Beginning Blues Guitar

I've decided to make a list of grooves or feels you should learn when starting to learn the blues guitar, I have also included some songs that will help you learn and get the feel of the blues. Mainly you need to keep it simple, generally if you stick to the traditional format you'll be all good. You really can't go wrong with a 12 bar blues at a jam and there are thousands of variations. Players don't really need to know a song as long as they know the structure for example are playing a shuffle in the key of A and somebody calls out IV you should be right there, if you can't keep up with that you should definitely review some basic guitar theory, as I call it, and guitar scales to get a better understanding.

But here is a quick list of songs and grooves a blues guitarist or any blues musician for that matter should learn.

Songs: Sweet Home Chicago, Hoochie Coochie Man, Mojo, Dust My Broom, Stormy Monday, Snatch it Back and Hold It, Johnny B Good

Grooves: Chicago Shuffel, West Coast shuffel, Jimmy Reed Shuffel, The Mojo beat, Slow 12 bar, 8 Bar blues, 12bar blues

If you are interested in learning more about the guitar especially the blues guitar, scales, and music theory be sure to check out the below website. It is a work in progress but you will be able to get a basic understanding of music theory and how it is applied on guitar.


Guitar Scales