Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy" [Lesson]

How to play Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy"

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This badass blues track is fun to jam along to when you get the riff down. If you know the pentatonic scale, start with step #1. If not, go learn it. It is fundamental to the blues.

1. Listen to the riff and try to play it by ear [5 mins]

2. Watch the riff (1 minute max) for general hand placement and motion, try again [10 mins]

3. Watch the video, copy, re-wind, play at reduced speed [5 mins]

Break it down in sections and build it up until you can play the entire riff. Once you get notes of the riff down, work on your rhythm with a metronome or use a drum machine to copy the beat and play along in time.

If you’re looking to let loose and jam along to the track, I dig this version by the Rolling Stones.

[▷] Next: Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Twelve-Bar Blues Licks

Catch you on the flip side,
 – Mike

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