Beginner Blues Guitar (JamPlay)
Master the Blues Guitar Journey: Play with Soul, Feel the Blues
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Dave Isaacs
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About this course
Unleash Your Inner Blues Guitarist with "Blues Guitar for Beginners," a captivating online course exclusively available on TrueFire, produced in collaboration with JamPlay. Whether you're a complete novice or have some basic guitar knowledge, this comprehensive course is your gateway to the world of blues guitar.
Led by expert instructors from JamPlay, "Blues Guitar for Beginners" provides a step-by-step journey through the fundamental techniques, classic chord progressions, iconic licks, and soulful melodies that define the blues genre. You'll learn to play with the authentic feel and emotion that makes blues guitar a timeless art form.
With 46 expertly crafted lessons, this course ensures a gradual learning curve, allowing you to build your skills and confidence at your own pace. You'll master essential blues techniques, such as bending, vibrato, slides, and bluesy phrasing. Through practical examples and play-along exercises, you'll internalize the blues language and develop your improvisational abilities.
TrueFire's innovative learning platform provides an immersive experience. High-definition video lessons, on-screen tablature, and downloadable practice materials make it easy to follow along and reinforce your understanding of each concept. You'll have access to jam tracks, allowing you to apply your skills in a musical context and sharpen your sense of timing and groove.
Unlock the power of the blues with "Blues Guitar for Beginners." Embrace the soulful melodies, expressive bends, and gritty tones that have shaped the course of music history. Enroll now and let your guitar sing the blues with confidence and authenticity.
Led by expert instructors from JamPlay, "Blues Guitar for Beginners" provides a step-by-step journey through the fundamental techniques, classic chord progressions, iconic licks, and soulful melodies that define the blues genre. You'll learn to play with the authentic feel and emotion that makes blues guitar a timeless art form.
With 46 expertly crafted lessons, this course ensures a gradual learning curve, allowing you to build your skills and confidence at your own pace. You'll master essential blues techniques, such as bending, vibrato, slides, and bluesy phrasing. Through practical examples and play-along exercises, you'll internalize the blues language and develop your improvisational abilities.
TrueFire's innovative learning platform provides an immersive experience. High-definition video lessons, on-screen tablature, and downloadable practice materials make it easy to follow along and reinforce your understanding of each concept. You'll have access to jam tracks, allowing you to apply your skills in a musical context and sharpen your sense of timing and groove.
Unlock the power of the blues with "Blues Guitar for Beginners." Embrace the soulful melodies, expressive bends, and gritty tones that have shaped the course of music history. Enroll now and let your guitar sing the blues with confidence and authenticity.
What you'll learn
- Learn correct terminology (frets vs frats, tuning machines vs tuning pegs)
- Understand basic volume and tone control functions
- Learn proper amplifier setup procedure (plug in order, power on sequence)
- Understand the purpose of master volume vs gain/preamp volume
- Understand when and why guitars need professional setup
Release date: 07/22/2021 • 8h 17m runtime
Sample lessons
Blues Technique: The Glide Slide
Lesson
A Minor Pentatonic Melody
Lesson
Core Vocabulary: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson
Fingerpicking a Country Blues in G
Lesson
What's included
47 lessons • 21 charts • 19 Jam Tracks
Getting to Know Your Electric Guitar
Guitars come in several shapes and configurations, and as an absolute beginner, this can confuse matters before you even get started. In this opening lesson, Dave Isaacs will discuss the name and function of the various parts of an electric guitar.
Tuning and String Names
Now that we've covered the guitar itself, let's discuss each string and how to tune them!
Putting Your Hands on the Guitar
Using the correct positioning and posture while playing can save a lot of frustration and possibly even injury. In this lesson, Dave will cover the proper techniques to help us be comfortable and proficient in our playing.
Understanding Notation Through Shape and Direction
Tablature can be a useful stepping stone, helping us familiarize ourselves with printed music for the guitar, and with a bit more work - standard notation. Here, Dave will discuss the basics of tablature and how it associates with the location and direction of the notes on the fretboard.
Introduction to 'Blues Guitar for Beginners'
Dave Isaacs introduces us to 'Blues Guitar for Beginners'!
Your First Melody
Let's get our Blues journey underway with this simple melody that will help us familiarize ourselves with picking and fretting in time with a drum beat.
Your First Melody
Let's get our Blues journey underway with this simple melody that will help us familiarize ourselves with picking and fretting in time with a drum beat.
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