Blues Domination · Marty Schwartz

Learn the blues properly, from your first 12-bar to soloing over real changes.

Marty’s complete blues course: the 12-bar in E, A, C and B, your first solos with the pentatonic box, then the blues scale, Mixolydian and a library of licks, taught slowly with jam tracks to play over.

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What you will play

138 lessons · 21.8 hours of video · 15 modules. In teaching order, plus jam tracks. Start at module 1, or skip ahead if you already know the 12-bar.

Play a full 12-bar blues in E with the power-chord riff, B7 and A7, a turnaround and an ending
Play the 12-bar blues in any key with movable power chords, 7th barre chords and 9th chords
Solo over a blues with the A minor pentatonic box, the blues scale and the extended run
Find the key of a tune from its first chord and move your licks there
Choose major or minor pentatonic for a progression and add Mixolydian over dominant 7th chords
Play swing, gospel, minor, funk and 6/8 blues progressions with their chords, rhythm and soloing

Your first weeks

About 30 minutes a day.

Week 1
The 12-bar blues in E
Play the power-chord riff, B7 and A7, a turnaround and an ending, then a second-guitar part and your first two licks.
Week 2
Your first blues solos
Find any root on the low E string, learn the A minor pentatonic box and solo over a slow blues with a handful of licks.
Weeks 3 and 4
The blues in any key
Move the 12-bar to A and C with 7th and 9th chords, start a Texas shuffle, and take your licks to any key.

Is it for you?

You want one place to learn the blues properly, in order
You can press a string down cleanly, hold a pick and strum in time
You know a 12-bar already and want to solo over it with confidence
You like learning by watching a teacher play, slowly, up close

You have never held a guitar: start with a beginner course first
You need standard notation: we teach with tab and by showing you

What you need

An electric guitar is best; an acoustic works for the first module
Barre chords from module 3 (learn them alongside modules 1 and 2)
About 30 minutes a day

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.

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Every lesson of the course, in teaching order
Jam tracks in A, C, G and B to practice with
Licks in six keys, slowed down then up to speed
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Play the blues the way the masters did.

Start with the 12-bar in E today, and solo over your first slow blues within two weeks.

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Learn the blues properly, from your first 12-bar to soloing over real changes.

What you will play

Module 1 · The 12-bar blues in E10 lessons · Play a complete 12-bar blues in E with the power-chord riff, B7 and A7, a turnaround and an ending, plus a second-guitar part and your first two licks.

Module 2 · Your first blues solos12 lessons · Find any root on the low E string, play the A minor pentatonic box from memory, and solo over a blues in A and C with a handful of licks.

Module 3 · The blues in any key, the Texas shuffle and blues-rock licks15 lessons · Play the 12-bar blues in A and C with power chords, 7th barre chords and 9th chords, start a Texas shuffle in E, and add blues-rock riffs, licks and the blues scale.

Module 3b · Blues Part 3: licks in D and C, and moving them to any key4 lessons · Play three D minor pentatonic licks with in-tune bends and three C minor licks at the 8th fret, and move any lick to a new key from the first chord of a tune.

Module 4 · Beyond the box: blues scale, triplets and the extended run13 lessons · Run the A blues scale in triplets, build longer lines with the blue note, play the extended pentatonic run from the 3rd to the 10th fret, and use the A-string-root shape in D.

Module 5 · Inspired blues: boogie, vamps and slow blues7 lessons · Play a Texas boogie riff in A, blues vamps in E, G and A, and a slow blues in A, and solo over each with minor or major pentatonic.

Module 6 · Inspired blues: blues in B, blues-rock and southern rock4 lessons · Play a blues in B with B7, E9 and F#9, a heavy blues-rock lick with a super bend, and southern rock leads with G major pentatonic.

Module 7 · Soloing over real progressions7 lessons · Decide between major and minor pentatonic for a progression, connect both root positions across the neck, and solo in A, C, D, E, G and B minor.

Module 8 · New blues 1: rock and roll, funk and minor blues5 lessons · Play a rock and roll blues in A with A7, D9 and E9, a funky blues in E with 9th chords and a bass line, and a minor blues in B, and solo over each.

Module 9 · New blues 2: swing, gospel and train-beat4 lessons · Play a swing blues in B with 13th chords, a gospel blues in F with augmented and diminished chords, a train-beat blues and a riffy blues in E.

Module 10 · New blues 3: ragtime, D, 6/8 and swing in C4 lessons · Play an old-style ragtime blues in C, a blues in D with scale switching, a 6/8 blues waltz in G and a swing blues in C with second-guitar parts.

Module 11 · Live sessions: Mixolydian and the blues15 lessons · Know when Mixolydian fits, play Mixolydian blues hybrid licks over A7, D9 and E9, and solo over a C9 funk vamp with blues, Mixolydian and major pentatonic sounds.

Module 12 · Quick Licks 1: short licks in A, C, G, E and D10 lessons · Learn short, ready-to-use licks from the extended pentatonic, the blues scale and Mixolydian, and play each one over a jam in its key.

Module 13 · Quick Licks 2: speed, big bends and open-position licks16 lessons · Play faster pentatonic licks, unison and super bends, open E blues scale licks and a three-string sweep, each over a jam.

Jam tracks to practice with12 lessons · Play the course's licks and scales over extra backing tracks in A, C, G and B and over a C9 groove.

Your first weeks

Is it for you?

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Questions

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