Blues Guitar: Learn to Play

Learn blues guitar at your own pace. Explore over 50 examples of blues rhythm guitar, including slow blues, uptown/jump blues, mambo blues, blues rock, and more.

1. Introduction

• Introduction
• Tuning

2. The Medium Shuffle

• Example 1: "Guitar Boogie Shuffle"
• Example 2: "The Zipper"
• Example 3: "Memphis Fat"
• Example 4: "Dazzled"
• Example 5: "The Big One"
• Example 6: "Slippery"
• Example 7: "The Big Bottom"
• Example 8: "Icy Road"
• Example 9: "The Odd Couple"
• Example 10: "The Rumble"
• Example 11: "Austin’s Pride"
• Example 12: "The Back Stack"

3. Straight Eighths

• Example 1: "On the Lamb"
• Example 2: "Lord Mr. Ford"
• Example 3: "Short & Sweet"
• Example 4: "The New Shoes Blues"
• Example 5: "Too Tall Holmes"
• Example 6: "Filthy McNasty"
• Example 7: "Book On Outta Here"
• Example 8: "Johnny Clear"
• Example 9: "Sticky Figs"
• Example 10: "Your Feet’s Too Big"
• Example 11: "Jazz Bow"
• Example 12: "Pay the Man"

4. The Blues/Rock Shuffle

• Example 1: "Blues for Breakfast"
• Example 2: "Revelator"
• Example 3: "Mission Ten Eleven"
• Example 4: "Clearly a Habit"
• Example 5: "Slidin’ Around"
• Example 6: "The Main Squeeze"
• Example 7: "Green and Blues"
• Example 8: "Due Props"
• Example 9: "Zample Pample"
• Example 10: "Rough Neck"

5. Uptown/Jump Blues

• Example 1: "Back Home Blues"
• Example 2: "Kansas City Stomp"
• Example 3: "The Turnpike"
• Example 4: "Slithery"
• Example 5: "Detroit Banger"
• Example 6: "Floatin’ On Down to Cotton Town"
• Example 7: "Swing Street"
• Example 8: "Hoopie Do"
• Example 9: "Big City Lights"

6. Slow Blues

• Example 1: "When the Levy Breaks"
• Example 2: "The Bump"
• Example 3: "Yazoo, That’s My Baby"
• Example 4: "Closin’ Time"
• Example 5: "The Stormy Monday Progression"

7. Mambo Blues

• Example 1: "Chordy"
• Example 2: "Double Cross"
• Example 3: "Shreveport"
• Example 4: "Big Fun"
• Example 5: "Waggin’"
• Example 6: "Jazzeriffic"

8. Techniques

• Slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons
• Bending and vibrato
• The trill and the rake

9. Medium Shuffle

• Medium shuffle, solo 1
• Medium shuffle, solo 2
• Medium shuffle, solo 3
• Medium shuffle, complete performance

10. Funky Straight Eighths

• Funky straight eighths, solo 1
• Funky straight eighths, solo 2
• Funky straight eighths, solo 3
• Funky straight eighths, complete performance

11. Blues-Rock

• Blues-rock, solo 1
• Blues-rock, solo 2
• Blues-rock, solo 3
• Blues-rock, complete performance

12. Uptown/Jump Blues

• Uptown/jump blues, solo 1
• Uptown/jump blues, solo 2
• Uptown/jump blues, solo 3
• Uptown/jump blues, complete performance

13. Slow Blues

• Slow blues, solo 1
• Slow blues, solo 2
• Slow blues, solo 3
• Slow blues, complete performance

14. Mambo Blues

• Mambo blues, solo 1
• Mambo blues, solo 2
• Mambo blues, solo 3
• Mambo blues, complete performance

Conclusion

• Goodbye