The Blues

The Blues On Harmonica and Guitar

Begin with a review of selecting the right key harmonica for second postion. Learn the chords on guitar and harmonica. Discover the chord to...

Harmonica and Guitar Chords

This lesson works out Blues in G, concentrating on chords both on guitar and harmonica. Keep the rhythm simple and as you change the chord o...

Harmonica and Guitar Chord Tones

In this exercise, let’s work on the notes on the harmonica that make up each of our chords in our G Blues progression.

Harmonica and Guitar Chord Tones With Added 6th

This video extends the chords of The Blues to include the 6th of the chord. This makes for a commonly used lick.

Blues Scale

The Blues scale is covered in this video. Learn what notes make up the Blues scale. Learn where these notes are located on the guitar and ha...

Blues In E

Learn how to play The Blues in an open E format. This is a cool sounding, fairly easy to play riff pattern that we can use and expand on for...

5 6 Blues Shuffle In A

Learn how to play The Blues in an open A format. This is a cool sounding, fairly easy to play riff pattern that we can use and expand on for...

Notes on the 6th String

The Blues can be played in any key so we don’t want to be limited to playing our Blues comping patterns just in open formats which limits th...

Notes on the 5th String

In this lesson, we’ll look at the names of the notes on the 5th string from the nut up to the 12th fret.

5 6 Blues Shuffle - Root on 6th String

In this video, I look at moving the 5 – 6 Blues Shuffle around on the neck. In particular, we set up the I7 chord with it’s root note on the...

5 6 Blues Shuffle - Root on 5th String

Like the previous video, here I look at moving the 5 – 6 Blues Shuffle around on the neck. This time however, we set up the I7 chord with it...

Offbeat Blues Rhythm

Here is a straight forward comp to use that imitates the snare drum with down strokes on 2 and 4. A ton of Blues songs are in the key of A, ...

Offbeat Blues Rhythm With Harmonica Shots

Let’s combine the offbeat Blues comp with the harmonica. In this video, I’m going to keep it simple. The harmonica mimics where the kick dru...

Offbeat Blues Rhythm With Harmonica Chords

Let’s use the offbeat Blues comp again in the key of A and play chord shots on harmonica. You’ll need a D harmonica for this. Harmonica shot...

Blues Root 7 Riff

Now it’s time to step up the harmonica difficulty a little bit. So we’ll keep the comp simple and use the offbeat Blues rhythm. For the harm...

Blues Root 7 and the 5 6 Shuffle

In the last video we added some complexity to the harmonica riff. In this video we’ll keep the harmonica riff but increase the difficulty wi...

Riffin' Offbeat

This lesson combines a simple rhythm, the Blues offbeat comp with a 4 bar harmonica riff. The riff is played three times in a 12 Bar Blues p...

Riffin' and the 5 6 Shuffle

This lesson combines the 5 – 6 Shuffle in A with the 4 bar Riffin’ harmonica riff. The riff is played three times in a 12 Bar Blues progress...

C7 Blues Finger Picking Rhythm

Here’s a great little Blues riff based on the C7 chord shape that can be moved all over the neck to allow playing the Blues in any key. Firs...

This video series introduces The Blues to guitar and harmonica.

It’s amazing that a brand of music which typically only uses 3 chords in a consistent progression can have so many styles and such history.

That’s why this section is called an introduction to The Blues. The subject is deep and vast.

I’ll take you through the 12 Bar Blues chords and progression.

Each chord is made up of 4 notes, all of which can be used when soloing and playing Blues melodies.

There are also some great scales including the Blues Scale that supply the source for Blues inspiration.

Learn a number of different guitar accompaniments in a number of different keys. Then add some tasty harmonica.