Acoustic Blues

Open-position acoustic blues in E, G and D: chord tricks, open-string licks, drop D and slide, and thumb-bass fingerstyle.

What you will be able to play

• Play a 12-bar blues in E using the Land of A7 and Land of E7 shapes with open strings ringing.
• Drop open-position E blues fills between your chords without losing your place in the 12-bar.
• Play an old-time blues in G with palm-muted C7 and D7 and a G, E7, A7, D7 ragtime turnaround.
• Retune to drop D, open D and open G and play a blues riff or slide tune in each.
• Solo with open-position licks in E, G and D, linking them with triplet blues-scale runs.
• Keep a steady alternating thumb bass under pinches and melody notes in a fingerstyle blues in E and G.
• Turn open C, A, G, E and D chords into bluesy rhythm parts with b7 licks and a harmonised turnaround.

Is it for you?

Advanced beginners and intermediate players who can change between open chords and play E7, A7 and B7, and who want to sound like an acoustic blues player rather than an electric player unplugged. It is best if you can already strum a 12-bar blues in E and know one pentatonic shape; if not, the two optional primers in module 1 cover just enough. It suits anyone who wants to explore open strings, alternate tunings, slide and fingerstyle on one guitar. It is not a first guitar course, and it does not cover bending-heavy electric blues lead.

What you get

• 58 video lessons in teaching order
• Taught by Marty Schwartz, Tony Brucco, Ben Powell, Ben Zinn
• Level: Beginner to intermediate
• Watch on the web or in the GuitarJamz app, on any device, with your progress kept
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