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