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More slower blues, with possibly simpler phrasing a beginner improver could build on
Slow Blues Guru
Key Techniques and Creative Approaches for Slow Blues Soloing
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About this course
One of the most challenging skills for blues players is soloing over a slow blues. Not only do you need the technical chops and a solid understanding of the underlying harmony, you also need to be able to tell a story with expressive phrasing, dynamics, and emotion.
Ready to get your own your slow blues chops up to speed? Play your way through the 10 performance studies in Corey Congilio’s Slow Blues Guru and you’ll be well on your way to guru status yourself.
”Legendary guitarists like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix and Gary Moore are all gurus of slow blues. In this Slow Blues Guru course, I’ll guide you through 10 performance studies designed to help you develop the skills you’ll need to become a guru of the slow blues as well.”
Corey organized the course into 10 Slow Blues performance studies. Each study focuses on a specific slow blues approach. Corey will first perform the solo and then break it down note-for-note explaining the underlying technical and harmonic approaches.
You’ll work on slow Texas Blues-style solos with tons bends and vibrato, slow blues solos that combine major and minor pentatonic sounds with double stops, slow down-home blues with lots of open string playing, and slow blues solos taking maximum advantage of the sixth interval.
You’ll learn how to artfully outline chord changes, play in 12/8, 6/8, as well as 4/4, tackle a signature jazz standard progression with a gritty soulful approach, and how to solo over a laid back R&B ballad. And finally you’ll pull out all the stops and play a hard rock inspired solo full of aggressive lines and phrases.
All of the performance studies are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Corey includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s play some slow blues with Corey Congilio!
Ready to get your own your slow blues chops up to speed? Play your way through the 10 performance studies in Corey Congilio’s Slow Blues Guru and you’ll be well on your way to guru status yourself.
”Legendary guitarists like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix and Gary Moore are all gurus of slow blues. In this Slow Blues Guru course, I’ll guide you through 10 performance studies designed to help you develop the skills you’ll need to become a guru of the slow blues as well.”
Corey organized the course into 10 Slow Blues performance studies. Each study focuses on a specific slow blues approach. Corey will first perform the solo and then break it down note-for-note explaining the underlying technical and harmonic approaches.
You’ll work on slow Texas Blues-style solos with tons bends and vibrato, slow blues solos that combine major and minor pentatonic sounds with double stops, slow down-home blues with lots of open string playing, and slow blues solos taking maximum advantage of the sixth interval.
You’ll learn how to artfully outline chord changes, play in 12/8, 6/8, as well as 4/4, tackle a signature jazz standard progression with a gritty soulful approach, and how to solo over a laid back R&B ballad. And finally you’ll pull out all the stops and play a hard rock inspired solo full of aggressive lines and phrases.
All of the performance studies are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Corey includes all of the backing tracks for you to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar and let’s play some slow blues with Corey Congilio!
Corey Congilio's Preferred Gear
Below is a list of Corey Congilio's preferred gear including guitars, amps, pedals, accessories, and more. What you see in Corey's lessons may or may not be this actual gear, but if you are trying to capture Corey's sound and tone, the gear listed below is recommended by Corey and it's a great place to start!
Guitars
Amps
Pedals
- J. Rockett Tim Pierce Signature Overdrive Pedal
- DOD Carcosa Analog Fuzz Pedal
- Dunlop DVP4 Volume (X) Mini Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station Delay Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine Pedal
- Korg Pitchblack Custom Pedal Tuner
Accessories & More
What you'll learn
- Navigate between different scale positions and octaves smoothly
- Target chord tones while soloing over chord changes
- Create dynamic contrast and storytelling in solo construction
- Learn to tell a story with phrasing, dynamics, and emotion
- Develop technical and expressive skills for slow blues soloing
Release date: 12/14/2017 • 2h 17m runtime
Sample lessons
Someday Kinda Blues
Performance
At Night
Overview
At Night
Performance
At Night
Breakdown
What's included
32 lessons • 10 charts • 10 Jam Tracks
Hello, I'm Corey Congilio, and welcome to Slow Blues Guru. One of the most challenging skills for blues players is soloing over a slow blues. Not only do you need the technical chops and a solid understanding of the underlying harmony, you also need to be able to tell a story with expressive phrasing, dynamics, and emotion.
