Easy Guitar SongPack: Blues, Vol 1

Learn How To Play 5 Easy Blues Songs

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Easy Guitar SongPack: Blues, Vol 1

About this course

Christopher Galen’s highly popular Easy Guitar SongPack series now features the first volume of Blues songs. You’ll learn to play T-Bone Shuffle by T-Bone Walker, Mystery Train by Elvis Presley, Call Me the Breeze by JJ Cale, Southbound by the Allman Brothers, and The Thrill is Gone by BB King.

”In this SongPack, I’ll show you how to play easy, strummable versions of five must-know Blues songs you can add to your repertoire immediately and call them out at your local jam.

I’ll get you up and running right away with a quick chord review, and then I'll guide you through each song's structure and its individual components so you'll know precisely what's happening throughout.

You can play these songs all by yourself if you wish, but we’ve also included some backing tracks to play along with, and you’ll have our suite of learning tools at your fingertips so you can learn at your own pace.”


In the first section of the SongPack, Chris teaches you the easiest way to play the chords and strumming patterns. Each song is presented in 4 segments: Song Overview, Song Performance, Song Breakdown, and Playalong with the Band.

The Playalongs are what makes Easy Guitar SongPack really special. The Playalongs have backing tracks with drums, bass, and vocals to give you a real-world musical context. Not only does this make the learning experience a lot more enjoyable, but it also prepares you for playing songs with other musicians.

You’ll have TrueFire’s interactive learning tools at your fingertips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.

The demonstrations and performances are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video with controls for looping, slow motion, fretboard animation, and many other tools designed to accelerate the learning process.

You’ll also get tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and backing tracks to practice with.

Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Christopher Galen!

What you'll learn

  • Use efficient 7th chord voicings for smooth transitions
  • Apply alternative chord fingerings for practical purposes
  • Play a complete song arrangement of Call Me the Breeze
  • Execute a shuffle strumming pattern with proper feel
  • Coordinate rhythm guitar with vocals
Release date: 01/18/2024 • 1h 26m runtime
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Sample lessons
T-Bone Shuffle
T-Bone Shuffle
Performance
Mystery Train
Mystery Train
Performance
Call Me the Breeze
Call Me the Breeze
Performance
Southbound
Southbound
Performance

What's included

23 lessons • 11 charts • 5 Jam Tracks

Easy Guitar SongPack: Blues, Vol. 1
Hey everyone, Christopher Galen here. In this song pack, I'm going to show you how to play easy, strummable versions of five must-know blues songs that you can add to your repertoire right away. We're going to learn to play 'T-Bone Shuffle' by T-Bone Walker, 'Mystery Train' by Elvis Presley, 'Call Me the Breeze' by J.J. Cale, 'Southbound' by The Allman Brothers Band, and 'The Thrill Is Gone' by B.B. King.

I'll get you up and running right away with a quick chord review and then guide you through each song's structure, its individual components, and you'll have our suite of learning tools at your fingertips so you can learn at your own pace.

Alright, are you ready? This is going to be a lot of fun. So grab your guitar and let's get started!
Essential Chord Vocabulary
Let's take a look at the chords we're going to be using in this pack. We'll be using a total of 8 chords in this pack: A, A7, Am ,D7, Dm, Dm7, E, E7
T-Bone Shuffle
T-Bone Shuffle by T-Bone Walker. This song was originally released in 1955 and is a classic 12 bar blues form. This is a great tune to strum by yourself, or have a friend join in and play the great head melody that is featured in this song.
T-Bone Shuffle
Now let's dive into a performance of 'T-Bone Shuffle' by the legendary blues artist T-Bone Walker.
T-Bone Shuffle
Chords we are going to use are A7, D7, and E7. Let' s look at the strumming pattern, then we'll walk through the form.
T-Bone Shuffle
Now let's take what we've learned and play along with the band!
Mystery Train
Mystery Train - Written by Junior Parker in 1953. Originally a Memphis rhythm and blues song, it became a very popular rockabilly song after being covered by Elvis Presley. The song features standard blues chord changes using E, A and B7 (along with an A7), and a slight variation of the 12 bar form which we'll discuss in the lesson.

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Reviews

4 results

ceddy6

Verified buyer

06/07/26

Great lessons

Awesome songs. Easy to follow. More like these please

Aldrin P.

Verified buyer

02/08/25

Fun Course to learn a few songs

Christopher Galen's Easy Guitar SongPack: Blues is a great course for beginners, teaching five classic blues songs with simple chord reviews, clear breakdowns, and fun playalong tracks. Interactive tools and backing tracks make learning easy and enjoyable.

Z8tcLeonardk8z9

Verified buyer

11/26/24

Great Follow-Up to Learn Guitar 1 and 2

Great course for people who just completed the first two parts of the guitar learning path and are looking to deepen their acquired knowledge while diving into the Blues sound. This should be in the recommended section with the other song packs.

Randy

02/24/24

Great beginning to Blues

This is an excellent blues rhythm starter lesson, now what would be nice is to take these same songs and teach beginner lead to these same songs.

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