Acoustic Blues Guitar Basics

Whether your tastes lie in the Delta, Chicago, Piedmont, or Texas blues, learn the techniques, progressions, and rhythmic patterns used by acoustic blues guitarists. This complete guide includes three hours of instructional video.

CONTENTS

• The 12-Bar Blues and Other Common Progressions (includes "See See Rider")
• The Blues Scale and Simple Lead Licks
• Blues Shuffles (includes "Rainy City Blues")
• Fingerstyle Blues (includes "Blue Delta")
• String Bending 101 (includes "Let's Get Bent")
• Slide Guitar (includes "A Little More Elmore")
• Open Tunings
• Swingin' Blues Soloing
• Blues Turnarounds
• Blues Harmony and Chord Substitutions
• Improvising on a Melody
• Ragtime Blues Fingerpicking
• Blues Rhumba and Ballad Rhythms