Unlock Mississippi John Hurt's unique delta country blues style in today's featured lesson on how to play "Coffee Blues" on guitar.

Similar to Merle Travis, Hurt would use an alternating thumb pattern with his fingerpicking hand to create a driving rhythmic sound underneath his vocals. This style of playing creates a full band like sound with the thumb handling what I call "backing" and then the other fingers can play different rhythms and melodies against it.

This is an excellent style to use to play behind a singer, and should be something every singer-songwriter should add to their playing style.

I'll break down this picking style and song note-for-note in today's video.

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Today is song #13 in the Abbey Road Series and it's how to play "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" by the Beatles on guitar!

If this is the first video you have seen in this series, I am posting a brand new song lesson each week on how to play every single song from the Beatles album Abbey Road!

This song is part of a 16-minute medley of eight short songs that flow beautifully to the end of Abbey Road. "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" is only 2 minutes long and builds in on an E chord combined with an eighth note rhythm pattern. I'll break it all down for you in today's featured lesson.

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In today's video I'll break down how to play "Somewhere Only We Know" on guitar by Keane! This a beautiful pop ballad in the key of A. I've taken the driving piano part and arranged the chords for guitar. This would be a fun accompaniment part to play behind a singer. Let's break it down!

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Happy Valentine's day everybody! In today's video I'll break down how to play "Cupid" as recorded by Sam Cooke on guitar. This song is in the key of G and I'm going to show you all the chords, strumming patterns, and sections of this song so you can get playing it today. Make sure you're tuned up and let's break it down!

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How to play C'mon Everybody on guitar as recorded by Eddie Cochran. Let's break down this fun early rock & roll song that just uses three chords: E, A and B7. We are going use an eighth note strumming pattern throughout. Let's dive in!

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Let's learn how to play "Patience" as recorded by Guns N Roses on guitar. For this song we are going to need to tune down 1/2 step, and then we are primarily going to be playing open position chords for the whole song. Let's break it down!

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Let's learn how to play "Ain't It A Shame" as recorded by Fats Domino on guitar. This song is a 12-bar blues in the key of B, but it has a few twists and turns in the chord progression making it a fun variation to add to your repertoire. Let's break it down!

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Today is the day the Essential Fingerstyle Guitar System is now available to the public!

Today I am over the moon to announce that Maton Guitars have come on board and partnered with me on this program. Their support has been incredible, and it's an honor to have teamed up with the world's leading guitar brand for fingerstyle players.

If you have followed my work over the years, you may have noticed when I discovered Maton Guitars, and how fast I made the switch over to exclusively playing them. For awhile now they have been the only acoustics I use live and in my YouTube videos.

They make incredible, reliable, and great sound guitars. Matons are used by some of the greatest guitarists that have ever lived guitarists like Tommy Emmanuel, and Eric Johnson, among others, I'm excited to be in this company.

Thank you all for being a part of the tribe and celebrating the launch today of my second guitar program. None of this would be possible without YOU!

Talk soon!

Jon

Get started with your fingerpicking skills in today's lesson on how to play "Call the Doctor" as recorded by J.J. Cale on guitar. For this song we'll play it without a guitar pick, and we'll use a capo on the 2nd fret.

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Today is song #11 in the Abbey Road Series and it's how to play "Mean Mr. Mustard" on guitar by the Beatles!

In this lesson I am going to break down some classic George Harrison guitar techniques like:

• How to play staccato chord stabs
• How to play with a back beat rhythm
• How to add a bass line to guitar part to fill out the sound when playing alone

If this is the first video you have seen in this series, I am posting a brand new song lesson each week on how to play every single song from the Beatles album Abbey Road!

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