Category: Playing Tips

  • Keb Mo Kind Hearted Woman Blues

    Keb Mo Kind Hearted Woman Blues

    Don’t be afraid of space when playing acoustic blues guitar

  • How to Play Blues Using Blues Chords

    How to Play Blues Using Blues Chords

    Play Blues Guitar Chords – Free Report Shows How to Play Blues Using Blues Chords and Scales Free Report “How to Play Blues Using Blues Chords” Plus a Free Bonus Section “How to Play Blues Using the Blues Scale”. To receive your Free copy please enter your details below: For a FREE copy of my Special Report “How to Play…

  • How to Play Blues Using The Blues Scale

    How to Play Blues Using The Blues Scale

    Pentatonic Blues Scale: Free Report Shows How to Use the Pentatonic Scale to Play Awesome Blues Guitar To receive your FREE copy of “How to Play Blues Guitar Using The Blues Scale” including the BONUS Section “How to Play Blues Using Blues Chords” please enter your details below: For a FREE copy of my Special…

  • What is a 16 bar blues?

    Let’s start with the easy bit, what is a 12 bar blues? From here it’s easier to show the difference with a 16 bar blues. Typically the 12 bar pattern is 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 If you are wondering what these numbers mean the simplest way to…

  • What’s an 8 bar blues?

    Not all blues is 12 bar blues! Typically the 8 bar pattern is 1 5 4 4 1 5 then a turnaround of 1 5 If you are wondering what these numbers mean the simplest way to explain is to think of the 8 major tones in music  CDEFGABC, then number them 1234 and so…

  • Singing the blues – at least singing your licks

    A top tip my guitar teacher gave me is that top blues players can always ‘sing their licks’. If you think about it, it makes sense. If you can’t hear in your head what you want to play  before you play it, what you’ll produce will be a bit random! My teacher would literally hum the licks…

  • B B King Lesson in G

  • Billy Gibbons Guitar Lesson