Learn Catfish Blues - Robert Petway Guitar Lesson (Fingerstyle Blues | with Tablature)

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This is a video for Catfish Blues by Robert Petway

(a) Tuning: Standard tuning, EADGBE

(b) Capo: 3rd fret

(c) Guitar tablature & original recording: https://www.ploddings.com/songs/catfish-blues

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Section [A] - Reference Information

I. the Ploddings pre-war blues transcription/tabs archive
(a) Visit link: https://www.ploddings.com
(b) Timeframe: 2018-Dec to Present
(c) Description: the Ploddings site is a digital media project that contains a continuously growing archive of, primarily, pre-war blues style guitar transcriptions, sourced from original recordings, which more simply could be called a collection of guitar tablature for mainly African-American folk styles. It's free and open for public usage, with no fees or limits to use it, and can be used as a resource or reference for those who wish to analyze the note-for-note guitar playing of musicians such as Reverend Gary Davis, Louis Lasky, John Fahey, Etta Baker, Elizabeth Cotten, Charley Patton, and many others. The project was launched by the host of this video, and the transcriptions are all done also by the host.

II. the music of the instructor
(a) Visit link:
..i. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JSdGJVjJUg_Lof9qHJq86yZrXFWyrFm
..ii. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CfmXejuAGqUn3pK18xqV1?si=o7v6Lz0bTGmeLQYJLbEQIA
..iii. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/1738712630
..iv. Website: https://www.blah148.com
(b) Timeframe: 2024-Sep to 2025-Jun
(c) Description: for those who are interested in gleaning some context into the musical preferences of the instructor of this video, blah148, the above links to may be of some use to that end.

Section [B] - Disclaimer

**Please note this disclaimer when viewing this video,

Primary vs. Secondary Sources: in the view of the host of this video, actually, the more effective way to learn this music is by going straight to the primary source; the original recording. That may involve: (i) sourcing the original recording, (ii) slowing the playback down, to catch its details, and (iii) noting the pitches and rhythms on paper or in mind. Contrary to this approach, this video can be called a secondary source; a purveyor of information, that is intermediary to the primary source, or possibly even to other intermediaries, which may inevitably risk some loss of signal-to-noise. Nonetheless, a secondary source may still provide value, though it is encouraged to keep in mind that, perhaps particularly with the pre-war blues style, relying on secondary sources (who are often more modern, disconnected sources), compared to using primary sources, may result in, to use a turn-of-phrase, an apple that falls father from the tree. Do you remember the game, "Telephone"?

For more information on how to go about analyzing this music from its primary sources, the live transcriptions that are occasionally done on this channel can be viewed as examples: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JSdGJVjJUi1J2MHiBOX_sZzFnfP8Ogr