Mike.gargac@skf.com
Verified buyer
01/10/26
Another Great Course
I am still working through this course but so far it has exceeded my expectations. I have several courses of Corey’s so this doesn’t surprise me. Wish these existed 40 plus years ago.
Rhythm Factory: Texas Blues
Connecting rhythm parts to create compelling texas blues grooves.
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About this course
On January 24th in 1848, James Marshall triggered the California Gold Rush when he uncovered a handful of shiny pebbles while building a lumber mill in Coloma, California. Subsequently, hundreds of thousands of people, from all over the globe, suffered great hardship to make their way by land and sea to seek their own fortunes.
We guitarists are miners in our own rights. We work hard and dig deep to discover even the smallest grains of knowledge. But today you’ll want to record the date and put a big X on the map because today you’ve discovered the mother of mother lodes inside a different kind of factory - Corey Congilio’s Texas Blues Rhythm Factory.
Grab your guitar and step inside the factory; you’ll find yourself in good company — Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lightin' Hopkins, Doyle Bramhall II, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins, Freddie King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Billy Gibbons, Chris Duarte, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and many other giants of Texas Blues guitar have inspired the rhythm guitar treasures found within.
The Texas Blues Rhythm Factory is organized into three sections. In the first section, Corey guides you through a comprehensive vocabulary of Texas Blues rhythm patterns, riffs, fills, vamps, ornamentations and chord voicings. You’ll learn them by playing your way through 40 Texas Blues rhythm guitar studies across a variety of grooves: 10 Shuffles,10 Boogies,10 Funky Blues, 10 Slow Blues and 10 Minor Blues.
Corey demonstrates the rhythmic elements and then breaks them down note-for-note, techniques-by-technique. You’ll master them by first playing along with Corey’s video demonstration and then playing them yourself over the supplied practice rhythm tracks.
In the second section, Corey constructs full-blown Texas Blues progressions by assembling various elements of the vocabulary from the first section. Corey teaches you how to take any element and tweak its rhythmic feel, transpose its key, tweak its tempo and connect elements to one another to create fresh and engaging rhythm guitar parts.
All together you’ll construct ten 12-bar progressions, two variations for each of the five styles (2 Shuffles, 2 Boogies, 2 Funky Blues, 2 Slow Blues and 2 Minor Blues).
In the final and third section of the course, Corey simulates a real-world jam where you solo over Corey’s rhythm parts and then comp under Corey’s solos (check out Corey’s Solo Factory: Texas Blues). Five Texas Blues jams in all.
Everything is tabbed and notated, Guitar Pro files are included, plus you'll get all of the rhythm tracks to practice with on your own.
Riches beyond your wildest dreams are just a click away… dig in!
We guitarists are miners in our own rights. We work hard and dig deep to discover even the smallest grains of knowledge. But today you’ll want to record the date and put a big X on the map because today you’ve discovered the mother of mother lodes inside a different kind of factory - Corey Congilio’s Texas Blues Rhythm Factory.
Grab your guitar and step inside the factory; you’ll find yourself in good company — Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lightin' Hopkins, Doyle Bramhall II, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins, Freddie King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Billy Gibbons, Chris Duarte, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and many other giants of Texas Blues guitar have inspired the rhythm guitar treasures found within.
The Texas Blues Rhythm Factory is organized into three sections. In the first section, Corey guides you through a comprehensive vocabulary of Texas Blues rhythm patterns, riffs, fills, vamps, ornamentations and chord voicings. You’ll learn them by playing your way through 40 Texas Blues rhythm guitar studies across a variety of grooves: 10 Shuffles,10 Boogies,10 Funky Blues, 10 Slow Blues and 10 Minor Blues.
Corey demonstrates the rhythmic elements and then breaks them down note-for-note, techniques-by-technique. You’ll master them by first playing along with Corey’s video demonstration and then playing them yourself over the supplied practice rhythm tracks.
In the second section, Corey constructs full-blown Texas Blues progressions by assembling various elements of the vocabulary from the first section. Corey teaches you how to take any element and tweak its rhythmic feel, transpose its key, tweak its tempo and connect elements to one another to create fresh and engaging rhythm guitar parts.
All together you’ll construct ten 12-bar progressions, two variations for each of the five styles (2 Shuffles, 2 Boogies, 2 Funky Blues, 2 Slow Blues and 2 Minor Blues).
In the final and third section of the course, Corey simulates a real-world jam where you solo over Corey’s rhythm parts and then comp under Corey’s solos (check out Corey’s Solo Factory: Texas Blues). Five Texas Blues jams in all.
Everything is tabbed and notated, Guitar Pro files are included, plus you'll get all of the rhythm tracks to practice with on your own.
Riches beyond your wildest dreams are just a click away… dig in!
