Blues Guitar Learning Path
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Blues, Blues-rock, Modern Blues
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About this path
TrueFire's Blues Learning Path is an accelerated, hands-on study plan of video guitar lessons designed to advance your Blues guitar skills. You'll play your way through the entire curriculum -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through!
Presented by world-class educators, the Blues Learning Path focuses on rhythm playing, lick vocabulary, and soloing skills for beginners, intermediate, and advanced guitar players. Intuitive learning tools and supplementary lesson materials further accelerate the learning experience.
The Learning Path system will first help you assess your current level of play, and then present you with a personalized, level-specific curriculum of video lessons for you to study, practice and track your progress with.
What to expect
- Curriculum for all skill levels
- Guidance from GRAMMY winners and top session players
- Supplementary courses to advance your learning
What's included
18 courses • 174 supplementary courses
Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners (FREE)
About this course
FREE! Your first steps along our Learning Paths are on the house! Download this entire beginner guitar course for FREE -- simply add to your cart and check out (no credit card required). Welcome to Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners. Since 1991, we’ve taught thousands of people — beginners just like you — how to play guitar. Our accelerated, hands-on method is specifically designed to get you up and running on guitar quickly and painlessly. No reading music, no boring exercises, and no tedious theory to struggle through. You’ll be strumming your first beginner guitar chords, in the very first guitar lesson. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course! "At 50 I finally decided to learn to play guitar. With my hectic schedule, I needed something that was ready and available when I had time. Learning Guitar 1 was a fantastic introduction to guitar basics. I love that it started with elementary, straightforward concepts and chords that I could grasp and learn. It even talks about HOW to practice. Then the course built on those simple things by adding other simple chords, strumming, and then working up to simple songs. I'm on my way!" - Daniel Rode, TrueFire Student You’ll learn more guitar chord shapes, how to keep a steady rhythm on guitar, and how to change guitar chords smoothly. By the end of this free guitar course, you’ll also have a handful of guitar songs in your repertoire. Our free beginner guitar lessons are presented in easy-to-digest, bite-sized chunks so that you’ll never feel overwhelmed or frustrated. TrueFire educators guides you through our unique playalong practice sessions every step of the way, unlike other learning methods that send you off to practice on your own. Plus, you’ll be able to apply everything you learn in a musical context by playing along with jam tracks so that you can hear how your bass parts sound with a real band. You will get a download of all the video guitar lessons, all the guitar tab, and charts, plus all of the jam tracks. You can even take your guitar lessons on the go with our free mobile app for iOS or Android too! Access Learn Guitar 1 anytime, anywhere, on any device. Ready to finally learn how to play guitar? Grab your guitar and let’s dig in!
Learn Guitar 2: Next Steps for Beginners
About this course
In Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners, you learned several essential chords, a variety of rhythm patterns, and added five songs to your repertoire. Here in Learn Guitar 2: Next Steps for Beginners, we’ll continue to expand your chord vocabulary with more chords you must know. We’ll also work on your single-note picking technique, and you’ll learn your first scale. You’ll learn how to arpeggiate chords and incorporate rests into your playing for more dynamic rhythms and strumming patterns. You’ll wrap up the course learning how to play two more popular songs with your new chord vocabulary, along with some new rhythm variations. Learn Guitar 2 lessons are presented in easy-to-digest, bite-sized chunks so that you’ll never feel overwhelmed or frustrated. TrueFire educators guides you through our unique playalong practice sessions every step of the way, unlike other learning methods that send you off to practice on your own. Plus, you’ll be able to apply everything you learn in a musical context by playing along with jam tracks so that you can hear how your bass parts sound with a real band. You will get a download of all the video guitar lessons, all the guitar tab, and charts, plus all of the jam tracks. You can even take your guitar lessons on the go with our free mobile app for iOS or Android too! Access Learn Guitar 1 anytime, anywhere, on any device. Ready to get started? Grab your guitar and let’s dig in.
Play Blues Guitar 1: Quick-Start for Beginners
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 1: Quick-Start for Beginners - the first stop on your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Blues guitar player. If you already know several chords and strumming patterns, and can also play some songs and single note lines, then you’re ready to take on this quick-start guitar course. Otherwise, please check out TrueFire’s Learn Guitar courses to get a grip on those basic skills. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, and Jeff Scheetz. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. You’ll start off the course learning a classic blues shuffle in the key of A. You’ll also learn a 12-bar blues in E that’s used in thousands of blues songs. 7th Chords are a blues staple and you’ll learn 6 of them and then use those 7th chords in 2 Blues songs. You’ll wrap up the course learning a cool blues lick and your first blues turnaround. 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!
