keys and scales... But this lesson is like months of practice material for me. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress I make! Cheers.

[@LevMichael]

man I'm having so much fun with this video! that's great man! ❤

[@alejandroortega5499]

Great video. Going to try this for sure

[@jimislivin]

I hope I will be able to thank you one day for all those amazing videos

[@luismambrini18]

amazing ! made my Saturday !!!👏👏😊😊👏👏👏👏

[@daviddominguez887]

amazing video Tyler thanks again!

[@adrianoalves238]

Wow!! I really appreciate your work, dude - you’re the best! Can’t wait for next blues lesson!!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@robertvickrey6221]

thank you my blues efforts are coming to life11

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@soraiadrummond]

This is so cool!! Thanks

[@joshstagg148]

Thanks this was so fun to play!

[@ginnylive]

Thanks Tyler, this video is very informative, I love doodling with the blues...good stuff

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@musicbolden]

So good!!!!!

[@kennymackie7733]

"Dude" thanks for your tips and time you are Fantastic!!!

[@tristeangelcaido2696]

Awesome! And very nice!

[@anthonyslattery8808]

Fantastic got to learn this great tutorial

[@seansobergman]

Thanksssssssssss! your blues lesson are so good! for crossroads of r.johnson , i'm in too ;) thanks another time!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

+Sean Sobergman We need to do Crossroads for sure.

[@MAMRPSZ]

Awesome video! Nice work Tyler, hello from Spain!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@equynenergie]

Freakin awesome 👍 thank you for sharing these

[@josueramosmarquez1410]

Greaaaaat¡ Saludos desde México , i've been following you since I started with the Ukulele. Thanks for sharing.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@bobcirulnick3598]

Great Stuff!!!!!!!

[@GerardBendotti]

thanks for the starter!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Happy you dig it mS

[@vickkieyang]

super helpful

[@DickieH72]

Thanks for the heads up bro. This music theory is all new to me!! This should get me on the right track!!👍👍

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@iaroslav_r]

Best uke lesson ever, thank you!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Nice! Thanks!

[@sashguitars_com]

Subscribed after the first visit

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@sashguitars_com]

@@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.

[@leoyayayo]

Thanks !!!! you're just way too cool!!!

[@Domstadt4711]

Okay, that's not for beginners then 😄.. wrong video .. I just thought .. wth .. 😄😄.. love ya videos 👍

[@juliastp1818]

nice lesson

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@DickieH72]

Cheers- happy Easter! 👍👍

[@juddeemaxwell7590]

Thanks.

[@darrelllee7946]

Oh yea !

[@maryfatjeans]

Brilliant thank you!!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

You are very welcome.

[@boby6328]

Thanks great lesson. Like the way you teach. What brand of uke do you use. Thanks

[@minsimte2062]

thanks for the tutorial..

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Cover song with Ukulele MIN SIMTE your welcome..

[@guybartlett9587]

thank you

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Of course, you are welcome!

[@rokobacic8404]

freakin awsome!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Love the enthusiasm.

[@rokobacic3295]

+TenThumbs Productions more i love your enthusiasm

[@paulwest7837]

Nice.I just found you. Thanks for being here. I'll check you out amigo. Keep it up.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@_izzy..]

can you teach sunset tonight by Jordan T?

[@ally8490]

T man- where can I learn a triplet strum?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Right here my brother. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHrXfpuAja-Dpqs

[@orlybriceno]

Nice blues tutorial, cool t-shirt, I live by lake Erie, wonder if that one is on the bottom

[@TenThumbsProductions]

No doubt! Where at? Cleveland area?

[@orlybriceno]

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

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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.

[@orlybriceno]

Hehe thank you!

[@climbhigh1119]

Great video, one of my favorites so far. The link for the A minor pentatonic positions isn''t active. Is that a new video to be released in the future?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

+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.

[@guybartlett9587]

the/7/8 smokes!!

[@timoteernstra3990]

Hey TenThumbs where can i learn the A minor Pentatonic? would love to hear it, and love your video's to !

[@DickieH72]

Hey Tyler, if I wanted to add a little harp to this, would I use a harp in 'A' ?? Cheers for the blues dude!!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

+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

[@MAL1C10US1NT3NT]

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.

[@sendream4825]

Hey i just got my uke about a month ago and i've been playing it left handed, flipped upside down. should i re-string it to lefty or keep playing upside down so i can play on any ukelele? love your videos man, you've got a really relaxed teaching style

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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.

[@biergott9416]

Hey Tenthumbs, Im a bit confused.. which pentatonic scale should I use on a song? This is in the key of a, right? Why do you use the aminor/c penta istead of a major?

[@juliastp1818]

coo guy

[@f1948s]

Really like your Luna tenor. What model is it. It has a very good sound.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@f1948s]

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?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@cosmic68]

Yo! At 10:45 when you do the cool trip-po-las on 7 & 8 (slide in E & A strings)-can you tell me what your left hand is doing in a little detail? Are you plucking both strings with index and middle? Like really quickly-or just strumming on those two strings? THANKS! PS im not going to tell anyone how to spend their money but i did the Patreon thing-its one dollar a month as i learn a ridiculous amount from you-I really appreciate your tutorials, thank you. I hope others do as well to keep you in our KZbin feeds.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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.

[@skairkrow9800]

you should sell a blues lesson DVD collection... I know I would buy it. 8)

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@antonzhadovich1692]

Tyler, great content. Thank you! For some reason my A7 fingerpicking sequence doesn't sound like yours... I feel like after muting A7 at the end of the sequence and before starting A7 again with C sharp/hammer - I have too much of a GAP. which kinds breaks the melody... any tips on that ?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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.

[@DickieH72]

Thanks 👍👍 how do I access them??

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@charliebeercb]

Any chance you could do Crossroad blues by Robert Johnson please.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@charliebeercb]

Cheers

[@guydupont1190]

Would be as good with Low G? (I' considering switching go Low G...)

[@guydupont1190]

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

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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.

[@guydupont1190]

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...)

[@sarahgrimwood2106]

Spicing up your blues in A can't seem to find the tabs for it, 😢

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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

[@Jojo46548]

are you using metal strings ?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Nope, just my fingers and some nylon.

[@tomorrow2964]

Swell.

[@andrewmills509]

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[@Badgerr99]

Hi Tyler, another great video, but is this the link to the Triplet strumming >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHrXfpuAja-Dpqs ?

[@TenThumbsProductions]

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