Easy Blues Guitar Crash Course

Learn to play the 12-bar blues in major and minor keys, master dominant seventh chords, and develop an authentic blues feel with swing.

Learn the three blues chords e7, a7, and b7, and see how e7 and a7 can be played as open shapes while b7 uses barre form.

Learn the 12-bar blues form, a 12-measure sequence where each chord gets four beats, in the key of E, and finish with the E7 chord.

Develop the blues swing feel by counting triplets and only striking the first and third beats, while practicing a motion on the second beat without strumming over e7 and a7.

learn the 12-bar blues in the key of E using triplet and swing feels, with seventh chords or major equivalents, open chords, and flexible fingerings to explore positions.

Master the one four five blues change by identifying the one, four, and five chords using Roman numerals in any blues key, with practical examples in E and A.

Learn blues soloing across major, minor, and delta styles by using dominant arpeggios over the 12-bar blues, moving a single shape with the changing chords to stay in parallel movement.

Learn the 12-bar blues in the key of C using C, F, and G chords, with seventh chord shapes, triplet and swing feels, or play major chords if needed.

Demonstrates the 12-bar blues in A, converts chords to seventh shapes (A7, D7, E7), mixes open and barre shapes with a swing triplet feel, and finishes on the one chord.

Learn to play and solo through a minor 12-bar blues in a minor key (A minor) using the pentatonic minor scale, with focus on minor chords and minor seventh variations.