Blues Guitar Masterclass (JamPlay)

Whether you’re a beginner looking to understand the roots of American music or a more experienced player aiming to deepen your vocabulary, this massive course from blues master Hawkeye Herman is your definitive guide. With over 275 video lessons, Blues Guitar with Hawkeye offers an encyclopedic, yet highly personal exploration of the blues—from its earliest Delta roots to its influence on modern genres like rock, jazz, and country.

You’ll start with the fundamentals: 12-bar forms, chord progressions, shuffles, turnarounds, movable shapes, and blues scales. But Hawkeye doesn’t just teach you how to play the blues—he teaches you how to feel it. Through detailed demonstrations, historical insights, and heartfelt storytelling, you’ll learn essential techniques like slide guitar in Open D and Open G tunings, fingerpicking, Robert Johnson-style licks, and expressive phrasing drawn from legends like Elmore James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Lightnin’ Hopkins.

You’ll jam, solo, comp, and accompany in dozens of different keys and styles, with a variety of rhythm patterns, forms, and grooves. You’ll also dive into minor blues, eight-bar and stop-time blues, acoustic and electric stylings, and regional sounds—from the Piedmont to the Delta.

This is not just a guitar course—it’s a masterclass in the cultural, musical, and emotional depth of the blues. With Hawkeye’s warm presence and encyclopedic knowledge, you’ll come away with a rich, rooted understanding of the genre, along with a massive arsenal of licks, riffs, solos, rhythms, and songs to carry with you for life.