The Skeptical Guitarist: Blues Guitar from Scratch - Guitar Method

First things first: the venerable Twelve Bar Blues chord progression, the backbone of the blues. You'll learn how to use the 1, 4 and 5 chords to do chordal accompaniment, the Blues Shuffle and the Guitar Boogie in the most common blues keys, A and E.Then comes blues lead playing and improvisation. The Minor Pentatonic Scale in the Key of Em will be our first concern, with additional notes added as needed. Then we move on to the C-A-G-E-D box patterns that are found up the neck in the Key of Am and learn how to shape-shift. Finally come sections on slide guitar playing in standard, open G and open D tunings. Table of Contents: Comping for Twelve-Bar bluesBlues Shuffle in the Key of ASwing RhythmVariationsBlues Shuffle in the Key of EAlternatives to the B riffVariationsSyncopationGuitar Boogie in E - adding the 3rdThe Major-Minor ambiguityVariationsHarmonizing the Blues ShuffleChordal comping for Blues in EHarmonizing and comping in ABlues lead playing Pentatonic ScaleEm pentatonic box