Play Blues Guitar 2: Rhythm & Lead Fundamentals
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 2: Rhythm & Lead Fundamentals - the second leg of your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Blues guitar player. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, and Jeff Scheetz. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. In Play Blues Guitar 1 you learned a couple of songs and licks, along with a handful of blues chords and rhythms. Here in Play Blues Guitar 2, you’re going to venture even further down the path with scales, a little soloing, more blues rhythms and more cool blues chords. For example, you’ll learn how to move up the neck playing a classic blues tune, and then tackle the two most essential blues scales of all time - the minor pentatonic, and the Blues scale -- your keys to soloing and improvising. Barre Chords open up the entire blues songbook and you’ll learn two more blues tunes using them. You’ll wrap up the course earning a 12/8 progression, featuring the bluesy 9th chord. 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!
Supplementary courses
Blues Roadtrip (JamPlay)
Dave Isaacs
Flying Solo: Beginner Blues (JamPlay)
Charlie Stevens
Song Lesson: T-Bone Shuffle
Seth Rosenbloom
Blues Rhythm Guitar for Beginners 1
Jeff McErlain
Blues Soloing Guitar for Beginners 1
Jeff McErlain
Blues Rhythm Guitar for Beginners 2
Jeff McErlain
30 Beginner Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Corey Congilio
Play Blues Guitar 3: Tools & Techniques
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 3: Tools & Techniques - the third milestone of your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Blues guitar player. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, and Jeff Scheetz. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. In Play Blues Guitar 1 and 2, you built up your vocabulary of blues chords and blues licks; learned how to play several classic blues songs; and can now solo and improvise a little bit. Here in Play Blues Guitar 3, you’ll learn a variety of killer blues licks, more sophisticated chords and songs, and more blues techniques to power your soloing and improvisations. For example, you’ll learn how to play a 12 bar boogie that you can easily move to any key. You’ll learn all 5 patterns of the minor pentatonic scale, so that you can solo all over the fretboard. You’ll also learn how to play the Major pentatonic scale to spice up your pallet of soloing options. You’ll wrap up this course by learning how to play more turnarounds and 3 more blues songs. 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!
Supplementary courses
Flying Solo: Beginner Blues (JamPlay)
Charlie Stevens
Easy Guitar Theory (JamPlay)
Marcelo Berestovoy
Beginner Blues Guitar (JamPlay)
Dave Isaacs
Song Lesson: Papa Ain't Salty
Seth Rosenbloom
30 Beginner Fingerstyle Blues Licks You MUST Know
David Hamburger
Beginner Blues-Rock Soloing
Jeff McErlain
30 Beginner Slide Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Andy Aledort
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles
About this course
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!
Supplementary courses
Song Lesson: Have You Ever Loved a Woman
Stuart Ziff
Song Lesson: Lay Down Sally
Callum Bair
50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know
Corey Congilio
Essential Blues Chord Voicings (JamPlay)
Rob Garland
Digging into the Blues
Lance Ruby
TrueHeart Blues: Rhythm
Kirk Fletcher
Rhythm Revolution: Vamps & Jams
Robben Ford
Rhythm Factory: Texas Blues
Corey Congilio
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Kelly Richey and Brad Carlton. The Rhythm Approaches 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 musician’s solos, which is why it’s the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm 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 skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for blues rhythm. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some very cool rhythms and grooves. Finally in Section 3 you will dial in your rhythm chops by playing a series of Essential Performance Studies. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, 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!
Supplementary courses
Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm
Jeff McErlain
Blues Rhythm Handbook
Seth Rosenbloom
Practice Sessions: Iconic Blues Rhythms
Mike Zito
Blues Guitar Fakebook: Rhythm Vol. 1
Corey Congilio
Song Lesson: Iceman
Seth Rosenbloom
60 Electric Guitar Techniques You MUST Know
Chris Buono
Take 5: Blues Comping
Jeff McErlain
Blues Guitar Fakebook: Rhythm Vol. 2
Jeff McErlain
30 Authentic Blues Grooves You MUST Know
Jeff McErlain
Rhythm Revolution
Robben Ford
Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Vocabulary
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Vocabulary for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 10 top TrueFire educators: Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Robbie Laws, Anthony Stauffer, James Hogan, Richard Von Bergen, Andy Aledort, Steve Trovato and Mike Zito. The Lick Vocabulary curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Music is a language. In the same way that words and sentences are connected to form stories, musical licks and phrases are connected to form solos. And just like any language, the more robust your musical vocabulary is, the more interesting and diverse your solos will be. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with an essential vocabulary of licks along with the technical skills required to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Vocabulary is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for putting licks together. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some essential blues licks. Finally in Section 3 you will head down south to brush up on your Texas blues licks. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Lick Vocabulary, you’ll find more lessons focused on building your vocabulary in Lick Lexicon, also a Play Blues Guitar 5 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!
