Blues Guitar Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Ramp Up Your Blues Guitar Chops with 15 Top Educators

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About this course

This Greatest Hits compilation presents top-ranked blues video guitar lessons from 13 of TrueFire’s top blues guitar educators.

All of the lessons are tabbed and notated, include Guitar Pro files, and come with the backing tracks used in the lesson.

All in all, this Greatest Hits collection delivers essential and very versatile vocabulary, techniques and insight for any blues guitar player.

Source Courses & Educators:

Blues Revolution by Robben Ford
335 Blues by Larry Carlton
50 Blues Rhythms by Corey Congilio
Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm by Jeff McErlain
Solo Factory: Texas Blues by Corey Congilio
50 Jump Blues Licks by Matt Brandt
West Coast Blues by David Blacker
Slide Guitar Power by Andy Aledort
50 Slow Blues Licks by Anthony Stauffer
Blues Alchemy by David Hamburger
50 Voodoo Blues Licks by Steve Trovato
S.W.A.T. Blues by Carl Verheyen
Blues Jam Survival Guide by Jeff Scheetz
Jazz Up Your Blues by Frank Vignola
Blues Rock Evolution by Jeff McErlain

What you'll learn

Play a Duane Allman-style solo in open E tuning
Expand vocabulary for up-tempo swing blues performance
Develop skills in chromatic playing and chord tone targeting
Understand the West Coast Blues playing style and its characteristics
Learn how to incorporate jazz swing and bebop vocabulary into blues playing

Release date: 12/01/2013 • 2h 17m runtime

intermediate late intermediate advanced acoustic guitar guitar electric guitar rhythm soloing

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Sample lessons

Duane Allman Style 1: Open E

Performance

Stormy

Solo

Pneumatic Chromatic

Lick #41

12/8 Slow Blues - Part 2

Performance

Duane Allman Style 1: Open E

Performance

Stormy

Solo

Pneumatic Chromatic

Lick #41

12/8 Slow Blues - Part 2

Performance

What's included

53 lessons • 27 charts • 19 Jam Tracks

Dominant 9th Chord

Lesson Source: Robben Ford's Blues Revolution

Chicago blues players not only electrified the blues, they added more sophisticated chords to the blues such as the 9th chord, which is used in place of the standard 7th. Robben demonstrates various applications of the 9th chords, both as full chords and as a very versatile triple-stop on the top three strings and continues his demonstration of what was then "new harmonic terrain for the blues" with an introduction to the 13th chord.

Comping Principles

Lesson Source: Robben Ford's Blues Revolution

Robben shares key insights for becoming a solid rhythm section player - a strong rhythm player is always in demand. Robben discusses the importance of using repetition and creating consistency for the soloist or singer to perform over comfortably.

Riff-Based Blues

Lesson Source: Jeff McErlain's Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm

"Howlin' Wolf recorded ""Killing Floor"" in 1964 and it was released as a single. According to blues guitar great and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song's title refers to male-female relationships. “Down on the killing floor – that means a woman has you down,” The song became an instant classic and is a blues staple. The version here is similar to Jimi Hendrix's take on the tune. If you are not familiar with the Howlin' Wolf version, please listen immediately!"

Riff-Based Blues 1

Lesson Source: Jeff McErlain's Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm

This version is similar to the Jimi Hendrix version of Killin' Floor from The Monterey Pop Festival. That performance in particular is special as it was one of Jimi's first American debuts and he had something to prove, it is also the same show where he set his guitar on fire and smashed it. Quite an impression. You can see all of this footage in the film Jimi Plays Monterey. It is required viewing for any player, please keep in mind it was 1967.

Riff-Based Blues 2

Lesson Source: Jeff McErlain's Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm

The focus on this tune is keeping the right hand going. That is the support and the groove of the tune. We see this as a theme through out this course, the right hand is the propellant that keeps everything moving forward. As you can see I am mostly using down strokes to sound the notes of the riff, it think it is easier and sounds better. There are steadfast rules on this in many cases, whatever works and sounds the best is often the best route.

Solos

Lesson Source: Corey Congilio's Texas Blues Solo Factory

Here we go! Time to put all of this stuff together and start seeing the forest for the trees! Everything we've worked on will pay off now! You'll see. Let's do it!

Solo #1

Lesson Source: Corey Congilio's Texas Blues Solo Factory

This first shuffle solo starts out with the I chord lick we call Signature Spot. I wanted to jump in headfirst with these solos so I thought why not go for broke here! I play this over the first 4 bars of the progression and then I choose the anywhere lick entitled Effective. After the first 4 bars of crazy bending I wanted to put the brakes on a little and dial back the intensity. Effective helps do that. I really like the V chord lick Classic Chromatic. This lick is a great little melodic idea that ties the whole thing together. The last bar is a must know and I wanted to put this into play right away. You can too. Now have at it!

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frankjam

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06/06/26

Refresh and Kick start my blues guitar playing

Was looking for a structured blues based program to refresh and build my blues playing and this is a great tool for me to do so. Course content covers the basics while also expanding into more advanced techniques which has helped me reinvigorate my playing,

rodstrothkamp

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02/24/25

Blues guitar greatest hits

Great

Starglazer

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09/15/23

Great Tittle

Good verity of instructors and music.

2canoe

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05/14/20

Solid Lessons, Great Samplers

The Greatest Hits Series offers an introduction to many of the the Truefire instructors, each with a unique lesson. If you wanted to find out more about the instructors and what they bring the Greatest Hits series will give you the answers.

Aldarra

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01/25/19

Aldarra54

Great help in getting started with my Blues playing