What You Will Learn – One of the foundations of music today comes from the blues. Rock adopted its style and feel from the blues along with almost every other form including pop! Many people starting out with music are looking for a good and easy blues guitar lesson.

Why do students start out with blues guitar lessons? Well the main reason is that they can pick up the basics quicker and this sustains their interest. Blues fundamentals will make even the most newbie guitar play sound brilliant.

When I first sit down with a new student I like to teach them the pentatonic scale on the guitar. Its easy because its a 5 note pattern. Students seem to remember this pattern easily plus this is the building block of things to come in additional guitar lessons.

With the removal of the conflicting (sour notes) from the pentatonic scale the student has more freedom to try different licks and melodies with the worry of playing out of tune. The pattern is simple to teach and easy for the student to memorize.

Power chords are typically the next lesson for blues guitar. This works well because power chords are built from the root note and the 5th note above that. So its a 2 note chord and easy for the student learn and apply.

These chords are the staple of rock and blues guitar and almost everyone learns this shape in the beginning. The shape is easy to play and can be moved all over the fretboard. The next blues guitar lesson will be the 12 Bar Blues.

Learning how to play a 12 Bar Blues progression is easy after you got your power chords down. Its a simple progression that follows a certain order and can be played in every key. Its a very common progression and your students will know millions of songs built from it.

To boost my students interest I usually play a 12 Bar Blues and have them improvise a simple solo over it. Whats cool about this is that I get to take break LOL no but whats cool is the student finally gets the feeling composing their own music.

Sometimes a student will not have the gear to record with so what I normally do is just play the 12 Bar Blues for them while they solo and work on melodies and riffs.

Well I really hope to hang with you in the members area soon. If you want to really learn guitar and play the blues like a pro it can be done fast and easy right online. Why not blow away your family and friends with your new found talent. After all you owe it to yourself.

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