Supplementary courses
30 Refined Blues Licks You MUST Know
Kid Andersen
30 Blues Intros, Turnarounds, & Endings You MUST Know
David Hamburger
50 Texas Blues Licks You MUST Know
Corey Congilio
50 Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Jeff McErlain
Guitar DNA: Pentatonics
David Wallimann
50 Down Home Blues Licks You MUST Know
Richard Van Bergen
30 Penta Sonic Blues Licks You MUST Know
Robbie Laws
Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Lexicon
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Lexicon for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 4 top TrueFire educators: Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Tom Wolfe and Mike Zito. The Lick Lexicon curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Music is a language. In the same way that words and sentences are connected to form stories, musical licks and phrases are connected to form solos. And just like any language, the more robust your musical vocabulary is, the more interesting and diverse your solos will be. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with an essential vocabulary of licks along with the technical skills required to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 5: Lick Lexicon is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on taking a series of licks and actually building a solo with them. Section 2 is full of “Spicy Licks” - and learning these will help you keep your playing fresh and interesting. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Lick Lexicon, you’ll find more lessons focused on building your vocabulary in Lick Vocabulary, also a Play Blues Guitar 5 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!
Supplementary courses
Solo Factory: Chicago Blues
Jeff McErlain
30 Blues Americana Licks You MUST Know
Mike Zito
50 Slow Blues Licks You MUST Know
Anthony Stauffer
30 Sweet Blues Licks You MUST Know
Jeff McErlain
50 Jump Blues Licks You MUST Know
Matthieu Brandt
50 Voodoo Blues Licks You MUST Know
Steve Trovato
25 Blues Turnarounds
Robbie Calvo
Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Principles
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Principles for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Jeff McErlain, Andy Aledort, David Hamburger, Jason Loughlin, and Mike Zito. The Soloing Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Solid rhythm chops may get you the gig but it's your soloing chops that gets you the spotlight and the opportunity to electrify the audience with your musicality. Creativity, technique, and vocabulary are the essential skills you’ll need to master the art of improvisation and develop into a great soloist. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the requisite tools and guidance to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Principles is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for building a solo. In Section 2 you’ll dissect solos across a variety of blues feels. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Soloing Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on soloing in Soloing Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 6 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!
Supplementary courses
Deep Blues
Mike Welch
Essential Blues Lead Concepts (JamPlay)
Rob Garland
Blues Guide Tone Soloing Toolbox
Marko Karhu
Elektrik Blues
David Henriksson
Kentucky Backcountry Blues
Greg Martin
Blues Soloing Unboxed
Massimo Varini
Trading Solos: Jazz Blues Vol. 1
Frank Vignola
Hip Blues: Outside Lines
Corey Congilio
TrueHeart Blues: Soloing
Kirk Fletcher
The Electric Storyteller
Ariel Posen
Blues Speak: Playing the Changes
Matt Schofield
Southern Roots
Scott Sharrard
Jazz, Blues, & Boogaloos: Lead
Sean McGowan
Views of the Blues
Sean McGowan
Trading Solos: Uptempo Blues
Robben Ford
Blue Highways
Josh Smith
Trading Solos: Americana
Jason Loughlin
Psych Blues
JD Simo
Take 5: Blues Arpeggios
Jeff McErlain
Trading Solos: Blues-Rock
Mike Zito
Trading Solos: Texas Blues
Corey Congilio
Essentials: Chord Tone Soloing
Jeff McErlain
Slow Blues Guru
Corey Congilio
Take 5: Jazz Blues Soloing
David Hamburger
Blues Connections: Major
Jason Loughlin
335 Blues
Larry Carlton
Blues Alchemy
David Hamburger
Slow Blues Power
Andy Aledort
Blues Americana
Mike Zito
Riff Revolution
Robben Ford
Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 7 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Andy Aledort, and Robert Renman. The Soloing Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Solid rhythm chops may get you the gig but it's your soloing chops that gets you the spotlight and the opportunity to electrify the audience with your musicality. Creativity, technique, and vocabulary are the essential skills you’ll need to master the art of improvisation and develop into a great soloist. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the requisite tools and guidance to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 6: Soloing Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts like playing off of the root, and adding chromatic notes to your solos. In the second section of Performance Studies you will play your way through a mixed bag of essential blues solos. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Soloing Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on soloing in Soloing Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 6 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!
