• Registered: 2007-10-23
  • Posts: 8

Topic: Request Tab for a Talking Blues

I'm a beginner at guitar, and I'd like to play a few of the talking blues songs that I heard as a kid/teen. There are several of them, and maybe I'll put together my own.

I know the basic chord sequence is usually G, C, D or D7. I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out the bass note melody & strum pattern that go with a talking blues. Forgetting about the fancy stuff Phil Ochs or Dave Van Ronk used to do for intros and fills, does anyone have a basic tab of a simple talking blues?

I'd appreciate it much if you'd post it in reply or email me: etan.benami@gmail.com. Thanks much.

-- Etan Ben-Ami

  • From: Madeira Beach, Florida
  • Registered: 2007-12-05
  • Posts: 3,312

Re: Request Tab for a Talking Blues

Hi ebenami, these links may be helpful:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BC-010-BluesRhythm.php

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BC-012-12BarBlues.php

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BC-013-1 … ations.php

Rule No. 1 - If it sounds good - it is good!
  • Registered: 2007-10-23
  • Posts: 8

Re: Request Tab for a Talking Blues

Thanks topdown, but it's not the 12-bar I-IV-V format that's a problem.  I'm having trouble integrating a bass melody / bass line (more than an alternating bass) with my strum.  That's where it gets tricky.  Here's a link to a recording of Woody Guthrie's "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQBcM-fCZlw.

-- Etan