You know what they say: ”If you’ve got the blues, you’ve got the juice.” Indeed, blues guitar music could be the Mecca of all guitar music. After all, you can’t get any better than that head bobbing and feet tapping rhythm that courses through your very soul like a fine wine or a hot cup of coffee.
If you want to learn blues guitar, the internet is a minefield for websites that claim to speed up your education with fingering, phrasing, and picking techniques which will have you sounding just like the masters, such as BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Anna Popovic.
There is so much information out there that you can get lost in it; which is probably why you are here. I have narrowed down the volumes of courses available out there to just a couple that I believe you will get the most use out of. Check them out below!
(5 Stars)- 6 DVDs of practical instruction
- Jam Along DVD & CD with over 20 songs in various styles for practice
- In-depth interviews with legendary blues guitarists Jack Pearson & Johnny Hiland
- Downloadable book & access to our online support community
- Easy to follow on-screen music and key ideas
- Essential blues guitar techniques explained thoroughly and simply
Product Review: Studying Blues haphazardly is extremely frustrating—a lick here, a lick there—so getting a complete program that takes you step-by-step from the fundamental progressions and tools to progressive blues soloing can help you save months of dead-end trial and error.
Using this course, you will study the notes, chords, and form that define the blues. You’ll also develop a strong collection of ready-to-use riffs (shown in both music and TAB) that can immediately be integrated into your playing.
You’ll listen to precisely what to play through every session’s “Hearing the Blues” ear teaching drills. Explore and demonstrate your new skills with a real band in a number of musical settings while using the Jam Along Disc.
Steve Krenz, professional guitarist & teacher, has performed for years with quite a few Grammy-winning musicians as a Nashville studio guitar player. He is a zealous educator and author of award winning Learn & Master Guitar (Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s Players Choice Award Winner). His practical and easy to understand teaching style makes mastering Blues Guitar easy, achievable, and entertaining.
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(4.5 Stars)- 18 Blues Rhythm lessons with over 90 minutes of video showing you exactly how they are to be played.
- The Playing Through the Blues – A Guide for the Lead Guitar Player ebook.
- The Playing Through The Blues Rhythm & Chords Module ebook.
- The ‘Blues Masters’ section. These solo examples are taken directly from tunes recorded by artists such as Eric Clapton, Freddie King, BB King, and Albert King.
- 10 Complete Jam Tracks to play to and hone your skills.
- Lifetime Updates.
Product Review: I just got done taking a look at Griff Hamlin’s, Playing Through The Blues – A Guide For The Lead Guitar Player, which is a combination of written and video tutorials.
The first book shows all of the scales, techniques, theory, and tactics you will need. It follows an easy to follow, logical process. Each section of the book is supported by the previous section. Toward the finale of each section, you will be reminded what you should be able to do prior to moving on to the next section.
The best part is the audio samples and jam tracks. Every audio file comes with a full speed and slower speed version, so you can jam along easily in the beginning, and speed up as your skills improve.
There are 4 complete solos which really sound as if they are straight from your favorite blues tracks. You can memorize them and totally utilize them at your next blues jam or show. They show all of the techniques through the entire book, and demonstrate a really good “real world” feel of the techniques and process.
Additionally, it has 6 jam audios that come with the course, so once you get started you can simply play along with the band. It’s a lot of fun.
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interesting. ive been trying to learn blues guitar for quite a while myself now, but just never had enough time to practice.