Supplementary courses
Blues Soloing Decoded
Ian Stich
Blue Highways: Improv Roadmaps
Josh Smith
Blues Speak
Matt Schofield
Song Lesson: Layla
Lance Ruby
Blues Refinery
Kid Andersen
Trading Solos: Moody Blues
Robben Ford
RetroACTIVE Electric Blues
Jim Oblon
Take 5: Diminished Blues
Jeff McErlain
Trading Solos: Slow Blues
Corey Congilio
Twisted Guitar: Blues Soloing
Oz Noy
The Language of the Blues
Bill Evans
Take 5: Blues Bends
Jeff McErlain
Licks to Riffs Guidebook: Blues
Ton van Bergeijk
Blues Guitar Survival Guide - Lead
Jeff McErlain
Solo Factory: Texas Blues
Corey Congilio
Blues Revolution
Robben Ford
Blues Connections: Minor
Jason Loughlin
335 Blues Motifs
Larry Carlton
Blues Booster
Robert Renman
Play Blues Guitar 7: Slide Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 7: Slide Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 5 top TrueFire educators: Sonny Landreth, Andy Aledort, David Hamburger, Mike Zito, and Richard Von Bergen. The Slide Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 7: Slide Approaches is organized into 4 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on the basics of Slide playing. In the second section you’ll jump into playing in standard tuning. In Section 3 you will learn a batch of licks and solos, and then in Section 4 you will study with one of the masters - Sonny Landreth. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Slide Approaches, you’ll find lessons focused on fingerstyle techniques in Fingerstyle Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 7 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! Recommended Guitar Slides Ariel Posen Signature Slide Buy It Now at Sweetwater > Dunlop 212 Pyrex Glass Slide Buy It Now at Sweetwater > D'Addario Brass Guitar Slide Buy It Now at Sweetwater > Amber Glass Guitar Slide Buy It Now at Sweetwater >
Supplementary courses
Slide Supernatural
Sonny Landreth
Slide Storyteller
Ariel Posen
Blues Traditions: The Evangelists
Robert Jones
Blues Traditions: Electric Roots
Robert Jones
Modern Mississippi Slide
Luther Dickinson
Creative Slide Guidebook
BJ Baartmans
Slide Guitar Power
Andy Aledort
Slide Guitar Slinger
Lee Roy Parnell
Slide Soulshaker
Rick Vito
Focus On: Standard Tuning Slide
David Hamburger
Slide Supernatural: Blues
Sonny Landreth
Slide Shop
David Hamburger
Play Blues Guitar 7: Fingerstyle Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 7: Fingerstyle Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 5 top TrueFire educators: David Hamburger, Tim Sparks, David Blacker, Joe Dalton and Paul Rishell. The Fingerstyle Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Blues Guitar 7: Fingerstyle Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on the basics of Fingerstyle Blues playing. In the second section you’ll work through Performance Studies to get your chops down. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Fingerstyle Approaches, you’ll find lessons focused on slide techniques in Slide Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 7 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!
Supplementary courses
Take 5: Steady Bass
David Hamburger
Blues Traditions
Robert Jones
Down Home Boogie & Blues Guidebook
Richard Van Bergen
Fingerstyle Blues Roots
John Hatcher
Essentials: Fingerstyle Blues
David Hamburger
Lone Wolf Blues
David Blacker
Fingerstyle Blues & Boogie Guidebook
Ton van Bergeijk
Fingerstyle Blues Tool Kit
Tim Sparks
Post-Modern Fingerstyle Blues
Tim Sparks
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Principles
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Principles for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 5 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff Scheetz, David Blacker, and Brad Carlton. The Advanced Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level. Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Principles is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll tackle concepts like Guide Tones, Comping Principles and Motivic Development. Jazzy Blues is the focus of the second section where you will learn to swing and add some more interesting chords to your arsenal. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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!
Supplementary courses
Urban Blues Revolution
Robben Ford
Rhythm Factory: Texas Blues
Corey Congilio
Blues Hooks, Riffs & Rhythms Vol. 1
Robben Ford
Blues Speak: Playing the Changes
Matt Schofield
Jack's Manual for Tasty Blues Rhythm
Jack Ruch
Solo Factory: Hard Rock
Angus Clark
Deep Blues
Mike Welch
Deep Grooves: Classic Blues
Robben Ford
Essentials: Advanced Blues Rhythm
Jeff McErlain
Blues Speak: Rhythm
Matt Schofield
Blues Chord Evolution
Robben Ford
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 8 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Shane Theriot, David Hamburger, and Brad Carlton. The Advanced Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level. Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section you will look at essential advanced blues rhythms and get funky with your playing. Section number 2 has you playing through a batch of Performance Studies that will cover a ton of important blues feels. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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!
