"Shinin' Moon" a Lightnin' Hopkins' slow blues in A" taught by Ernie Hawkins (Part 1 of 2)

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  • čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
  • For FREE tab/music for this lesson go to: www.guitarvideos.com/free-tabs/slow-blues-in-a
    In this blues guitar lesson, Ernie Hawkins teaches Lightnin' Hopkins' "Shinin' Moon" (a slow blues in A). In part 1, Lightnin' performs the tune, followed by the first half of Ernie's lesson, including tune-up. Look for the rest in part 2. From the DVD "The Guitar of Lightnin' Hopkins." More info at stefan-grossma...

Komentáře • 61

  • @danbrooklin
    @danbrooklin Před 13 lety +2

    It amazes me to read many of these comments by people who complain that this is really in G not in A. Don't people listen? Ernie makes it very clear what he is doing. This instruction is for SOLO GUITAR PLAYERS- not band members, not playing with harmonicas or other instruments. So Ernie is describing the chords as a guitar player would think of their SHAPE.

  • @NiekkieNick
    @NiekkieNick Před 10 lety +10

    Who is disliking this???? Love Sam Lightnin Hopkins! Great blues player!

  • @7upIsLove
    @7upIsLove Před 15 lety +3

    :40 that is the mark of a true performer. i watched this like 3 or 4 times before i noticed him tuning during that pause. like a magician taking your attention away from his hands while he pulls off the trick.

  • @andrewwheelerguitar
    @andrewwheelerguitar Před 6 lety

    Lightnin - totally underrated player. Hawkins - excellent, excellent teacher and performer. A winning combination.

  • @donk9132
    @donk9132 Před 10 lety +4

    Ernie, your lessons on Lightnin are awesome and your choice of his tunes is excellent...!

  • @jimji5116
    @jimji5116 Před rokem

    A great blues artist. I was fortunate to see him life at a club in Montreal. After his performance I went to see him in the green room. And on the table in front of where he was sitting was a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey!

  • @celticprince637
    @celticprince637 Před 9 lety +4

    What an absolute joy!

  • @winstonparker6
    @winstonparker6 Před 15 lety +1

    I have the wonderful Luck of having Lighting"s last Bass player as my friend and bass player (Ron Wilson) and from the stories he has shared with me Lighting "just played" time,tuning were his car that HE drove and you were just along for the journey.This sit is great! blues is the blues( The real blues anyway) and this site should give you a way to teach you how to drive not give you the car!!
    Thank you for the great site
    D

  • @12Radius
    @12Radius Před 9 lety +6

    Very cool. Better than most lessons on the youtube

  • @Stringbean421
    @Stringbean421 Před 15 lety

    I've only just discovered Ernie Hawkins (shame on me!). I just love this guy. A very pleasent tutor indeed and very patient by showing you every note on each string and fret which is what I need. Amazon have a lot of Ernie Hawkins instructional DVDs which I'm going to buy.

  • @QuistJam
    @QuistJam Před 13 lety +2

    wow!!!!!!! Just wow.

  • @robertcapewell716
    @robertcapewell716 Před 7 lety

    ernie, lessons on lightnin, hopkins, are excllent thank you.

  • @cajfilms
    @cajfilms Před 11 lety

    What a VOICE!!!

  • @billlowe6883
    @billlowe6883 Před 3 lety

    Excellent Teacher

  • @jojodeguzman4094
    @jojodeguzman4094 Před 12 lety

    thank you sir Ernie!!!

  • @shitstucked3237
    @shitstucked3237 Před 15 lety

    OK for everyone confused on the tuning of the song, you need to know about concert music. Take saxophones for instance. You have E flat and B flat sax's. If you play a C on a B flat sax and a C on an E flat sax, they wont be the same note. This is what everyone is missing I think. They see that the song is in the key of A and assume that is the standard guitar tuning A which it is not. Anyone who was in concert band in high school would understand thisl

  • @jkuebler89
    @jkuebler89 Před 15 lety

    thats the heartbeat!

  • @johnnybx3254
    @johnnybx3254 Před 5 lety

    Thanks so very much 👍👏👏

  • @giovannisilvestri8696
    @giovannisilvestri8696 Před 3 lety

    Amo questa musica

  • @RandyStrubleBackingTracks

    Great stuff nicely broken down and understandable!!

  • @VideoWithLight
    @VideoWithLight Před 16 lety

    really fin great. thank you!

  • @NortonG15CSR
    @NortonG15CSR Před 15 lety +1

    There's nothing misleading about this. If you listen to Ernie's' instruction he points out that LIghting has his guitar tuned down - in this case a whole step. This is a blues in A, played in an A chord 1-4-5configuration, but comes out sounding in G. For students wanting to learn LIghtnings fingering, it would be more misleading to represent it as a blues in G.

