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1. 1 - 4 - 5 Playing Blues With Intervals (#2088) by Matthieu Brandt Spice up your playing by using simple intervals in a blues progression. Great for playing with another accompanist or to open up some space after laying down bar chords. Blues · Intermediate · 311839 Hits · Last Modified: 1/4/05 2. 1 2 Bar. Swing And Jump Blues: Riff (#2007) by Matthieu Brandt An ideal riff to get out of the blues box. Learn how to jazz-up your solos without having to study till your hands bleed. Goto www.swingblues.com for more free instruction Blues · Intermediate · 201518 Hits · Last Modified: 1/5/05 3. 12 Bar BeBop Blues (#2430) by Tommy Cameron Add a little color to your solos over a 12 bar blues progression. Blues · Intermediate · 91293 Hits · Last Modified: 2/14/01 4. 12 Bar Blues (#9073) by Ryan Dunn This lesson will teach you step-by-step on what the 12 bar blues is. Blues · Intermediate · 27895 Hits · Last Modified: 3/6/06 5. 12 Bar Blues Basic Shuffle (#10090) by Bryan Madness This is good for beginner.... Blues · Beginner · 33679 Hits · Last Modified: 8/18/05 6. 12 Bar Bluesy Feel In G (#4712) by Kirk Lorange A fun little 12 bar progression in G, good for both hands. Have fun with it! Blues · Intermediate · 75723 Hits · Last Modified: 6/26/02 7. 12-Bar Blues: What is it? (#467) by Jim Burger In our lessons we talk about 12-bar blues progressions a lot. For you beginners who don't know what this means, here's the simple explanation. By the way, this lesson also shows you how you can look cool playing guitar with only 4 chords! Blues · Beginner · 932555 Hits · Last Modified: 3/14/01 8. 2-Note Blues (#808) by Frederick Burton By orders of the Blue master himself, Jim B, here's some mo Blues! Blues · Intermediate · 174481 Hits · Last Modified: 3/10/00 9. A Bone Head Blues In G Part 1 (#8030) by Rick Kelly A complete 12 bar blues solo/melody, using only 4 notes from the G Major Pentatonic pattern. Updated 6-20-2007 Blues · Intermediate · 38005 Hits · Last Modified: 8/3/04 10. A Bone Head Blues In G Part 2 (#8032) by Rick Kelly Same thing as part 1, but using the Minor Pentatonic notes. Additional theory explanation added. Updated 6-20-2007 Blues · Intermediate · 16278 Hits · Last Modified: 8/3/04 11. A Bone Head Blues Part 3 (#8402) by Rick Kelly A different look at the "blues scale" - 3rd page added Blues · Beginner · 16599 Hits · Last Modified: 4/6/05 12. A Li'l Jazz Blues (#3245) by Dominic Hatchuel *For the intermediate beginner* Take a basic twelve bar, add a pound of cayenne pepper, and this is what you come up with... (now with added MP3 for extra brightness...) Blues · Intermediate · 102890 Hits · Last Modified: 4/8/02 13. A Major Scale Blues (#8140) by Simon Wiesner Try this lesson and learn some blue licks Blues · Intermediate · 26392 Hits · Last Modified: 5/21/04 14. A Major Spin On The Dominant Blues (#10902) by Dean Mattoon Here is a great scale choice to throw into a 12 bar blues setting to really make things swing. Blues · Beginner · 4190 Hits · Last Modified: 5/4/06 15. A Mixolydian Blues Riff (#6414) by Darrin Koltow Much adieu is made about the blues and pentatonic scales for creating cool blues riffs. But here's another scale that's useful for making riffs: the Mixolydian scale. Blues · Beginner · 43038 Hits · Last Modified: 4/17/03 16. A Rockin' Texas Piano Solo For Guitar (#8112) by Rick Kelly Guitar version of bluesy piano phrasing. Not an exact transcription of any guitar or piano solo, more of an adaptation of the attitude and feel. x6 updated 8-22-2007 Blues · Intermediate · 4239 Hits · Last Modified: 8/31/04 17. A7/G7 Blues (#6745) by Yuri Palchevsky A7 blues using chord tone arps and G7 using same idea but with fourth notes Blues · Intermediate · 20065 Hits · Last Modified: 7/10/03 18. Acoustic Delta Blues Moves (#1106) by Jim Burger Take a look into the bags of tricks of such classic Delta Blues Masters as Charlie Patton and Son House. This lesson illustrates a few simple moves used quite often by these fellows. Blues · Intermediate · 252691 Hits · Last Modified: 1/19/01 19. Baby Please Don't Go (#28) by Jim Burger The solo acoustic Jim Burger version of the Lightnin Hopkins Version of the Big Joe Williams song "Baby Please Don't Go." Some of you younger kids out there might think this is a Ted Nugent song. Blues · Intermediate · 49884 Hits · Last Modified: 6/9/99 20. Basic Bends (#13) by Christopher Sung There are a couple of choice bends that are mandatory for any good blues guitarist to have under their fingers. Here's some of the best in the context of a 12-bar blues in E. Blues · Intermediate · 151391 Hits · Last Modified: 5/18/99 21. Basic Blues In A (#2412) by Neil Marriott This is a basic blues in A, nothing difficult but it will get you rockin' straight away! hopefully... :) Blues · Beginner · 28391 Hits · Last Modified: 2/11/01 22. Basic Blues Shuffle (#72) by Jim Burger OK, here's the absolutely simplest way to start playing the blues Blues · Beginner · 385654 Hits · Last Modified: 11/6/99 23. Basic stop-time blues (#73) by Jim Burger Here are some fairly simple "stop-time" patterns for blues beginners. Use them to play "Mannish Boy," "Hoochie Coochie Man," or any number of similar songs. Blues · Beginner · 180133 Hits · Last Modified: 9/1/00 24. Beginner's Blues Lick (#4822) by Tony Arnold Not really a lesson just something that I've been playing with on the blues scale. Blues · Beginner · 18750 Hits · Last Modified: 6/25/02 25. Beginners Blues? (#8752) by Tyler Morgan In this lesson I will go over two simple blues licks for all you beginners out there who just want to play something. Blues · Beginner · 10884 Hits · Last Modified: 10/13/04 26. Blues And Rock Scale Options (#4104) by Jay McConnell Several of the options for blues changes from pentatonic to Bebop Dominant that focuses on the main change in standard blues progression. Something for everyone - beginner to advanced. Blues · Intermediate · 102276 Hits · Last Modified: 3/25/02 27. Blues Basics: Very Basic (#2461) by Timothy Seguin A very basic quick reference/lesson to one of the simplest blues scales. Blues · Beginner · 14703 Hits · Last Modified: 2/22/01 28. Blues em A (#1385) by Kaco Rodrigues Modos gregos sobre blues em A. Blues · Intermediate · 11765 Hits · Last Modified: 8/5/00 29. Blues Em A #2 (#1476) by Kaco Rodrigues Sequência com pentatônicas sobre progressão blues. Blues · Intermediate · 5455 Hits · Last Modified: 8/22/00 30. blues endings in E (#359) by Jim Burger Keep playing that blues shuffle into a loop? Here's a couple of ideas on how to close out a blues tune utilizing the blues scale and the tasteful E7(9) chord. Blues · Intermediate · 76401 Hits · Last Modified: 10/25/99 31. Blues from John Lee Hooker (#591) by Jim Burger Here are a couple of interesting licks culled from the earlier works of bluesman John Lee Hooker. I'll try to add to this, as the man has been quite prolific and there's a lot to choose from. Blues · Intermediate · 100566 Hits · Last Modified: 1/15/00 32. Blues Fun (#4840) by Brenden Nelson Very fun to play at a family get together, and it's easy, so you don't have to be that good to sound groovy! Blues · Beginner · 15243 Hits · Last Modified: 6/29/02 33. Blues Guitar Scale (#9339) by David O' Toole The Blues Guitar Scale adds color to the standard "Minor Pentatonic Scale"... Blues · Beginner · 10829 Hits · Last Modified: 5/14/05 34. Blues How Do You Do (#5608) by Al Fisher Looking at the blues scales with the major 3rd and flatted 5th Blues · Intermediate · 8445 Hits · Last Modified: 11/26/02 35. Blues How Do You Do (#5612) by Al Fisher Hear are some cool sweeping minor pentatonics in the key of A you mess with them soon you are making blues song note you dont have to sweep you can dance around by making up blues riffs kinda like hendrix Blues · Intermediate · 27921 Hits · Last Modified: 11/30/02 36. Blues In C Minor (#3768) by Marcelo Rocha de Souza This is a study of Blues in C minor. Blues · Intermediate · 16704 Hits · Last Modified: 12/2/01 37. Blues In The Key Of A (#8411) by Brent Huska I have created some jam tracks to play with. When you are ready, increase the tempos and rip away. Blues · Intermediate · 8149 Hits · Last Modified: 7/25/04 38. Blues In The Key Of B (#8421) by Brent Huska Another great Jam Track Lesson in the Key of B. Check out my Key of E lesson. Blues · Intermediate · 5641 Hits · Last Modified: 9/19/04 39. Blues In The Key Of E (#8373) by Brent Huska I have created some cool blues grooves to play the guitar with. Change the tempos to suite your style. Play along to these with the Em Pentatonic Scale. I have added some notes that, as B.B. King has said "they sound good to me". Have Fun. Blues · Intermediate · 13219 Hits · Last Modified: 9/14/04 40. Blues In The Key Of G (#8427) by