Play Blues Guitar 9: Advanced Lick Vocabulary
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Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 9: Advanced Lick Vocabulary for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 11 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Matt Brandt, Steve Trovato, Mike Zito, Tom Wolfe, Anthony Stauffer, Andy Aledort and Richard Von Bergen. The Advanced Lick Vocabulary curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. As your technical skills advance, you’ll be able to call on a more sophisticated vocabulary in your solos and improvisations. The vocabulary in this advanced core course is designed to stimulate you creatively and further advance your skills with challenging right and left-hand techniques. Learn these licks as presented and then use the ideas and technical approaches to craft your own vocabulary. Play Blues Guitar 9: Advanced Lick Vocabulary is organized into 4 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on essential licks. In Section 2 you will dig into the smokin Texas and SRV style. In section 3 you’ll look at concepts like using different scales to build your licks, and then in section 4 you will Step up Your licks to another level. 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!
Supplementary courses
Advanced Guitar Theory (JamPlay)
Callum Bair
Blues Masters & Disciples (JamPlay)
Stuart Ziff
30 Gristleman Guitar Licks
Greg Koch
30 Blues Americana Licks You MUST Know
Mike Zito
50 Monster SRV Licks You Must Know
Anthony Stauffer
50 Hard Bop Blues Licks You MUST Know
Tom Wolfe
50 Jazz-Blues Licks You MUST Know
David Hamburger
50 Progressive Blues Licks You MUST Know
Corey Congilio
Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Principles
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Principles for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Andy Timmons, David Grissom, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Oz Noy, Frank Vignola, Mark Stefani, and David Blacker. The Advanced Soloing Principles curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. The ability to improvise freely, and creatively, over any given groove or changes is one of the key skills that distinguishes the advanced and pro player. The insight and performance studies in this core course will advance your technical, creative, and improvisational skills. Learn the soloing examples note-for-note and then use the ideas and technical approaches to craft your own solos and improvisations. Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Principles is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on implementing Jazz into your Blues. Then in section 2 you will work through many Performance Studies as you hone your soloing style. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Soloing Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on soloing in Advanced Soloing Approaches, also a Play Blues Guitar 10 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!
Supplementary courses
Blues-Rock on the Edge
Walter Trout
Solo Revolution: Diminished Lines
Robben Ford
Blues Speak
Matt Schofield
Blue Highways
Josh Smith
Blues Refinery
Kid Andersen
Evolution to Modern Blues (JamPlay)
Artur Menezes
Blues Guide Tone Soloing Toolbox
Marko Karhu
Trading Solos: Soul Jazz
James Hogan
Trading Solos: Jazz Blues Vol. 1
Frank Vignola
Essentials: Bebop Blues Etudes
Sheryl Bailey
Essentials: Advanced Blues Soloing
Jeff McErlain
Electric Expression: Blues
Andy Timmons
Open Road Blues
David Grissom
Jazz Up Your Blues
Frank Vignola
Essentials: Texas Blues Solos
Corey Congilio
Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Approaches for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar. This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 8 top TrueFire educators: Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Corey Congilio, Carl Verheyen, Mike Zito, Oz Noy, David Hamburger, and Robert Renman. The Advanced Soloing Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. The ability to improvise freely, and creatively, over any given groove or changes is one of the key skills that distinguishes the advanced and pro player. The insight and performance studies in this core course will advance your technical, creative, and improvisational skills. Learn the soloing examples note-for-note and then use the ideas and technical approaches to craft your own solos and improvisations. Play Blues Guitar 10: Advanced Soloing Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on concepts and insight into more in depth soloing techniques. Then in section 2 you will work through many Performance Studies as you hone your soloing style. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Soloing Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on soloing in Advanced Soloing Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 10 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.
Supplementary courses
Shades of Blues
Jack Ruch
Practice Sessions: Blues Speak Soloing
Matt Schofield
Trading Solos: Uptempo Blues
Robben Ford
Hip Blues: Outside Lines
Corey Congilio
Blue Highways: Improv Roadmaps
Josh Smith
Practice Sessions: Blue Highways Soloing
Josh Smith
Soloing the Changes
Jeff McErlain
S.W.A.T. Blues
Carl Verheyen
Improv Wizard
Oz Noy
Blues Motif Revolution
Robben Ford
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