Delta & Electric Slide Blues

Grinder shuffles, thumb-picked country blues and slide guitar in standard, open G, open A and open D tuning, plus post-war electric blues phrasing.

What you will be able to play

• Play the grinder shuffle in E through a full quick-change 12-bar with a B7 walk-up and turnaround.
• Keep an even thumb bass under an acoustic country blues in A, including the octave turnaround.
• Rest the slide lightly over the fret wire so every note is in tune, with steady, centred vibrato.
• Play single-note electric slide in E in standard tuning, including a slow-blues intro from the V chord.
• Retune to open G, open A and open D and find the I, IV and V chords with the slide.
• Play the classic open D slide intro lick, follow the IV and V chords and finish with a turnaround.
• Solo over a 12-bar in A by changing your notes with each chord instead of staying in one box.
• Move between four soloing boxes in C with slides and chromatic connections.

Is it for you?

Blues players who can already play open chords such as E, A, D7, E7 and B7, know the 12-bar form in E and A, and have the A minor pentatonic box at the 5th fret under their fingers, and who now want the older, rootsier side of the blues: shuffles, thumb-picked acoustic blues and slide. No slide experience is needed; the slide module starts from touch and intonation. It suits intermediate players and confident advanced beginners. It is not a first guitar course or a first blues soloing course: the 12-bar form and the pentatonic shapes are assumed rather than taught, and much of the slide work asks you to retune.

What you get

• 38 video lessons in teaching order
• Taught by Jeffrey Paul Ross, David Taub, Marty Schwartz, Tyler Hardwick
• Level: Beginner to intermediate
• Watch on the web or in the GuitarJamz app, on any device, with your progress kept
• Yours to keep: one payment, no subscription
• Backed by our money-back guarantee

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