Brent Huska B.B. King was a master in the Key of G. Can you be? Play along to some cool Jam track Lessons. Blues · Intermediate · 7263 Hits · Last Modified: 7/28/04 41. Blues Intervallic Lick (#5126) by Tomas Jakobsson Something more odd to go with your normal blueslicks. Blues · Expert · 6680 Hits · Last Modified: 8/30/02 42. Blues licks from Buddy (#1042) by Jim Burger Here's a couple of fun blues licks I picked up from Buddy Guy a while ago. Blues · Intermediate · 33633 Hits · Last Modified: 4/29/00 43. Blues Man Plus Jazz (#6874) by William Cotter An eclectic mixture of Blues and Jazzy tunes Blues · Intermediate · 9506 Hits · Last Modified: 11/21/04 44. Blues Of The Sea (#6643) by Coco Gaston Hard progressive blues/jazz piece Blues · Advanced · 4813 Hits · Last Modified: 6/16/03 45. Blues Pentatonic Scale (#8908) by Marcos Macias Pentatonic scale with a couple more notes added... Blues · Beginner · 3757 Hits · Last Modified: 11/20/04 46. Blues Rhythm Guitar I (#243) by Christopher Sung Let's learn the fundamentals of the blues shuffle and learn a few different ways to add interest to your blues rhythm playing with lots of examples and steps along the way. Blues · Intermediate · 422939 Hits · Last Modified: 9/13/99 47. Blues Rhythm Guitar II (#34) by Christopher Sung Whether you're playing in a band or playing accompaniment for someone else, here are some comping ideas you can use to expand your rhythm playing. Blues · Intermediate · 190848 Hits · Last Modified: 9/13/99 48. Blues Riff In A (#8176) by Robert Ridgeway This is a basic blues style of riff and progression based on the song Heartbreaker. Blues · Beginner · 7485 Hits · Last Modified: 6/15/04 49. Blues Riffs (#3727) by Adel Abu Hamdeh Three blues riffs, one of them by Stevie Ray Vaughan. More to come. Blues · Intermediate · 36570 Hits · Last Modified: 12/10/01 50. Blues Scale (#10556) by Dash Kirby This is a blues scale. It sounds great when played fast on heavy distortion but start out slow on a clean setting. You can also use slides to hit certain notes. Blues · Intermediate · 3027 Hits · Last Modified: 1/3/06 51. Blues Scale (#8549) by Anthony Sanna This is a basic scale that can be used to play blues riffs. It is a good scale to practice with alot, using metronome or without to increase your speed and skill. Blues · Beginner · 3329 Hits · Last Modified: 8/20/04 52. Blues Scales (#7416) by David Parkes This lesson will give you all the scales you need to improvise blues guitar. Blues · Beginner · 11027 Hits · Last Modified: 1/1/04 53. Blues Scales and its Modes (#798) by Frederick Burton Here's a way to get out of the blues "box" syndrome....... Blues · Beginner · 40919 Hits · Last Modified: 3/10/00 54. Blues Session (#8210) by Michael Hardesty A great jam to start off any blues song, take this chord progression add some lead guitar and viola you have an instant blues song Blues · Beginner · 4461 Hits · Last Modified: 6/6/04 55. Blues Shuffle (#7166) by Richard Marchman A little blues shuffle, great rhythm to play for someone to solo over. Blues · Beginner · 4760 Hits · Last Modified: 10/28/03 56. Blues Shuffle (#9048) by Ryan Dunn A cool little blues shuffle tune. Blues · Beginner · 4499 Hits · Last Modified: 2/2/06 57. Blues Soloing & Jamming (#1919) by Carl Anderson A blues soloing primer using the blues scales. Jam tracks to practice with. Blues · Beginner · 74762 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/00 58. Blues Soloing and Basic Harmony (#230) by Christopher Sung Here are some quick tips for enhancing your soloing over blues tunes, with some cool licks and explanations for why they work harmonically. Blues · Intermediate · 398348 Hits · Last Modified: 3/23/01 59. Blues Tune (#10657) by David Macneil 12 - bar blues style tune Blues · Beginner · 3362 Hits · Last Modified: 2/7/06 60. Blues Turnarounds (#25) by Christopher Sung Here's a couple of blues turnarounds in E. They're pretty standard but definitely have that bluesy feel to them. If you want more interesting ones, start bugging Jim Burger... Blues · Intermediate · 138372 Hits · Last Modified: 5/28/99 61. Blues/Rock Lick (#6799) by Robin Helm One of my favourite licks - easy to play and nice to listen! Blues · Beginner · 12667 Hits · Last Modified: 8/26/03 62. Bluesin' (#9153) by Jason Parker A little Blues workout. Basic Blues stuff. Fun to pick alone as well as over a progression. Blues · Intermediate · 4258 Hits · Last Modified: 4/23/06 63. Bluesy Rhythm Fills and Licks (#366) by Christopher Sung Let's learn some rhythm licks a la Jimi Hendrix that you can add to your playing. We'll look at a bunch of variations and examples, and then dissect them for easy digestion. Mmmmm, yummy! Blues · Intermediate · 180294 Hits · Last Modified: 10/29/99 64. Chicago Blues: B.B. King-style Lesson (#4635) by Darryl Roberts B.B. King Style blues...a quick overview of his style, and a few tips to cop some of his signature licks! Intended for intermediate players, but suitable for some beginners as well. Blues · Intermediate · 37712 Hits · Last Modified: 6/27/05 65. Clapton-style Acoustic Blues (#564) by Jim Burger This lesson covers some Clapton blues moves, a Clapton-style blues shuffle and solo (the solo is advanced level). Clapton has played a wide variety of styles, this lesson makes no attempt to cover his rock/pop eras. Blues · Intermediate · 517407 Hits · Last Modified: 1/15/00 66. CLASSICAL VIBRATO (#5303) by Charles Gacsi The process of creating a great vibrato is not very difficult but will take a little patience and time on your part. Blues · Intermediate · 5966 Hits · Last Modified: 7/9/04 67. Combining Scales (#10463) by Annette Curtis-Carroll An exercise and lesson in combining the minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, mixolydian and blues scale. Blues · Intermediate · 37603 Hits · Last Modified: 12/14/05 68. Combining Scales In E Blues (#11855) by Erik Yars Combining scales in your blues solo's is a great way to make unique riff and licks and is also a great tool. Blues · Beginner · 608 Hits · Last Modified: 3/24/08 69. Comin' Home (#10820) by Marty Mercer An old jazz standard, Comin' Home, is a cool groove to mess around with. Blues · Intermediate · 1796 Hits · Last Modified: 4/13/06 70. Cool E7 Inversion (#7208) by Shane McAfee A cool variation on the open position E7 chord Blues · Beginner · 2862 Hits · Last Modified: 12/3/03 71. Cool Way To Solo Blues N' More (#8847) by David O' Toole Use a technique that can be implemented immediately and take your soloing to a new level. If you're not using a similiar approach already this can really catapult your solo-ing forward almost instantly. Blues · Intermediate · 81630 Hits · Last Modified: 1/9/05 72. CREATE YOUR OWN BLUES PROGRESSION (#10406) by J.R. Libby How to write and play your very own Blues progressions. Beginner level. Easy to understand lesson. Blues · Beginner · 2435 Hits · Last Modified: 11/16/05 73. Daniels Solo (#8678) by Brice Montgomery Hey it sounds cool Blues · Ridiculous · 3332 Hits · Last Modified: 9/22/04 74. Dead Thumb (#883) by Josh Graves Blues technique establised by the old Delta-Blues players in which the thumb plays quarter notes on the open E string while the fingers play syncopated licks. Blues · Intermediate · 61521 Hits · Last Modified: 3/27/01 75. Deep River Blues (#882) by Josh Graves Killer bluesy rag for fingerstyle guitar arranged by Doc Watson. This is a toughy and it will really improve your fingerstyle abilities if you master it. Blues · Advanced · 69847 Hits · Last Modified: 5/30/01 76. Double Pentatonics (#781) by Gary Regester The technique of using 2 overlapping Minor Pentatonic scales at the same time. Blues · Intermediate · 14062 Hits · Last Modified: 3/10/00 77. Double Stop Shop Part 1 (#8572) by Rick Kelly How to play everything with two notes at a time. Updated 9/5/2007 Blues · Intermediate · 9026 Hits · Last Modified: 1/20/05 78. Double Stop Shop Part 2 (#8605) by Rick Kelly Using Double Stop 3rds and 7ths. Blues · Intermediate · 3542 Hits · Last Modified: 10/13/04 79. Double Stop Shop Part 3 (#8621) by Rick Kelly Using 6th intervals for root's, 7th's, 5th's and 3rd's. Blues · Intermediate · 4475 Hits · Last Modified: 10/13/04 80. Double Stop Shop Part 4 (#9228) by Rick Kelly Groove track and sequence applying ideas from Double Stop Shop Parts 1,2 and 3. Update 6/13/2006 Blues · Intermediate · 2747 Hits · Last Modified: 6/13/06 81. Double Stops (#57) by Christopher Sung Here's a few different ways to play two or even three note chords over a G blues. Most of the licks are pretty common, but some might surprise you... Blues · Intermediate · 126108 Hits · Last Modified: 6/15/99 82. Double-stop groove (#600) by Scott Nipper This is a nice little pattern that works over a medium walk. This is my first attempt at a lesson so