Blues tabs guitar

In this lesson, you learn how to play the All Blues piano intro on guitar. As we have fewer fingers than pianists, this version of the piano riff fits on the fretboard and outlines the original sound as closely as possible. Start by learning the riff over each chord in the tune separately, then combine them to play the riff as a whole over the backing track. From there, you can alter the rhythms, add some notes, take some notes away, etc. to create your own variations on this famous riff.

In previous posts I have discussed different ways to introduce the 12 Bar Blues to students. This month I wanted to talk about using a walking bass line to accompany another guitarist or musician when playing a 12 Bar Blues. Walking bass lines are generally associated with our bass playing brethren, but guitarists can also effectively use them. In its most simplistic form a walking bass outlines (or arpeggiates) the notes of a chord using a quarter note rhythm. There are many complications…

This sheet is for beginners and Grade 1 level guitarists. The blues pattern follows the basic 12 bar blues. The riffs used here are popular for the blues style and can also be found in rock and roll. You could play this exercise with either straigh 8th notes or swung 8th notes. Free PDF: Beginners […]

Acoustic flatpicking blues, easy guitar lesson. Play this blues solo #4 with tablature and video.

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In this lesson you will learn an essential blues rhythm riff to add to your blues playing + chords that will help you move beyond open and barre chords.

Learn to play this acoustic fingerstyle guitar blues with free Tablature and video tutorial. E Blues.

I was quite surprised to find that the author of these fine songs was none other than Arthur Smith. Some people look at Smith as just a country TV star, but he was far more than that. He was an extraordinary guitar player, and an incredible songwriter. Not only did he write this famous movie theme song, Dueling Banjos, but he also penned the classic Guitar Boogie (see below). ALTERNATE PICKING (down & up) One thing that may help you is learning Alternate Picking. This is somewhat of an…