ALBERT KING

Our first track is in the style of the man himself. All the notes are plucked with the thumb and first finger of the picking hand. The flesh provides a full but snappy tone. The phrasing is sparse and the motifs are recycled to give the listener something to latch onto. The aspect that may provide a technical issue is the string bending technique. Make sure the bends are musical and keep an ear on the intonation. There are so many ways to bend a string in terms of timing and pitch, and playing with these parameters is one of the main ways that Albert kept his simple lines fresh, vibrant and exciting.