Blues Guitar Lessons


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Blues Guitar LessonsThe blues guitar lessons on this page were chosen not because they’re all 100% blues; in fact, many of the skills you’ll learn here apply equally well to other genres of music as well.

However, blues guitar is an extremely popular sub-culture among guitar players, and as such I felt it deserved a special mention here. As such, you’ll find lessons on this page that will teach you different aspects of blues guitar playing, though sometimes from a more general base.

For example, understanding the pentatonic scale is terribly important, and as such is one of these blues guitar lessons; however it is equally terribly important to know that scale if you’re going to play country, rock, pop, or any of dozens of other genres you may like.

Now, with all that said, there are some skills and techniques that are specific to blues guitar, and over time, we’ll try to dig into those here too.

Blues Guitar Lessons:

Acoustic Blues Guitar Boogie

Here’s another lesson from Colin Daniel (aka the Riff Ninja) on an acoustic blues guitar boogie pattern. This is a great shuffle pattern that sounds awesome on acou[more]

Cool Guitar Riffs #3 – Inverted Thirds in G

Today’s guitar lesson has some cool guitar riffs and ideas for you, but this time I also get into the theory behind the riffs – just a bit . Theory is incredi[more]

Cool Guitar Riffs #2

I’ve decided to start a series of videos for the cool guitar riffs lessons. Hence the name “Cool Guitar Riffs #2.” Mostly because I’m running out [more]

Cool Arpeggiated Riffs with Triads

Here’s another lesson for you riff-hungry rocksters out there! One cool way that you can start looking for new chords to use is to examine the top few strings of th[more]

Using Octaves in Guitar Riffs

If you’ve watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you’ll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I’ve mentio[more]

Using Open Notes in Guitar Solos

If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you’ll see that in many keys, some of the notes you’re playing are [more]

Guitar Riffs for Last Dance With Mary Jane

A little while ago I did a lesson for the beginner’s on the chords for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty. I got some good feedback from the lesson, with most [more]

Blues Guitar Riff on 3rds

I know how much you guys love learning riffs, so here’s another lesson for you to scratch the itch I love this blues guitar riff, and although in the lesson I teach[more]

Blues Guitar Strumming

Today’s guitar lesson is on the art of strumming, specifically, blues guitar strumming. As you’ll see, I initially started this strumming lesson using G C and[more]

2 Cool Blues Guitar Riffs

I know how much you all like riffs, so I’m hoping you’re gonna like these two blues guitar riffs as much as I do. The first of these blues guitar riffs is bas[more]

Improvising in Open G… Here are some Riffs!

Many days when I pick up my guitar I end up just noodling away… improvising is probably my favorite part of playing the guitar. Improvising over open chords is prob[more]

Fortunate Son (John Fogerty) Guitar Lesson

Here’s a good old classic rock tune for today’s lesson: Fortunate Son. It’s got a great intro riff that will be instantly recognizable by anyone you pla[more]

A Fun 12 Bar Blues Progression with Riff

Here’s a fun yet easy progression you can jam with in A pentatonic minor. The chords are simply Am7, Dm7 and Em7. Try experimenting with your own riffs in between c[more]

Having Fun With Triads (Open D and Dm Patterns)

Seriously – if you’re playing along with another guitar player – this lesson will help you find something different to play. Puh-lease don’t play [more]

3 Cool Licks

This video lesson has a few cool guitar riffs that you can use. I always find it fun to learn new riffs, but sometimes you come across a particular riff on a song somewhe[more]

Pentatonic Riffage

Want to really get a handle on blues guitar? Checkout Playing Through The Blues There’s really no limit to what you can do with the pentatonic scale, and the absolu[more]

Learn a Blues Shuffle

This blues shuffle is fun to play and sounds great at the same time. Plus, it gives you tons of room to noodle over. Bored playing it clean? Hit the talent button and cru[more]

Improvising With the Pentatonic Scale

Improvising really isn’t as difficult as you might think. I know many of you have probably been trained in the school of “play what’s on the page, dummy[more]

Playing Through The Blues Review

Here’s a sneak peak review video I did for Playing Through The Blues by Griff Hamlin: Checkout Playing Through The Blues Playing Through The Blues, by Griff Hamlin,[more]