troiellini
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12/24/25
Very interesting, well done course, definitely worth trying. Marino.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles
Ignite Your Blues Guitar Rhythm Chops with this Blues Learning Path Core Course
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Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, David Grissom, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Matt Brandt and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musicians’ solos, which is why it’s critical to develop solid rhythm skills. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings, rhythm patterns and creative approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the technical and creative skills you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll tackle Slow Blues. Texas Blues is the focus of the second section, and in the third section, you’ll play your way through a series of essential performance studies.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, David Grissom, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Matt Brandt and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musicians’ solos, which is why it’s critical to develop solid rhythm skills. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings, rhythm patterns and creative approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the technical and creative skills you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll tackle Slow Blues. Texas Blues is the focus of the second section, and in the third section, you’ll play your way through a series of essential performance studies.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
What you'll learn
- Create blues turnaround licks
- Apply different rhythmic ideas
- Visualize chord movements on the fretboard
- Learn blues chord progressions (E7, A7, B7)
- Understand boogie-woogie rhythm pattern
Release date: 09/14/2016 • 2h 04m runtime
Sample lessons
How To Play the Inevitable 12/8 Slow Blues Like a Pro
Introduction
The Thrill is Here
Overview
The Thrill is Here
Playalong
Shuffle 12 Bar Variation 1
Performance
What's included
51 lessons • 24 charts • 23 Jam Tracks
Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, David Grissom, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Matt Brandt and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musicians' solos, which is why it's critical to develop solid rhythm skills. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings, rhythm patterns and creative approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it's also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the technical and creative skills you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you'll tackle Slow Blues. Texas Blues is the focus of the second section, and in the third section, you'll play your way through a series of essential performance studies.
When you've completed the lessons here in Rhythm Principles, you'll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You'll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you'll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let's get started!
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, David Grissom, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Matt Brandt and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musicians' solos, which is why it's critical to develop solid rhythm skills. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings, rhythm patterns and creative approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it's also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the technical and creative skills you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you'll tackle Slow Blues. Texas Blues is the focus of the second section, and in the third section, you'll play your way through a series of essential performance studies.
When you've completed the lessons here in Rhythm Principles, you'll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You'll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you'll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Slow Blues
Almost everyone starts off learning a slow blues. The lessons in this section key in on the important concepts that you need to know to not only play a solid slow blues, but add a little variety to your chord choices.
TIP! When you start to work on rhythm parts, remember that the number one thing you should be concerned with is staying in time! This might sound obvious, but sometimes it is easy to get distracted by trying to get a cool move or technique down and we forget about keeping it in time!
So always work on a rhythm part slowly at first, using a metronome to make sure the whole thing is staying in time. If you find one part where you keep losing time, then stop and just work on that part until you get it solid. Remember, rhythm is built from the ground up - so make sure you lay the foundation of a groove before you start to worry about all the fancy stuff!
TIP! When you start to work on rhythm parts, remember that the number one thing you should be concerned with is staying in time! This might sound obvious, but sometimes it is easy to get distracted by trying to get a cool move or technique down and we forget about keeping it in time!
So always work on a rhythm part slowly at first, using a metronome to make sure the whole thing is staying in time. If you find one part where you keep losing time, then stop and just work on that part until you get it solid. Remember, rhythm is built from the ground up - so make sure you lay the foundation of a groove before you start to worry about all the fancy stuff!
How To Play the Inevitable 12/8 Slow Blues Like a Pro
How To Play the Inevitable 12/8 Slow Blues Like a Pro - Introduction is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff Scheetz and is sourced from Blues Jam Survival Guide.
The slow blues is maybe the most common thing you are going to hear at a jam night. Mostly due to the fact that there are so many songs that use this format. So it is crucial to your jam night bag to have this down pat, and have some variations you can pull out and use.
The slow blues is maybe the most common thing you are going to hear at a jam night. Mostly due to the fact that there are so many songs that use this format. So it is crucial to your jam night bag to have this down pat, and have some variations you can pull out and use.
12/8 Slow Blues - Part 2
12/8 Slow Blues - Part 2 - Performance is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff Scheetz and is sourced from Blues Jam Survival Guide.
When you hear someone doing these "sliding 6ths" it is instantly recognizable as the blues. There are so many versions of songs using this that it can come a bit mundane. So we'll spice it up with some chord variations and some rhythm variations. But just when you think this technique is not "cool" enough, just put on some SRV and you will see that it's not all about the particular technique, it is about how sincere you are when you do it!
When you hear someone doing these "sliding 6ths" it is instantly recognizable as the blues. There are so many versions of songs using this that it can come a bit mundane. So we'll spice it up with some chord variations and some rhythm variations. But just when you think this technique is not "cool" enough, just put on some SRV and you will see that it's not all about the particular technique, it is about how sincere you are when you do it!
12/8 Slow Blues - Part 3
12/8 Slow Blues - Part 3 - Breakdown is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff Scheetz and is sourced from Blues Jam Survival Guide.
One cool thing we can do is act like a keyboard player. OK, so that's not cool unless you have the skinny tie that looks like a little keyboard. But for our purpose, we can steal an idea from B3 players and hold down a drone or common note as we are switching chords. This gives it a really cool sustaining note feel.
One cool thing we can do is act like a keyboard player. OK, so that's not cool unless you have the skinny tie that looks like a little keyboard. But for our purpose, we can steal an idea from B3 players and hold down a drone or common note as we are switching chords. This gives it a really cool sustaining note feel.
The Thrill is Here
The Thrill is Here - Overview is a video guitar lesson presented by Brad Carlton and is sourced from Chord Studies: Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1.
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
The Thrill is Here
The Thrill is Here - Playalong is a video guitar lesson presented by Brad Carlton and is sourced from Chord Studies: Slow Blues Progressions Vol. 1.
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
This example is a twelve bar blues in B Minor along the lines of the tune, "The Thrill is Gone". This song was originally written by two west-coast musicians, Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, but was made famous by the legendary B.B. King.
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Reviews
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Wain
Verified buyer
12/11/25
I'm busy with The Blues Method so I haven't had the time to check it out.
macis
Verified buyer
12/08/25
Great blues rhythm course
A great addition to the learn blues guitar courses. Still working through the first three courses and look forward to starting this course.
Russco
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10/06/25
Great addition to my Blues Courses
Great addition to the rest of my Blues lessons
Derij
Verified buyer
09/15/25
Plenty to get in to.
Good quality instruction.
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