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We start of simple, and gradually turn it into an amazing blues! This is a step by step guide of how we can play blues on the electric or acoustic guitar. A ...
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- Paul Davids
📖 Download the free lesson tabs/chords here: https://www.willripleyguitar.com/easy-blues-guitar-songs-for-beginnersThanks so much for downloading the PDF an...
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- Will Ripley Guitar
This is a complete beginners course for blues guitar. After this course you are able to understand, play and improvise blues. It is recommend that you go thr...
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- HPCrazy
- In This Free Guitar Lesson You Will Learn
- What Is Blues Music?
- What Is Rhythm guitar?
- Blues Guitar For Beginners – 7 Chords
- The E7 Chord
- The A7 Chord
- The B7 Chord
- Why Do We Have to Learn These Specific Chords?
- Blues Guitar For Beginners – Essential Chord Progressions
- Learning The Progression
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3 must know lead guitar licks that will make you sound amazing.3 awesome sounding strumming patterns.The no1 secret to learning rhythm and lead guitar.3 essential blues guitar riffs.Blues music is one of THE most popular genres to learn on guitar. It’s fun, easy and sounds great. The blues has been prominent in modern music since the 1930s and has a deep, soulful, rich sound, Whether it’s a killer solo from the guitarist or a tight rhythm section working together; blues music has a great groove. There’s a feeling you get from ...
Rhythm guitarists play chords, rather than single note lines. Although this role isn’t as fun as playing lead guitar, it’s SO important. The job of a rhythm guitarist is to keep a solid groove.Without rhythm guitar, lead guitar would be nothing. In blues guitar, we have specific chords which have a bluesy sound, these are known as ‘7’ chords. Let’s...
When learning blues guitar for beginners, you must learn 7 chords. We’re going to learn 3 of the most popular ‘7’ chords. Those chords are: 1. E7 2. A7 3. B7 Let’s learn them.
Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string. (5th string.)Place your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the G string. (3rd string.)Strum all the strings.Place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the D string. (4th string.)Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret o the B string. (2nd string.)Strum from the A string!Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string. (5th string.)Place your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the D string. (4th string.)Place your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. (3rd string.)Strum from the A string!All of these guitar chords are part of a common chord progression in blues music, that progression is the ’12 bar blues’. The ‘E7’, ‘A7’ and ‘B7’ all belong to a 12 bar blues in the key of E. It is possible to play a 12 bar blues in other keys. However, for today’s lesson we’re going to be focusing on a 12 bar blues in the key of ‘E’.
The main progression in blues music is known as a ’12 bar blues’. You must know this chord progression if you want to learn blues music. Hundreds of artists have used this progression, including John Mayer, B.B King and John Lee Hooker.
The reason it’s called a 12 bar blues, is because it features…you guessed it! 12 bars. A bar is a segment in musical time, so when we play a 12 bar blues, we have 12 bars of music. We’re going to be learning a 12 bar blues in the key of E. Here’s the progression: Can you see the bar lines? (The straight lines between each chord.) If we count the sp...
Learn the basics of blues guitar, including 7 chords, 12 bar blues progression, strumming patterns and lead guitar licks. This free lesson will help you play blues music with confidence and style.
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Mar 14, 2018 · The Blues is one of the simplest styles of music of the 19th Century. Today I want to show you how to play an easy 12 bar blues on your acoustic guitar using the fingerstyle technique. In this guitar lesson, we are going to combine chords and melody. This is an entertaining approach because it allows you to play the melody along with the chords.
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3:01 – What We Mean by 1 4 and 5 Chords. 3:23 – Blues In The Key of A. 6:30 – Easy Blues – Chord Order. 7:58 – Strumming Acoustic Blues. 8:34 – Classic Blues Rhythm (Boogie Woogie) 13:27 – I IV V Memory Exercise. 14:38 – Essential Turnaround Lick. 16:27 – Easy Turnaround Lick.
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Learn how to play some classic blues songs with simple lessons from Fender Play. From John Lee Hooker to B.B. King, discover the essential blues riffs, techniques and styles of different legends.
