Why Every Guitarist Needs the Blues (and the 4 Steps to Play it)

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In today's acoustic blues guitar lesson, we learn why every guitarist needs the blues and the 4 steps to play it. I make the case that blues is fundamental to a guitar education because of several historical and musical reasons which I cover thoughout the video. By memorizing the 12-bar blues form, the minor pentatonic and blues scales, learning how to shuffle and groove, and learning the articulations, phrasings and techniques involved, we can start to get the blues going in our own playing which will likely assist and extend to virtually every other genre as well.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Lesson Introduction
00:58 1. Memorize the 12 Bar Blues
02:12 2. Learn the minor pentatonic and blues scales
03:22 Blues History and Why it Changed Everything
05:55 Call and Response and Slide Guitar
07:00 The Guitar Sounds Like the Voice
08:46 The Modern Guitar Solo
10:36 3. Learn to Shuffle and Groove
12:31 12 Bar Blues in E with a Shuffle
13:49 Boogie Woogie Pattern
15:38 4. Learn the Phrasings, Articulations and Techniques
17:28 Blues Artists to Listen To
18:53 Bonus: Improvise and Make Music You Like
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