Session 2 : Paying Your Dues

Minor 3rd Bends

Minor 3rd bends require a lot of hand strength and muscle control. Common minor
3rd bends in Blues are from...

• the root to the minor 3rd.


• the major 3rd to the 5th.


• the 6th to the root.

Playing Tip

Bends require hand strength. Hand strength

takes time to develop. Don’t be discouraged

if your bends don’t sound correct at first.

Keep practicing them daily allowing time for

the muscles in your hand to develop.

Great Blues

Guitarists

(a very incomplete list)

B.B.King

Robert Cray

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Robert Johnson

Albert King

T-Bone Walker

Buddy Guy

Muddy Waters

Eric Clapton

Johnny Winter

Earl Hooker

Clarence “Gatemouth”

Brown

Billy Gibbons

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Keb Mo

Lightnin’ Hopkins

Steve Cropper

Taj Majal

Elmore James

Duane Allman

Blues Guitar with Steve Krenz 30 http://www.learnandmaster.com/bluesresources

Steve at the Rutledge in Nashville with the band (and

a good assortment of guitars).