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Build Your Guitar Repertoire with the 8-Bar, 12-Bar and 16-Bar Blues Variations

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About Build Your Guitar Repertoire with the 8-Bar, 12-Bar and 16-Bar Blues Variations

Introduction

The Blues is Universal!

The Blues Practice "Sandbox"

Tip: "Quick to the 4" is Common

Understand the 8 Bar Blues

Learn the 16 Bar Blues, too!

Playing in 12 Keys is a Great Habit

The Blues Wrap-Up

What You Will Learn?

  • Tips and best practices for playing different blues variations is useful to almost any guitar player.  Together, let's learn to play the blues variations on guitar.  This opens a world of opportunity to play/jam with other players.  By learning the 8-Bar, 12-Bar and 16-Bar blues, a guitarist can have command of all the most popular forms of the blues.  This course will help you:.
  • This course is for beginners.  But, even if you're an experienced guitarist and you have never taken time to learn the blues then this course is for you :)..
  • I've played the blues in places where we didn't speak the same language, but we all knew the blues!  The blues is known all over the world - as a musical form, not just a genre - and knowing how to play these variations will mean you can join in and play music with musicians around the world!  So get on board, learn the blues - you don't have to be a fan of the blues genre to benefit from learning the blues on guitar, I promise you that!  When you've finished the lessons, I've created a collection of downloads and a course project that will help you get comfortable and start rockin' ASAP.  Best of luck!  Reach out to me with any questions - I'm always glad to help :).