Learn Blues Guitar

Here we are working on your first steps to play some double stops inside your slow blues guitar solo. The main task in fact is to always know where you are, to select the right double stops and to play them with a cool rhythm pattern. You can take any double stops if you check the chord which is played at the current point inside the blues form but I am showing you the most common double stops and the most common basic rhythm patterns. Once you have those ones done properly with your slow blues guitar training you are ready to become creative and make any combinations. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you a very cool and simple but yet not very simple summer blues guitar riff and some ideas how to develop the tune with some ideas with the E minor pentatonic. I created a cool tarantino style backing track for this cool blues guitar lesson. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here we are taking the first steps on the path to advanced blues guitar improvisation where we start playing more then only the minor pentatonics on a blues. The first steps are to train yourself to always know where in the blues form you are and what the chord is and that you are able to play material ( chord notes and / or the related major pentatonic with the approach note ) where it is required. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I am talking about one of the core elements in any blues guitar improvisation. The dialogue between to people which is displayed into music. Most of the time, it involves arguments between a married couple. So it's not about guitar licks - it's more about talking on guitar and displaying a dialogue. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : And this is the song by Albert Collins I am talking about in this tutorial :

Here I am showing you a easy but very cool Robben Ford style blues guitar riff with the chords E7#9 / A13 / E7#9 / B13 and give you some ideas how to make a cool solo to those chords. The riff is very easy to play because you just need to move the E7#9 voicing one fret down or up but the improvisation might be a brainer. It is a blues but the regular Em blues scale does not reflect the vibe we want to achieve. So we need to start working with several scales including the half tone - full tone scale. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you a very cool and dark Tarantino style blues guitar riff played with a drop D tuning and a tremolo effect. They key to get the vibe right is to have the proper effect settings which is a tremolo effect with a triangle waveform set on 102 bmp, an analog stereo delay and an old style spring reverb together with the drop D tuning with a fender amp on distortion level 5 and a 2*12 cabinet. The rest is your personal imagination and feeling the vibe while you interact with your guitar with the drum and the bass. Check out the backing track which I also produced in this typical retro surf style :

Here you can learn everything you need to know to master a minor blues in the style of Gary Moore or other players in the ballpark. I will show you the chords, the form and the modes which are used in this type of minor blues and a simple way how you can follow the chords. Control over time and space and sound is also important - also try to make music by interacting with the other instruments playing. The biggest mistake you can do on minor blues is to play too many notes. It's all about time, space, form and control of your tone. If you have any questions please ask it in this post below or book a private online guitar lesson. Listen to my full version of this blues her…

Playing a cool show off blues guitar solo with a clean fender amp guitar setting is quiet a challenge. Here I show you how to slove the problem and to make a cool show off shuffle blues guitar solo. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

This lesson is probalby the most important one of all when it comes to improvisation concepts. Here I show you the mind set how you perform the Question & Anwser improvisation concept in a slow blues. The notes are easy to play but the goal is to learn the mindset of this concept. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you a wonderful melodic major blues guitar in the key of D. I show you 2 different guitar parts which work great together as a duo. At the end I also explain to you the concept of " living in the tone " which is crucial from my point of view in a melodic major blues guitar. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : here you can download my recording of this tuine in Dolby Atmos :

Here you learn how to master an emotional minor blues guitar by learning the concept of living in the tone, perception of your melodies and the theoretical background which gives you the foundation for your emotional minor blues guitar. The key is not to play many notes, but the right notes. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here you learn to make basic combinations with chords and solo's from scratch. The key to make the combinations is that you always know where in the bar and the form of the blues you are. This is a basic slow blues guitar form with : Am7 / Dm7 / Am7 / Am7 / Fmaj7 / E7 / Am7 Dm7 / Fmaj7 E7

In this tutorial I show you the very first and very important steps to play your first solo in solo blues guitar. The key in slow blues is timing, tone control and to know 3 main licks. I will show you all of this here and give you some tips on how you can learn to live in the tone to get your personal expression in slow blues guitar even as a beginner.

Here I show you the main licks which I took out Chuck Berries intro of " Johnny B Good " and show you how to transfer those licks into easy going but very effectiv rocknroll and Chuck Berry style guitarsolos. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

One of the crucial things I always teach my students is that you always need to know where you are in the music and feel what is the best thing to do next. At the beginning this is of course a task for everybody and the way to succeed is to reduce the difficulty level and to focus on the music and musical form. Here in this tutorial I show you how to use some very basic chord variations and how to follow this blues in G with your chord variations. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

The most common question in many years of teaching guitar is how to use the mixolydian mode in blues guitar. Here I show you a good method to start using the mixolydian mode the easy way just by following the regular chords of this standard blues in D with the following chord progression : D / G / D / D G / G / D / D A / G / D / A Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you 3 different basic licks which you can use in any slow blues guitar setting. I show the main basic lick and then a whole bundle of variations of them to make you sound really smooth and cool. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here you can learn three easy pro rock and roll licks which work in a show-off situation on stage. Imagine you are playing in a rock and roll band and now the spotlight is on you. Now you want to show that you're the cool guitar player in this rock and roll bands. Playing in many rock and roll bands in my career I found out that these 3 licks are the ones which work are best in such situation. Situation is a fast straight rock and roll beat between 105 and 130 BPM and you have one till two chorus where you can show what you can play on your guitar. You want to set that you highlight and give more pressure and more expression to that song and those are the licks which wo…

Here I show you some very cool high intensity minor blues guitar riff which is played with a drop D tuning. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you a very tasty selection of some easy but still advanced sounding blues guitar licks. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you some really cool slow blues guitar licks in a blues in the key of D. They are quite easy to play and sound really cool. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you all you need to know to play great sounding slow blues guitar riffs. The key is to first work on the foundation of playing guitar and then to move on to the expression and vibe you want to express on guitar. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you one chorus of beautiful minor blues guitar licks but what is way more important I analyse for you the theory, the playing technique and the structure of the licks that you understand in depth the entire mindset of this one chorus of minor blues guitar licks. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here we are doing a basic slow blues guitar training and we are starting with the chords in a minor blues in the key of Am. You learn the chords and how to count a 12/8 messure and to play the chords while you are counting. Timing is the key to set the foundation in your slow blues guitar abilities. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here we want to take your blues guitar skills to the first advanced level the easy way. The goal is that you can play along with the chords. In this case it's a standard blues form in G with quickchange : G7 / C7 / G7 / G7 / C7 / C7 / G7 / G7 / D7 / C7 / G7 / D7 Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :