Hi Rick, Great lesson! Was it all tongue-blocking this week? Or were some of the notes lip-pursed (as in last week's lesson)? Thanks!

Christo, sounds like you need to see the Martin Scorsese documentary on the blues... you'll be even more stoked on the lessons you're taking afterward, I guarantee!!!

Hi Corey --- I love this tune!!  Thanks for teaching it.  I'm finally starting to get comfortable with the slide.  It's cool because you can really give the notes a vocal / organic...

In this lesson we do a review of how the bass and the melody work together. By this time you should have a clear idea of how they both work together. I also discuss playing the 5...

Hi Boyd --- Yes, we will get a backing track made for this series of lessons.  It's a great tune and I think there is a lot of depth to it.

Hi Folks, This week we are working on the second A section of the solo for Flying Home. I chose to use the actual Charlie Christian solo this time and will continue with the solo...

Soaring to that 5 hole inhale....you are not making it "sharp".  Imagine that each note "lives" in a small room (like a closet). When you let the note play at its highest point,...

Never mind, got it.

Hi, I'm on Dukes page and I'm looking for the videos for How Long. They are the freebies but I've signed up and can't find them. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Duke .  

Lovin the groove....first post

Can you make a backing track

Hi Graham, Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I do teach the chords in the first lesson. I think that would help. If not let me or Mike know. Thanks, Duke 

Hi Ted --- great feedback, thank you.  You're right on all of them.  I've updated the tab / chord charts accordingly.  

Thanks Ted.  I've updated the chart.

I have only been a subscriber to Sonic Junction for a few weeks, but think it is so cool to get a weekly lesson from Corey Harris.  He goes nice and slow so I can keep up and...

One more in Lession One of Flying Home... in the A Sections the last beat of the first two lines is a Bb7. It is sort of obvious but it should be added to the tab. Regards, Ted

Some tab errors I noticed in Duke's "Flying Home" lessons. In  Lesson One (chords)  the chord diagram for the last chord of the B section is incorrect. the top three notes need to...

Boyd, First of all you can play the open G string and a G on the B string and create the basic same effect. But if you keep trying I think you can get it, just have to stretch...

Thanks Tom, Glad you are enjoying it.

Good Job Steve! My only recomendation is that you make sure you take that pause going into the augmented riff. Otherwise you end up a beat short. Duke 

Peter, Thats a good start. It sounds like you want to play it faster than your rhythm. You should try it a bit faster. Duke

Peter, Good question. In blues you can use it on the four chord. also in many progressions it works well on the one when going to a 2 minor 7 to 5. It would be 2 beats on 1 then 2...

Hi Daniel, You're pretty close on the notes you're playing but, as you recognize yourself, there is a lack of fluidity. It should mprove with repetition and the resulting...

Thanks Corey. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really enjoy when you play that song, but I couldn't ever figure out anything that sounded close until I watched and practiced trying to...

Hi Ann, I'll put that one on the list.

In this second lesson I discuss how and why I play with metal fingerpicks for this song. I slow down the song so that you hear what is going on. Also covered is how to play the B...

Hello Folks,This week's lesson is on solo on Flying home. I have composed a faux Charlie Christian solo on the first A section which simply means it's all Charlie's riffs but not...

What if your fingers will not stretch that far

I just noticed this comment -- I was at a blues concert a couple of years ago with some headliners and every body played all their sets with long solos around the 15th fret or so...