![]() So what he does is he has these 6th, which is basically the 9th fret 3rd string with your ring finger and the 9th fret 1st string with your pinky strumming from the 3rd string down through the 1st and he slides into it. So the band builds in, that is where we left off before. Hubert has so much personality in his playing, so much in this guitar part, and every time he plays it it does seem to be a little bit different so Jon is just going to focus on how he plays it in the classic recording and Jon is going to try and break down exactly what he is doing. The three chords used in a traditional A blues. ![]() This is going to follow the basic structure of the 12 bar blues, using the A7, the D7, and the E7. Now that we have that intro down, let’s move onto the verse! Starting by learning how to play through the basic 12 bar blues the way that Hubert does. So that was the first 4 bars of this song, and how to play the intro. If you are enjoying this Howlin Wolf classic, be sure to also check out John lesson on how to play How Many More Years by Howlin’ Wolf. ![]() The 12 bar structure that’s just going to repeat. So that’s the open 4th string, hammer on to that 5th fret 4th string and shake it! That takes us into the verse. John explains how this last note is pretty wild because Hubert plays it kind of aggressively with lots of vibrato and just sounds so good when Hubert does this. On beat 4 he does this cool hammer on on the 4th string 5th fret from the open. Sometimes he plays just the root note, the 5th string 7th fret and other times he plays the full chord. Picking straight 8th notes focusing on that 5th string, starting on the and of 1 and stopping after you pick the and of 3. So make a C major shape in this position and then add your pinky down on the 3rd string 7th fret. Think of this last E7 chord as a different voicing of the one we started with, this one looks like an open C major moved up to the 7th fret, so the 7th 5th string which is the note held down by your ring finger. Mute the strings and pick the 7th fret 5th string, holding it down with your ring finger. So so far we have gone E7, D7, A7, and then we are going to do a E7 in the last measure. Do the same strum you did on both of the other chords. So pointer barring the 2nd and 1st strings on the 5th fret, middle finger on the 3rd string 6th fret, and ring finger on the 7th fret 4th string. Then take that same chord and move it down to the 5th fret where it is now an A. The 5 down to the 4 chord, doing the same strum and changes on each and using that thumb. We are going to do the same thing, but now our chord is based off of a D7, really cool shape. So now your pointer is barring the 10th fret 2nd and 1st strings, middle finger on the 11th fret 3rd string, and ring finger on the 12th fret 4th string. Then move your E shape down one whole step, becoming a D. You can definitely hear the moving melody in the chords which really give this riff a nice quality. Pinky up, strum up, once hitting that E chord, then put your pinky down for the E7 and strum down, down, down, up, down, and then lift your pinky back up and play one more down on the E. So the entire strum and chord changes look like this. Your pinky actually stays down until the last 8th note for this rhythm. ![]() Then you’re going to add your pinky to the 15th fret 2nd string, making this chord become an E7, still only strumming from the 4th string down through the 1st.įor the strum, when you’re holding down the E before you add your pinky, do an upstroke with your thumb, then add your pinky in and strum down twice. So we have our 1st chord, go ahead and strum it. You’ll get a little callus on your thumb, but really helps the tone and lets you hear the personality of this song. What Jon does is he just brushes the strings with his thumb on his picking hand. So if you are trying to do this with a pick, you’re going to get a different tone. The other thing you’ll notice is that Hubert plays with his fingers. The same chord, but played higher in pitch, giving a nice cutting sound. kind of like the open voicing where your middle finger is on the 4th string 2nd fret and your pointer on the 3rd string 1st fret, but up an octave, so it’s a much higher voicing. You basically have this 4 note chord, its an E. Then his middle finger is holding down the 13th fret 3rd string, and his ring finger is holding down the 14th fret 4th string. And the way that Hubert plays this is he goes way up the fret board to the 12th fret, barring his pointer finger across the 2nd and 1st strings. Starting up on the 5 chord, which would be an E7. It does sort of a traditional Intro where you start out on the turnaround, which is the last 4 bars of the tune. This Howlin Wolf “Killing Floor” Lesson is basically just a 12 bar blues in the key of A.
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