
Lecture Description
Welcome to video four of the Blues Guitar Quick-Start Series. In this lesson we are going to go over a simple blues rhythm guitar riff. Learning blues riffs like this is a nice way to dress up your rhythm blues guitar playing and make it a little more interesting.
In the next lesson you'll learn an intermediate blues rhythm guitar riff based off of the one that you’ll learn in this lesson. Make sure you have this rhythm guitar riff down before moving on.
You can find all of the blues guitar lessons here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyMO_9U8g1Aii7Q3aMgPcjY2mvsH1Zih
- www.guitarlessons.com/guitar-lessons/blues-guitar-quick-start-series/the-basic-12-bar-blues-riff/
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.