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Acoustic Blues

Sound like an acoustic blues player, not an electric player unplugged.

Open-position blues in E, G and D: the Land of A7 and E7, fills between your chords, an old-time blues in G, drop D and slide, and a thumb-bass fingerstyle blues.

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What you will play

57 lessons · 7.6 hours of video · 9 modules. From the 12-bar in E to fingerstyle and bluesy open chords, plus jam tracks in E, G and D.

  • 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

Your first weeks

About 25 minutes a day.

  1. Week 1

    The 12-bar in E

    Play a 12-bar blues with the Land of A7 and Land of E7 shapes, the open E blues scale in triplets, and your first fills.

  2. Week 2

    Old-time blues in G

    Play an old-time blues in G with a ragtime turnaround and solo over it with the open G blues scale.

  3. Weeks 3 and 4

    Alternate tunings and slide

    Retune to drop D, open D and open G and play a blues riff or a slide tune in each.

Is it for you?

  • You can change between open chords and play E7, A7 and B7
  • You want the sound of acoustic blues: open strings ringing, fills and turnarounds
  • You would like to try slide and fingerstyle blues
  • You are brand new to guitar: learn your first open chords first

What you need

  • An acoustic guitar with the open strings ringing clearly
  • A glass or metal slide for module 3
  • About 25 minutes a day

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Questions

Pick up your acoustic and play the blues.

Start with the Land of A7 today and play your first fills this week.

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