
Lecture Description
Welcome to the second video in the Blues Guitar Quick-Start Series. In this lesson we are going to go over the standard 12-bar blues progression. This is the foundation for all of the following lessons in this series and it’s the starting point for playing the blues with other musicians.
In the next lesson you'll learn about dominant 7th chords and how you can apply them to the standard 12-bar blues progression. So work through this lesson and then continue on with the Blues Guitar Quick-Start series to learn more.
You can find all of the blues guitar lessons here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyMO_9U8g1Aii7Q3aMgPcjY2mvsH1Zih
You can get the jam-track for this lesson here:
- www.guitarlessons.com/guitar-lessons/blues-guitar-quick-start-series/the-12-bar-blues-progression/
Course Index
- How To Play Blues On Guitar
- The 12 Bar Blues Progression
- Dominant 7th Blues Chords
- The Basic 12 Bar Blues Riff
- Intermediate 12 Bar Blues Riff
- The Blues Guitar Scale Shape
- How The Blues Scale Is Made
- How To Choose Blues Notes
- Blues Phrasing And Expression
- Turnaround Blues Guitar Licks
- Add Licks To The Blues Riff
- Next Steps For Blues Guitar
Course Description
These blues guitar lessons are for guitarists that are interested in learning the most important things to lay a solid foundation in both blues rhythm guitar and blues lead guitar. It doesn’t matter if you are focusing on acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The lessons here apply equally to both.
You will learn about the standard 12-bar blues progression, dominant 7th chords, blues riffs, blues scale shapes, how the blues scale is made, how to choose your notes in the blues scale, blues phrasing, how to interject blues licks into your blues riffs, and more.