there's not much here. The one cool thing about this pattern is that you can play the same thing over an entire 12-bar progression. Blues · Beginner · 6044 Hits · Last Modified: 1/20/00 83. Easy Blues Turnarounds (#582) by Jim Burger Here are some simple blues turnarounds in the key of E. Blues · Beginner · 111286 Hits · Last Modified: 1/12/00 84. Easy Rock (#10936) by Colin Beasley An easy piece, using a blues sequence, that I wrote for pupils. Blues · Beginner · 2503 Hits · Last Modified: 6/26/06 85. Exer #2a In A Min/Maj Pent. 3 String (#10435) by Annette Curtis-Carroll These exercises are like those in Exercises 1a - 1d, except that they only use the top 3 strings. Blues · Intermediate · 2160 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/05 86. Exercises #1a In A Min/Maj Pentatonic (#10431) by Annette Curtis-Carroll Here are exercises for becoming familiar with mixing the minor and major pentatonic scales. Blues · Intermediate · 2685 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/05 87. Exercises #1b In A Min/Maj Pentatonic (#10432) by Annette Curtis-Carroll This is another exercise to familiarize you with combining minor and major pentatonics for soloing. This time it is a pattern going up/down in 3s. Blues · Intermediate · 1685 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/05 88. Exercises #1c In A Min/Maj Pentatonic (#10433) by Annette Curtis-Carroll Here is another exercise to familiarize yourself with combining minor and major pentatonics. This exercise will go up in 4s. Blues · Intermediate · 1487 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/05 89. Exercises #1d In A Min/Maj Pentatonic (#10434) by Annette Curtis-Carroll Here is another exercise to familiarize you with combining the minor and major pentatonics in soloing. This time we will be going through the patterns by 4ths. Blues · Intermediate · 1635 Hits · Last Modified: 11/24/05 90. Fast + Easy Blues Scale (part one) (#1293) by David Ferguson Quick and easy scale that will fit into any blues or rock sequence. Blues · Beginner · 11812 Hits · Last Modified: 7/17/00 91. Fast + Easy Blues Scale (part three) (#1388) by David Ferguson An explanation of the Major and Minor tonalities and how they fit into a 12 bar blues. Blues · Beginner · 6569 Hits · Last Modified: 8/5/00 92. Fast + Easy Blues Scale (part Two) (#1320) by David Ferguson Expansion of Fast + Easy Blues Scale (part one) introducing the Major tonality in an easy format. Blues · Beginner · 4208 Hits · Last Modified: 8/5/00 93. Feeling the Pentatonics (#2713) by Jason Hensley Heres and example of a groove I made, and I put down the improvised solo I did over it. Tips on how to use the mighty Pentatonic, and how to expand your creativity. Blues · Intermediate · 13079 Hits · Last Modified: 4/14/01 94. Fingerpicking Blues Quickie (#4345) by Darrin Koltow Here's a quick blues fingerpicking ditty that came out of the writing I did for my new ebook on Guitar Chords. Blues · Beginner · 8880 Hits · Last Modified: 3/21/02 95. First Blues Lick (#731) by Ronnie Guitar These four notes are the essence of blues, this is a classic start-off for a 12-bar chorus and one of the first licks I ever stumbled on that sounded like the blues. A great place to start for someone who wants to learn to play blues lead. Blues · Beginner · 12069 Hits · Last Modified: 2/27/00 96. Follow those changes (#83) by PJ Labinski The blues scale is a beautiful thing. Add a fresh approach by following the chord changes in a 12 bar. Blues · Advanced · 64334 Hits · Last Modified: 6/28/99 97. G Minor Jam, Licks/turnarounds (#7725) by Matt Malmsteen Little jam in G minor Blues · Advanced · 2924 Hits · Last Modified: 3/13/04 98. GOOD MORNING BLUES (#7261) by Eugene Quinn SIMPLE TWELVE BAR BLUES FOR BEGINNERS Blues · Beginner · 7867 Hits · Last Modified: 5/23/06 99. Gravedigger Blues (#905) by Josh Graves Josh Graves' Gravedigger Blues for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Watch Out! Blues · Intermediate · 95486 Hits · Last Modified: 3/27/01 100. Great Blues Ending (#2989) by Scott Cole This is a great ending for any Blues song. Blues · Intermediate · 6902 Hits · Last Modified: 5/30/01 101. Grit (#1712) by Drew Mosby Explains how to write/play your basic blues tune, and has a good example on the last page. Blues · Intermediate · 9546 Hits · Last Modified: 11/19/00 102. Hard To Believe (#10767) by Adrian Dupree A rag that