This course is a fun, easy way for a beginning to intermediate guitarist to learn how to play the blues. You'll learn blues chord progressions as well as a variety of blues strumming and picking patterns. This course also presents basic blues scales, lead guitar techniques, and combination rhythm and lead playing. The basics of slide guitar and open tuning are also covered.

No music reading is required for this course, but the student should understand basic chords and strumming as taught in Mel Bay's Anyone Can Play Guitar Volume 1 video.

This method was created and is taught by Vern Juran, who has an extensive background in teaching and performing blues music.

CONTENTS

Tuning
Chord Review: A, E, B7
Blues Chord Progressions
Adding the E6 Chord
Adding the E7
The A6 and A7 Chords
Example with A and E Chords
G6, C6, and D6
Country Blues in G
A New Blues Run
Blues Run #2
A 12 Bar Blues
Blues Shuffle in E
Blues Shuffle in A
Picking Techniques
Another 12 Bar Blues
E Blues Scale
Slides
Bending
Vibrato
Hammer Ons
Pull Offs
E Blues Scale #2
Example with E7 Variation
Example Blues Rhythm
Playing with a Slide
E Tuning
Play with a Blues Rhythm
Other Texts and Videos