Finger Style Blues Guitar Made Easy

Explore box car blues in finger style blues guitar, presented as an easy recital demonstration that showcases blues nuances and practical techniques for beginners.

Explore box car blues as a 12-bar blues in swing rhythm, with harmonics on the first two strings and fingerstyle patterns across strings 1–6, including open strings and bass notes.

Learn advanced finger style technique in box car blues, covering bars 7–12 with left-hand shapes, harmonics, open bass strings, and swing rhythm patterns across strings.

Master swing rhythm in fingerstyle blues as you play box car blues, bars 13–24, holding the ninth fret on the second string and plucking the open sixth string.

Explore box car blues as a 12-bar blues in the key of A, using three chord shapes and swing rhythm, with techniques to add notes and varied fingerstyle ideas.

Learn box car blues through a play-along using a basic swing rhythm, soloing with standard chords and choosing either the recital version or counting off four.

Play along with the box blues recital using strong chords, and follow the four-count groove: one, two, three, four.

Master bar room blues with easy fingerstyle guitar techniques, featuring a recital-ready performance. Learn expressive blues phrasing and precise fingerpicking in a concise session.

Master bar room blues through preparation around the C-7 chord shape played at three frets, then apply the right-hand swing rhythm and plucking sequence.

Learn the complete bar room blues with C-7, F7, and G7 progressions, swing rhythm, and a structured right-hand plucking sequence across strings 2–5, including alternating rhythms and dynamics.

Master finger style blues guitar through the easy time blues recital. Develop confidence in technique and performance for this lecture's blues repertoire.

Learn easy time blues in A by using the blues scale across open strings with swing rhythm and a steady bass pattern, based on bars 1–9.

Master blues fingerstyle in bars 10-17, using triplets on the first beat and swing rhythm. Apply fretting, slides, and open strings on the first three strings to shape the melody.

Learn easy time blues guitar through bars 18 to 29, with identical rhythms in bars 18–19, open strings, third-fret patterns, and swing rhythm emphasis.

Learn to improvise blues on the six-string guitar using the blues scale in A, with swing rhythm, bends on the third fret, and varied phrase lengths.

Develop accessible finger style blues guitar techniques and enjoy a recital of cos she's a woman, showcasing expressive picking and blues phrasing.

Learn a finger style blues approach to cos she's a woman, featuring major and minor seven chords and phrase-based melodies, with a first-fret bar and strings one to four.

Master bars 8–13 of Cos she's a woman in finger style blues guitar, learning chord shapes, precise fretting, and multi-string plucking across open and fretted notes.

Master a blues fingerstyle exercise around a single chord shape for 'cos she's a woman,' moving through frets 7, 5, 4 and 3 with a right-hand 1–4, 2–3–1 arpeggio.

Explore finger style blues guitar through the apple blossom blues recital. This recital aligns with finger style blues guitar made easy, offering approachable techniques for beginners.

Explore a lazy swing blues feel in apple blossom blues, centered on three chord shapes (G, C, C7) with a palm-muted bass pattern and a fingerpicked melody.

Master finger style blues techniques for Apple Blossom Blues, bars 13–32, using third frets on the six strings, swing feel, and sustained notes through open strings and G7 chord.

Master finger-style blues guitar through Country Joe's recital in this made-easy course for learners of all levels.

Master finger style blues guitar through Country Joe introduction, learning G-7, C-7, and D-9 chord shapes, right-hand sequences, and precise plucking from the bass string to rhythmically strum without overstrumming.

Explore country joe blues in swing rhythm through finger-style techniques, using thumb-plucked six-string patterns, G7 and C7 chords, syncopation, and bar-by-bar phrasing across bars 1–13.

Practice fingerstyle blues guitar through Country Joe bars 14–28, holding C, G, C-7, and G-7 shapes while executing a repeated right-hand strummed sequence with swing rhythm.

Master the finger style blues approach to St. James Infirmary, focusing on the A minor chord, swing rhythm, and bar-by-bar picking patterns in bars 1–5.

Hold the a minor chord through bars 6–9 and practice swing rhythm while plucking strings to outline the melody in this St James Infirmary finger-style blues lesson.

Learn to play St James Infirmary in finger style blues, focusing on swing rhythm, bass notes, triplets, and A minor chord shapes across bars 10–13.

Explore finger style blues guitar techniques through a recital of dog in the sea blues, focusing on accessible practice and performance-ready skills.

Master finger style blues guitar in the dog in the sea blues lesson bars 1–16, using swing rhythm, left-hand chords C and G (G7 and C-7), and a right-hand pattern.

Practice bars 17–24 of dog in the sea blues, shaping C major chords, assembling bass notes on strings 5 and 6, and applying a consistent right-hand plucking pattern.

Master the final section, bars 25-36, by forming bar chords on the fifth and first strings, fretting the third fret, and following the right-hand arpeggio pattern.

Explore finger style blues guitar techniques through a recital piece titled 'One cloudy day,' and build accessible, practical skills for blues playing.

Explore one cloudy day, a jazz blues fingerstyle piece, featuring phrases, open and barre chords, and voicings like C major and C major seventh.

Master finger-style blues guitar techniques in bars 7–13, including C major, C major seven, and minor seven chord shapes, precise fingerings, and multi-string plucking patterns.

Master finger style blues guitar techniques through bar-based melodies, chord shapes like a minor seven and c, and synchronized plucking patterns across strings to sustain notes.