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(Recorded on my Canon VIXIA HF R40 camcorder. Still learning all the many aspects of it, so apologies for focus issues.)
This week's video is another special jam and interview with guitarist, Elijah Jenkins from Tennessee!
Elijah has been playing guitar since he was 9 years old and has been playing Bluegrass guitar, more specifically, for around 4 years. I've known his family, who also play music, for many years and his dad, Greg, since I was a kid myself. We've attended many Spirit-filled church services together.
In this video, we'll play plenty of great Bluegrass Gospel tunes as well as some standard Bluegrass flatpicking fiddle tunes. We'll also discuss how Elijah got his start playing such awesome guitar riffs and licks as well as some tips he has regarding capo placement, practice, rhythm, picking, and much more.
(By the way, I forgot to ask what kind of strings Elijah likes. No surprise: it's Elixirs!)
Program & Song Info:
0:00 Introduction & about Elijah
5:10 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
8:54 Rhythm Tips
12:44 Bill Cheatham (Watch my duet of this song with another awesome picker friend Randy Schartiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEMmaY9M4A4)
15:20 Ultra Cool Kenny Smith Lick
16:17 Picking Tips
22:00 (I Am So Glad) God Saves Old Sinners
25:48 Elijah's Pick Preference (see my review on these here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1-WnMJBbI4)
29:24 Gold Rush
32:41 Elijah's Guitars (here's a hint: http://www.hussanddalton.com/models.html#drh)
38:10 Cherokee Shuffle (Elijah does a killer ascending lick on his second solo)
42:17 Elijah's Capo Tips (http://elliottcapos.com/CaposMcKinney.html)
48:07 Revival in the Air (© Eric Beaty) (See my original performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7gY1QwegYU)
53:44 Elijah's Facebook (see below for contact info)
55:13 A Guitar Lesson from Elijah
1:00:39 Amazing Grace
1:09:12 Just Over in the Glory Land (awesome jamming song!)
1:14:46 Conclusion
Video Resources:
How to Strum More Effectively | Tighten Up Your Strumming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snmi-l8Xeyg
Improvising Tips | An Easy Scale Shape in G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8aSriZW_I0
Contact Elijah:
If you would like to contact Elijah or watch some of his performance videos, you can do so via his Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006290775412&fref=ts or his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFExwfG7-3Kmo338HsCGLkA
One more thing:
If you liked the video above and would like to see some more great jamming, check out my increasingly popular video (50,000 views & growing) "Bluegrass Guitar Jam and Interview with Kenneth Burris" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpU7QPDrmow.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Here's hoping you learn something new that will help you along your journey to guitar greatness.
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"10 Three Easy Bluegrass Licks"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFZvTOiFBI
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