Tutorial #4 - Acoustic Guitar 1950s Rock and Roll/Rockabilly - Jez Quayle

In this video I teach how to play 12-bar blues-based rock and roll/rockabilly in the key of G - another great rockin’ key! * Here’s a contents list (with times) so you can jump to topics if you wish to: - ’Johnny B Goode’ in G (excerpt): 00:11 - Why play rock ’n’ roll in the key of G? : 00:57 - ’Blue Suede Shoes’ in G (excerpt): 01:54 - 12 Bar Blues in G: 02:43 - The ’turn around’: - A rockin’ strumming Pattern (’train rhythm’): 03:46 - Rock ’n’ Roll Riff #1 - G Chord Riff: 04:44 - Rock ’n’ Roll Riff #2 - C Chord Riff: 07:14 - Rock ’n’ Roll Riff #3 - D Chord Riff: 09:08 - Puttin’ It All Together: 10:13 - 12 Bar Blues in G play-along - ’straight’ rhythm: 10:24 - 12 Bar Blues in G play-along - ’swing’ rhythm: 12:10 - ’Slippin’ and Slidin’ in G (play-along excerpt)13:08 I’ve recently published a chord songbook called ’50 from the Fifties
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