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This course includes:

  • 8.5 hours on-demand video
  • 31 downloadable resources
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Music Instruments Blues Guitar

Blues for the Curious Guitarist

Complete blues guitar course. Chords, strumming, soloing, blues theory, songs, & jam tracks. Major & minor. All levels.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (115 ratings)
3,613 students
Created by Dan Dresnok
Last updated 10/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • Play real blues guitar.
  • Play blues chords in several positions across the fretboard.
  • Soloing using the methods of the greatest blues players.
  • Develop a swing feel in your strumming & picking.
  • Learn major blues forms.
  • Learn minor blues forms.
  • Learn blues tricks for flawless solos.
  • Learn several popular blues songs.
  • Deep-dive into blues guitar theory.

Requirements

  • This course is for everyone - including complete beginners.
  • You only need a guitar - any guitar with six strings.
  • We'll start at the very beginning.

Description

What students are saying:

  • 5 stars, "This is an amazing course. Very well presented and easy to understand."  -Bobby S.


  • 5 stars, "This course is a very good match. I've always wanted to find a blues course where theory elements are applied to the guitar."  -Jorge H.


  • 5 stars, "Engaging instructor. Relaxed delivery is easy to follow. This course makes you a better guitarist."  -Peter M.


  • 5 stars, "Very thorough explanation. Able to understand the concept of the way things fall into place. "  -Marc C.


  • 5 stars, "This is great stuff.  I can feel the onslaught of some major illness that's going to keep me home from work tomorrow so I can soak some more of this up."  -Marc A.


Welcome to Blues for the Curious Guitarist.  This is a complete course to help you fully understand & play real blues guitar.  We'll start at the very beginning (assuming that you're starting from scratch) and work our way up to advanced blues.  By the end of this course, you'll be chord comping & soloing over several different major & minor blues progressions & songs.  You'll have endless chord changing possibilities so that your chords will always be exciting with unlimited soloing choices.  You'll learn to properly solo over blues songs in any key, giving you several positions &  options for where & how you want to approach your solos. 

Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this course - electric, acoustic, or classical guitar. 

You'll learn how to navigate blues theory so you can always have fun & be creative when playing blues guitar.

Every lesson video has a PDF attachment in the "additional resources" tab.  These PDFs are the tabs, songs, chords, and text guitar lessons.   You can download, save, & print these.  Be sure to get all the PDFs.

This course is in four sections: 

[Blues Guitar Basics] - Get all of the tools you'll need for the entire course (starting from scratch.)

[Major Blues] - Begin using the tools we've learned to play chords & solo through the major Delta style blues progressions while exploring lots of blues tricks along the way.

[Minor Blues] - Learn the minor style of blues playing, still using the tools we've learned, but with new methods for the minor keys.

[Blues Songs] - Learn old blues songs with chords & soloing.  These songs will help you jump start your blues song list and give you choices beyond the standard blues forms.

I'm glad you're here!  The world needs more guitarists that can play real blues.

This will be easy & fun!  Let's get started.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn real blues guitar.
  • Complete beginner guitarists.
  • Intermediate or advanced guitarists wanting to improve their blues playing.
  • Guitarists wanting to level-up their blues skills.

Course content

5 sections • 37 lectures • 8h 16m total length

  • Preview12:22
  • Guitar Fundamentals
    19:47
  • Open Chords
    17:55
  • Barre Chords
    23:00
  • Basic Rhythm
    23:11
  • Swing Feel
    21:00
  • Arpeggios
    19:05
  • Scales
    22:49
  • Techniques
    15:16
  • Dominant 7th Chord Shapes
    12:40

  • 12-Bar Blues in E
    21:35
  • Walk Ups & Walk Downs
    11:34
  • Soloing with Arpeggios
    16:20
  • Soloing with Mixolydian
    21:10
  • 12-Bar Blues in A
    26:07
  • The Blue Note
    13:14
  • 12-Bar Blues in C
    15:14
  • Relative & Parallel Modes
    16:11

  • Minor 12-Bar Blues in A
    10:05
  • Soloing with Minor Arpeggios
    08:49
  • Soloing with Pentatonic Minor Scale
    13:49
  • Soloing with Natural Minor Scale
    17:42
  • Minor 12-Bar Blues in E
    11:52
  • Minor 12-Bar Blues in G
    11:35

  • Backwater Blues
    05:13
  • Frankie and Albert
    05:17
  • Dust My Broom
    03:25
  • Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
    05:04
  • Saint James Infirmary Blues
    08:09
  • Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out
    07:18
  • Closing Thoughts - Moving Forward
    07:16

  • Jam Track - 12-Bar Blues in G Major
    10:09
  • Jam Track - 12-Bar Blues in A Major
    10:09
  • Jam Track - 12-Bar Blues in C Major
    10:09
  • Jam Track - 12-Bar Blues in E Major
    10:09
  • Jam Track - Minor 12-Bar Blues in A
    10:02
  • Bonus Lecture
    02:11

Instructor

Dan Dresnok
Guitar Teacher
Dan Dresnok
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 1,281 Reviews
  • 22,239 Students
  • 15 Courses

Hi, I'm Dan Dresnok - I’m your guitar teacher. I've been teaching guitar lessons for over 27 years. I want you to learn everything that I know about guitar & music. Your learning experience will be relaxed, easy, & fun.

I’ve worked as a session guitarist for various recording studios. I’ve performed live countless times. I’ve moderated hundreds of group guitar clinics. I’ve written several guitar method books & created over a dozen online guitar courses.

I have a decade-long background in drums & percussion, which gives a huge rhythmic edge to my playing & teaching approach.

I specialize in jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock, music & guitar theory.

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