gettin da blues

Had another lesson on Friday, with an introduction to a few new things. Started off playing some chords to Happy Birthday and Country Roads. David showed me an alternative G chord to make the G/C chord switch a little easier. It will take awhile to get used to it if I decide to use it. We then switched gears altogether and started playing some R&B style chords. That's what David called them anyway. You are just strumming two strings and using your first and third fingers to switch sounds. It was easy and pretty cool. Doing 2 quick 1/8th notes switching back and forth, I had Strider singing along to the notes with me playing. It was fun. David says it is a very Bluesy way to play especially when you mute the notes with the heal of your hand. It is a style that Chuck Berry made popular and then started to bring it into Rock'n'Roll.