I concieved. Hybrid of normal style and travis fingerpicking. Blues · Advanced · 1711 Hits · Last Modified: 3/18/06 103. Hideaway Variations (#1893) by Jim Burger Folks used to say you couldn't walk into a bar in Austin carryin' a guitar unless you knew how to play "Hideaway". Here are some variations to get you started on Freddie King's signature piece... Blues · Intermediate · 28878 Hits · Last Modified: 1/19/01 104. HIPSHOT - An Original Tune (#6278) by Charles Gacsi When I created this little tune it had a feeling of some pain and sorrow, and happiness. It is a blues idiom. I suppose it has to do with present events. An expression of what you or others feel. Blues · Advanced · 16226 Hits · Last Modified: 8/2/04 105. I Got Me Some Blues This Mornin' (#1628) by Joe Ramirez I was inspired by Frank Marino and Zack Wylde for this one.I tried to get a "flowing harp" feel to it. Check it out! Blues · Advanced · 6705 Hits · Last Modified: 11/5/00 106. Improvisational Tools (#1282) by Kevin Swan Patterns to create licks and solo ideas while improvising. It is a way to use the 5 pentatonic patterns to change keys without changing positions. Blues · Intermediate · 13683 Hits · Last Modified: 7/13/00 107. Intro To 12 Bar Blues Improvisation (#9106) by Anthony Ridi Learn to improvise melodies over a twelve bar blues progression in the key of A. This lesson is a modified version of a lesson 7329, 12 bar blues progression, which is no longer published. Blues · Intermediate · 13867 Hits · Last Modified: 4/21/05 108. Jazzing Up Your Blues (#40) by Sean Kelly You know how sometimes you start sneezing like 8 times in a row and it hurts but kind of feels good? This lesson is like that. Blues · Intermediate · 55056 Hits · Last Modified: 6/6/99 109. Just Do What I Say And Learn To Play (#7151) by Ron Wiber No theory. Just a whole bunch of information that'll get you started. Just do what I say and you will be playing recognizable music (ahem) sooner than you think. Blues · Beginner · 5646 Hits · Last Modified: 10/26/03 110. Just Somthing Useless (#3598) by Fletcher Smith Somthing I came up with while playing around Blues · Beginner · 2976 Hits · Last Modified: 10/18/01 111. Just Teach Me Some Blues (#6363) by Ron Wiber An attempt to make it easier for the absolute beginner to get started playing the blues, without the theory and the formalities. You'll still need these, but this lesson is designed to maintain your interest in the meantime .......... Blues · Beginner · 34753 Hits · Last Modified: 7/21/05 112. Kinda Cool Blues-Rock Sequence (#6915) by Robin Helm Kind of easy to play ;) Blues · Intermediate · 3141 Hits · Last Modified: 8/26/03 113. Latin Minors (#5639) by John Lees Another little play about that has resulted in an excellent tune! Blues · Intermediate · 2911 Hits · Last Modified: 12/1/02 114. Lazy Sandy Blues (#2795) by Sandra Goodfellow A bit different from my usual lessons, this one is a blues. Blues · Beginner · 10029 Hits · Last Modified: 9/1/02 115. Lemon-y Bass Lines (#46) by Christopher Sung Can you walk bass lines like John Paul Jones? Would you want to walk bass lines like John Paul Jones? Take this lesson and the answer to both will be "yes"... Blues · Intermediate · 35504 Hits · Last Modified: 6/11/99 116. Lost My Key Blues (#4334) by Doug McMullen A one page lesson with a somewhat warped 12 bar blues progression -- break out of key-bound thinking. Blues · Intermediate · 3253 Hits · Last Modified: 3/19/02 117. Minor Pentatonic Scales Over The Blues (#10772) by Will Kriski A lesson on blues soloing using only the minor pentatonic scale over a blues progression. While other notes can be used this gives you a specific sound (more open) although you miss some targeted chord tones in a blues progression. Blues · Intermediate · 6112 Hits · Last Modified: 11/16/06 118. Mississippi Mud (#11118) by Conor Flynn Mississippi Mud Blues · Advanced · 2445 Hits · Last Modified: 7/9/06 119. Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonics (#616) by Chris Kalafus A lot of players just use minor pentatonic when playing a blues. This lesson will open a new sound and give you other note choices and emotions. Try mixing both scales, minor A C D E & G and major A B C# E & F# to get a different feel. Blues · Intermediate · 9792 Hits · Last Modified: 1/28/00 120. More Stormy Monday Stuff (#54) by Jim Burger In response to Jared Wren, here are some Stormy Monday things that I do. They're both pretty easy to play, being all chords. I play it in the key of G. Blues · Intermediate · 21023 Hits · Last Modified: 6/13/99 121. My Very First Song (#9239) by Mart-Matteus Kampus An easy piece that i created for fun Blues · Beginner · 2109 Hits · Last Modified: 1/27/05 122. Noodling (#64) by Christopher Sung Never underestimate the importance of noodling. Here's a few ideas I was just noodling on... Blues · Intermediate · 18380 Hits · Last Modified: 6/19/99 123. ONE DIAGRAM.... BLUES???? - An Original (#4387) by Charles Gacsi One diagram Blues???? Same diagram is shifted into different positions on fret board. Blues · Intermediate · 6753 Hits · Last Modified: 6/15/04 124. Open D Blues (#4939) by Csaba Varszegi An open tuning makes playing much easier... Blues · Beginner · 6402 Hits · Last Modified: 11/23/04 125. P.A.L. Lick #5 (#10751) by Adrian Dupree Here is a short blues piece that Bob Kent conceived and composed. This piece is comprised of the pentatonic scale. Blues · Intermediate · 1267 Hits · Last Modified: 3/10/06 126. Piney Wooders (#8815) by Mike Hunt My version of an old Leadbelly song, "Where Did You Sleep Lastnight?" Blues · Beginner · 2501 Hits · Last Modified: 10/28/04 127. Playin Pretty (#510) by Eric Stanbrough This is sort of a blues type lesson but not so much as others, This lesson is about Playin Pretty over some pretty progressions, This means mostly the feeling or mood your solo conveys. Blues · Intermediate · 73062 Hits · Last Modified: 12/13/99 128. PUNCHING THE BLUES (#5680) by Al Fisher THIS LESSON IS IN THE STYLE OF THE GREAT JIMI HENDRIX the examples are in the key of A Blues · Intermediate · 7342 Hits · Last Modified: 12/12/02 129. Robben Ford Type Licks (#31) by Christopher Sung Here are a few licks in the style of Robben Ford. They're mostly 16th note patterns with some nice bluesy runs thrown in. Blues · Advanced · 136568 Hits · Last Modified: 8/27/99 130. Robert Johnson's Thumb Bass Style (#1224) by Jim Burger This lesson examines Robert Johnson's use of the open-string "dead thumb" bass. By picking up this technique, you'll be able to learn almost half the songs he ever recorded! We also cover how to play his most common intros and turnarounds. Blues · Intermediate · 63260 Hits · Last Modified: 7/11/00 131. Shuffle Blues (#434) by Jeremy Cotton If I play a shuffle blues in "G" again, I'm gonna hurt somebody. Here is a guitaristic way to play it in several different keys. Blues · Beginner · 53569 Hits · Last Modified: 12/20/04 132. Simple Blues Progression (#3375) by Mike Weaver An easy blues chord progression that can help any blues beginner on their way to jammin away on the blues. Blues · Beginner · 10468 Hits · Last Modified: 8/23/01 133. Slide In The Key Of D (#4278) by James Stevens Something new for beginer slide players Blues · Intermediate · 4421 Hits · Last Modified: 3/8/02 134. Solo Trick (#7735) by Philippe Jutras Some tricks for solo in blues. Blues · Advanced · 17802 Hits · Last Modified: 3/12/04 135. Soloing Over A Twelve Bar Blues (#10840) by Robert Ridgeway There is different ways to solo over a twelve bar blues depending the effect your looking for. This lesson uses minor pentatonic, the minor blues pentatonic, major pentatonic and mixolydian pentatonic scales. Blues · Beginner · 8032 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/06 136. Some SRV Like Playin' (#4031) by Arthur Steinmann Its my first online lesson :) I love the music and the fiery guitar style of SRV and want to share some SRV like style riffs created by myself. Blues · Advanced · 8831 Hits · Last Modified: 2/18/02 137. Something to make friends say COOL (#1629) by Joe Ramirez Here is something for a seventh feel.It was inspired by the great guitar player...in my opinion...Neal Schon. Take a listen. Blues · Advanced · 10697 Hits · Last Modified: 11/5/00 138. Spice Up Your Blues Licks (#4861) by Robert Barr By stealing some notes from the mixolydian mode we can add some flavor to those lame blues licks. Blues · Beginner · 11957 Hits · Last Modified: 7/3/02 139. Spider Crawl Blues Shuffle (#9113) by Dave Sharp This is a simple but refreshing variant of the classic shuffle. Blues · Beginner · 65702 Hits · Last Modified: 1/3/05 140. SRV Style Lick #1 (#8029) by Rick Kelly Stevie style phrasing, used in many tunes with variations. Updated 6-20-2007 Blues · Intermediate · 5992 Hits · Last Modified: 8/14/04 141. St. James Infirmary (#2294) by Derek Meeker If you've ever wanted a quick, easy way to play the classic St. James' Infirmary on the guitar,here it is! It's not perfect, so listen to the song as you play along. Blues · Beginner · 9542 Hits · Last Modified: 1/25/01 142. Stevie Ray Vaughan Type Licks I (#26) by Christopher Sung Here are a few licks in the style of the blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. There's a few choice bends and some long triplet runs that sound a bit like something Stevie would play. Blues · Advanced · 277227 Hits · Last Modified: 8/27/99 143. Stevie Ray Vaughan Type Licks II (#79) by Christopher Sung Here are some more tasty licks in the style of that blues firebrand, Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan... Blues · Advanced · 96247 Hits · Last Modified: 6/24/99 144. stretch blues (#114) by Sean Kelly a 12 bar blues to stretch your power chords show you some dominant 7ths and fry your pinky tendon along with it. Blues · Beginner · 44629 Hits · Last Modified: 7/13/99 145. Sweeping Stevie (#3684) by Drew Mosby Sweep\alternate picking some SRV licks Blues · Intermediate · 12737 Hits · Last Modified: 11/11/01 146. Swing Chords (#1996) by Matthieu Brandt Swing & Jump Chord Progression for spicing up the Blues Blues · Intermediate · 10111 Hits · Last Modified: 12/24/00 147. Swing Low Sweet Chariot (#896) by Josh Graves Great arangement of the classic tune Swing Low Sweet Chariot for solo fingerstyle guitar. Not for the weak of heart. This piace has walking bass, melody, and some chordal movement thrown in too. Blues · Advanced · 33226 Hits · Last Modified: 3/31/00 148. That Stormy Monday rhythm (#51) by Jared Wren I don't know what you call it, but I always hear this type of rhythm on "Stormy Monday", so that's what I'm calling it Blues · Intermediate · 94939 Hits · Last Modified: 6/13/99 149. The B.B. Concept (#3220) by Julian Guy Everybody knows B.B. King...so here are a few cool things that this man does that makes him unparalleled in comparison with other blues guitarists. Blues · Advanced · 21746 Hits · Last Modified: 7/21/01 150. The Bleedin' Fingertip Blues (#2476) by Maciek Sakrejda A one-chord-shape blues that would build up calluses on... um... marshmellows! Yeah, that's it. Blues · Beginner · 17264 Hits · Last Modified: 2/26/01 151. The Lightnin' Hopkins Style (#507) by Jim Burger This lesson features some licks and techniques used by Lightnin' Hopkins, one of my favorite blues guitarists. Lightnin' was great at making fairly simple stuff sound awesome. I will add to the lesson periodically. Blues · Intermediate · 185676 Hits · Last Modified: 12/15/99 152. The Minor Pentatonic - Blues (#9461) by David O' Toole Here's a great place to start soloing - the easy to play, learn and use Minor Pentatonic scale. Includes MP3 Backing Track and Scale Diagrams. Blues · Beginner · 6323 Hits · Last Modified: 6/1/05 153. Them Thar Blues Patterns (#4554) by Dave Daoust Put that guitar down and spend some time with your family!Listen to your kids for a change!Oh yeah when your done take this lesson. Blues · Beginner · 11664 Hits · Last Modified: 5/3/02 154. Them Thar Blues Scales (#4348) by Dave Daoust By request,a common scale in the key of E. Blues · Beginner · 17413 Hits · Last Modified: 6/14/04 155. Uptown Blues Turnaround (#3577) by Alan Roberts One of my favorite jazzy sounding turnarounds. Blues · Intermediate · 8104 Hits · Last Modified: 10/13/01 156. Variations On The Shuffle (#10880) by Peter Kiley Here are two simple variations on the blues shuffle Blues · Beginner · 11760 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/06 157. Very Simple Turnaround (#7816) by Tony Arnold Here's an extremely simple turnaround I was shown the other day. So simple in fact that I started using it everywhere! Blues · Beginner · 5273 Hits · Last Modified: 3/30/04 158. Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21) by Christopher Sung This lesson takes you step by step through some of the devices you can use to create walking bass lines and chords for solo blues guitar, or rhythm blues guitar. Blues · Advanced · 146014 Hits · Last Modified: 5/28/99 159. Walking Blues (#2677) by Josh Graves Walking bass with E blues ideas, very syncopated and interesting. Blues · Intermediate · 39062 Hits · Last Modified: 4/2/01

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