Legendary guitarists like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix and Gary Moore are all gurus of slow blues. In this Slow Blues Guru course, we'll work through 10 performance studies designed to help you develop all of the skills you'll need to become a guru of the slow blues as well.
I'll break down each solo for you note for note, you'll get tab and notation, AND you'll get all of the rhythm tracks to work with as well. You can also loop and slow down any of the performances so that you can work with the materials at your own pace. So, grab your guitar and let's get started!
Legendary guitarists like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix and Gary Moore are all gurus of slow blues. In this Slow Blues Guru course, we'll work through 10 performance studies designed to help you develop all of the skills you'll need to become a guru of the slow blues as well.
I'll break down each solo for you note for note, you'll get tab and notation, AND you'll get all of the rhythm tracks to work with as well. You can also loop and slow down any of the performances so that you can work with the materials at your own pace. So, grab your guitar and let's get started!
"Tears From Above" is a Texas blues inspired solo with plenty of nods to Stevie Ray Vaughan. As with all ten of these solos, there's plenty of call and response phrasing to be found here. I've added healthy doses of SRV style vibrato, some aggressive and emotional bending, pre-bends, as well as and step and a half bends.
I'm using the neck position here on my Strat style guitar. I like to use a model of a Soldano SL-100 for sounds like this as well. However, a blackface style Fender amp and transparent "tube screamer" style overdrive pedal should get you in the ball park for this kind a tone. Have fun with this one!
I'm using the neck position here on my Strat style guitar. I like to use a model of a Soldano SL-100 for sounds like this as well. However, a blackface style Fender amp and transparent "tube screamer" style overdrive pedal should get you in the ball park for this kind a tone. Have fun with this one!
You'll really want to make sure you have a handle on all of your C minor pentatonic scale shapes for this solo. Since there are a lot of bends, I would look at those separately and practice getting them in tune.
Things to watch out for in this example are the pre-bends in Measures 17 and 18. Measure 20 has a great little flurry of notes, and the repetitive phrasing in Measures 22 and 23 are a classic example of SRV's style.
Not all slow blues songs are sad or depressing! Here's an example of a chord progression that goes from minor to major. I really like how this solo navigates the changes and plays literally the same fingering for the licks and double stops as they're going by.
This solo, like many of the others, isn't too fast. Just because the tempo is slow, doesn't mean you have to play your fast licks. I know it's tempting, but practice some discretion and try to be melodic when telling your story. Give the listener something to remember!
This solo, like many of the others, isn't too fast. Just because the tempo is slow, doesn't mean you have to play your fast licks. I know it's tempting, but practice some discretion and try to be melodic when telling your story. Give the listener something to remember!
Understanding relative major and minor keys is important here. Also, once you've learned the double stops, go back and consider the actual notes that are being played and not just the shape. I'll talk about that more in the breakdown.
The most important aspect of this solo is the double stops. Not only are they double stops, they're what we would call major and minor third intervals. These double stops (or intervals) outline the chords that are going by and really work like a hand in a glove.
I'm using the number 4 position on my Strat, which utilizes the neck and middle position. This is a classic sound reminiscent of players like Robert Cray. Coincidentally, I borrowed the chord progression from Mr. Cray for this example!
I'm using the number 4 position on my Strat, which utilizes the neck and middle position. This is a classic sound reminiscent of players like Robert Cray. Coincidentally, I borrowed the chord progression from Mr. Cray for this example!
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Reviews
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Boscer
Verified buyer
08/26/26
Slow Blues Guru
I purchased Corey’s 50 blues rhythms you must know a while ago, still working on them, 50 is a big number. I recently purchased Slow Blues Guru and I have to say Corey nailed it again. I love his approach to teaching.
icadjenovic
Verified buyer
02/19/26
Great course!
It is a great course! Well organized, well explained, and excellently played. Great job Corey!
studdley2121
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01/16/26
Slow Blues
Excellent tutorials Corey teaches everything slowly the gradually builds up speed so you never get overwhelmed
rigamonk
Verified buyer
05/07/25
Back in the game
This is a set of lessons that can really take you places I am an older (well, ok, old) intermediate level player. I've plateaued here for years. This course not only taught some great ways to go about playing the blues, but inspiring you to play for real again. . .
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