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Play your first blues: five free lessons, in the right order.

Lessons by Marty Schwartz and David Taub

Start with the 12-bar blues in E and a power-chord groove, then your first licks in the A minor pentatonic box, and finish with bends and vibrato that make them sound like the blues.

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The lessons, in order

  1. Lesson 1

    12-Bar Blues in E: What a Bar Is and the First E Riff with Muting

    Marty Schwartz · 19 min

  2. Lesson 2

    Basic 12-Bar Blues in E with Power Chords

    David Taub · 10 min

  3. Lesson 3

    Beginner Blues: Adding Notes to the E Power Chord Groove

    Marty Schwartz · 7 min

  4. Lesson 4

    Three Easy Blues Licks in the First A Minor Pentatonic Position

    Marty Schwartz · 25 min

  5. Lesson 5

    Blues Bending and Vibrato: Which Notes to Bend and How to Control Them

    Marty Schwartz · 12 min

What you will learn

  • What a bar is, and the 12-bar blues in E with a turnaround
  • The power-chord groove, then adding notes to it
  • Three easy licks in the first A minor pentatonic position, with bends and vibrato

Your teacher

Marty Schwartz

Blues, rock and beginner guitar

One of the best-known guitar teachers on YouTube. Marty teaches more than 30 of our courses: first chords, strumming, blues licks and soloing, with a lot of fun along the way.

Lessons by Marty Schwartz and David Taub.

Free blues lessons for beginners

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