Corey Congilio's Preferred Gear
Below is a list of Corey Congilio's preferred gear including guitars, amps, pedals, accessories, and more. What you see in Corey's lessons may or may not be this actual gear, but if you are trying to capture Corey's sound and tone, the gear listed below is recommended by Corey and it's a great place to start!
Guitars
Amps
Pedals
- J. Rockett Tim Pierce Signature Overdrive Pedal
- DOD Carcosa Analog Fuzz Pedal
- Dunlop DVP4 Volume (X) Mini Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station Delay Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine Pedal
- Korg Pitchblack Custom Pedal Tuner
Accessories & More
What you'll learn
- Apply shuffle rhythm to blues chord changes
- Create complete 12-bar blues rhythm progressions
- Mix and match different rhythm styles within a single progression
- Differentiate between tied and untied rhythmic variations of the same riff
- Understand and perform tied rhythm figures
Release date: 04/08/2014 • 3h 06m runtime
Sample lessons
Cryin' Ain't Bad
Shuffle Groove 6
Swampy
Boogie Groove 10
King's Court
Funky Groove 10
Flooded
Slow Blues 1
What's included
84 lessons • 65 charts • 65 Jam Tracks
Rhythm Factory: Texas Blues
What attracts us to the Texas blues sound? Typically, it's agressive guitar solos and monster tones. Sure, those aspects are the attractive part of the genre but, dig a little deeper and you'll find that there is some killer rhythm playing going on here! Not only were the greats innovative rhythm players, their backing guitarists had some serious rhythm contributions too. In this course I'll show you numerous examples of Texas blues rhythmic goodness. We'll put many of these ideas together to create very useful 12 bar progressions. We'll touch on many rhythmic feels and of course we'll highlight some of the most influential artists of all time. We're going to embark on a rhythmic journey where we'll learn riffs, vamps and progressions that will take our playing to a new place. I hope you're ready because becoming a better blues rhythm player is just moments away!
Shuffle Groove Rhythms
We'll start with a batch of shuffle rhythms. The shuffle is what it's all about! If you're playing blues guitar, you'll be playing shuffles. Jump into these 10 examples and start swingin'!
I'm Just Swingin'
This first shuffle is a very typical blues rhythm. Pay more attention to the actual rhythmic notation than the chords and riff in this case. Now of course I want you to learn the riff and chords but what's really important is in measure one. Notice how the first two hits are on 1 and the and of 2. You could play this rhythm without the riff and it would still be a worthwhile shuffle rhythm to play. I give you the full barre chord shape first then, one of my favorite 7th chord shapes in measure 3. You can use this example immediately so that's why I started with it.
What You Don't Play
Most people probably know some type of rhythm like this. In this example I wanted to show you that you don't always need to keep the root note droning to pull off an effective rhythm like this. We're in the key of A here but, this idea is easily moved to any key. Also, less is really more in most cases so, let the bass player handle the root note. Also, notice how I play the riff in a very staccato fashion. This keeps it funky!
Rake Is Dirty
Some of the great Texas blues players play rhythm very aggressively. Stevie Ray Vaughan is obviously the patriarch of this approach but, you can hear players like Chris Duarte and Kenny Wayne Shepherd play with this feel. An underlying theme throughout this course will be the use of the raking technique. You'll want to pay close attention to my right hand. Notice how I aggressively play almost all of the strings. I'm muting with my left hand to stop unwanted strings from ringing. This is a tough technique to get. Seems simple enough but, it's not. Don't be afraid to play aggressively. You may even break a string but, that's part of the process!
Part Bass
My first choice is to not play what the bass player is playing but, sometimes in blues we'll hear the guitarist mimic a bassline. We're doing that in this example. I add a little riff at the end to spice it up too. What's great about blues playing is that many rhythm ideas can translate to our lead playing. We'll see that as we progress through the course. Rhythm riffs make our lead playing more interesting and are a nice change of pace to single line solos.
Swingin' Gate
I named this after Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Gatemouth played a lot of swing/shuffle type rhythms. The 9th chord is a classic swing voicing and I thought I'd add a little riff to round out the example. We're in the key of C which always seems to be a good key for this feel. I've played with a lot of horn groups in the past and they often play in C so, swing away with this one!
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Reviews
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Quark77
Verified buyer
03/28/24
Great variety of texas blues rhythms
Corey is one of my favorite teacher on Truefire (and on his own platform). In this course he offers a great variety of rhythm Texas Blues approaches, explains them very well and plays spot-on as always. Also check his texas blues solo factory.
Dmitri
03/12/24
Cool course
Really liked it. Recommended!
webdust
Verified buyer
10/10/22
Texas Blues by Corey Congilio
Fantastic Course!! Corey has become my favorite!!
Jason
07/31/22
Fantastic course
This was the first of his courses I purchased and it’s fun, fast, bite-sized, useful and full of great ideas that I discovered could be used all over the place. Highly recommended- if I’d any requests, it’d be some guidance on finding & switching tones … but that’s probably best as a different course. This was great
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