Blues Guitar Lessons

B.B. King and Lucille This month we’re putting the spotlight on learning to play blues guitar. Beginners may want to start with the easy songs for beginners lessons that will swiftly bring you up to speed on the 12 bar blues, the shuffle and playing lead. We also have many blues lessons from other GN contributors, such as Paul Andrews, Alan Green, Darrin Koltow and others.

Acoustic Slide Guitar – Technique and tips

What sort of things can you use to play slide guitar? Here are some ideas and a collection of tips to make your slide playing sound better.

History and Origin of the Slide Guitar in the Blues

There are a few different claims to the origin of the slide guitar. But whatever they are, slide guitar is forever associated with the sound of blues music.

Origins of the Pentatonic and Relevance to the Blues

There is a not so subtle connection between the origin of the pentatonic scale and blues music.

Before You Accuse Me – The Blues – Part 1: Structure and Shuffle

We’re going to take this three chord blues song and use it to learn the twelve bar blues. We’ll add a little theory so you can play any blues song in any key.

Roll Over Beethoven – The Blues – Part 2: Shuffle and Fretboard Positions

We’ll take this Chuck Berry classic to further our understanding of the 12 bar blues pattern. This is the second part of our three part look at the blues.

Going to Kansas City – The Blues – Part 3

We’re going to take this old blues standard and use it to learn three important things: the turnaround, the blues lead scale and the grand finale.

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