  • @NevadaPic
    @NevadaPic Před 15 lety +3

    It's in the key of Lightnin'

  • @donottawaguitar
    @donottawaguitar Před 13 lety +2

    wow hes good

  • @jimihendrix1967
    @jimihendrix1967 Před 15 lety

    i don't understand how those old microphones get every sound from a particular distance and gives you a very clear sound.

  • @___dh__dh__
    @___dh__dh__ Před 15 lety

    You're right.

  • @VincentFink
    @VincentFink Před 14 lety

    great I love learning blues lately, but yes this is in the key of G, A position in this tuning...
    it's meant for me cause I always have my guitar tuned like this; one whole step down (2 semitones) for my baritone voice!

  • @TheMahagoni
    @TheMahagoni Před 14 lety

    oh and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ajsorigins5386
    @ajsorigins5386 Před 10 lety

    hello ernie just wanted to say your teaching method on the lightning hopkins tutorial disk I purchased from you is exellent and my blues learning has come on in leaps and bounds thaks to your workshop disk, do you by amy chance have a similar one which teaches hurricane beulla and scratch my back many thanks ,,steve.

  • @blushingtruth
    @blushingtruth Před 6 lety

    Looks like he is actually playing the A Barre Chord with his pinky on the 5th fret of 5th and 6th string @4:20

  • @TheBibleWitness
    @TheBibleWitness Před 11 lety

    Just keep working on it. You can get your fingers to stretch more gradually with practice. Remember I said "gradually," don't do too much too soon or you can hurt yourself. Good luck! :)

  • @imairlax
    @imairlax Před 16 lety

    everything on that friggin' dvd takes practice :-P
    did you tackle "take me back" yet? that's where it really gets fun.

  • @MinorMeriwether
    @MinorMeriwether Před 15 lety

    holy fuck so much soul it just oozes.

  • @vajraloka1
    @vajraloka1 Před 3 lety

    Im 61 goin down hill i got the cant learn blues ..i got the arthritis blues...oh yeah. 🎶🎵🎶🎤🎤🎤🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @firesteelers
    @firesteelers Před 6 lety

    Great lesson!
    I have trouble with the lyrics of the 3rd verse, could someone help me? I'm not sure about this
    Verse3:
    She just did tell me Lightnin’
    Til’ that rooster crow for day
    Just tell me, just tell me lightnin’
    Til' that rooster crow for day
    Won't it be time for you to move??
    Old papa be on the way

  • @sgtpeppercr
    @sgtpeppercr Před 14 lety +1

    hey where's the other part??

  • @TheMahagoni
    @TheMahagoni Před 14 lety

    HOLY BITCHES THIS BROTHA IS KILLING
    i wish that when i go to mississippi i'll see people like him
    i dont know if there are so much like him left

  • @toby099
    @toby099 Před 14 lety

    so he is just playing his normal e blues stuff except tuned down a whole step?

  • @supersnake93
    @supersnake93 Před 15 lety

    i mean how do you tell what key a song is? im not disrespecting and im sorry if you took it that was

  • @jimihendrix1967
    @jimihendrix1967 Před 15 lety

    I'll search for those.

  • @trm989
    @trm989 Před 11 lety

    awesome comment nevada

  • @joetest4047
    @joetest4047 Před 3 lety

    Is there tab for this tune ?

  • @supersnake93
    @supersnake93 Před 15 lety

    how can you tell?

  • @flipspiceland64
    @flipspiceland64 Před 12 lety

    great triple trills........

  • @DocMacca1981
    @DocMacca1981 Před 12 lety

    2min16sec, that's whats up

  • @dancaucci5791
    @dancaucci5791 Před 8 lety

    the 1st tune is in G BLUES, g d c he is tuned down a whole step. fingering in A BLUES

  • @user-pq1ej2pu3o
    @user-pq1ej2pu3o Před 5 lety

    โคตรไพเราะ

  • @api9mm
    @api9mm Před 16 lety

    Nice. But it's in open G ant A

  • @dafyddharvey6300
    @dafyddharvey6300 Před rokem

    Can’t do that damn thumb slide

  • @warrenginmartini
    @warrenginmartini Před 6 měsíci

    Ernie always sounds like he uses new strings. He should keep old strings on his guitars, at least 6 months. Old bluesmen play guitars with very old strings.

  • @shitstucked3237
    @shitstucked3237 Před 15 lety

    def not in A cause i got my D harp and it aint right

  • @jimforgrave6365
    @jimforgrave6365 Před 6 lety

    Great video, but honestly….I never understand the time wasted in tuning the guitar.

    • @bcolebuild
      @bcolebuild Před 5 lety

      Hey Jim, I didn't really understand, are we just tuning down whole step?

    • @missbknodel
      @missbknodel Před 5 lety

      Jim Forgrave for real artists that care to be in tune with each other. It's free. Flow don't criticize. Appreciate it all, even when you don't understand, it's done with earnestness.

  • @scrumpymanjack
    @scrumpymanjack Před 15 lety

    Just in case beginners out there are getting confused it worth repeating that this is in G, not A. Nice post but totally misleading information. Please be more careful next time.