Learn to play the Blues in a variety of authentic styles from Boogie Woogie to Rock and Roll…
Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony
The First Lesson / Variation #1 / Variation #2 / Variation #3 / Variation #4 / Variation #5 / Variation #6 / Variation #7 / Variation #8 /
Major 12-Bar Blues: Harmonic Ear Training
Commonly-Used Harmonic Variations (Video)
Minor Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony
- The First Lesson / Variation #1 , #2, #3, etc. (coming this summer!)
Blues Rhythm
- The Big Three Blues Feels
- Shuffle/Swing Rhythm & Notation
- A Lesson in Rhythm
- Also see “Practice Tracks” below
Blues Scales
- Minor Blues Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Minor Pentatonic Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Major Blues Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Dorian Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Mixolydian Scale-Chords, Theory & Ear Training
Blues Comping Patterns
Comping Pattern #1 / Comping Pattern #2 / Comping Pattern #3 / Comping Pattern #4 / Comping Pattern #5 /
Blues Vocabulary
A potluck of “bread & butter” vamps, riffs, licks, runs, breaks, pickups, walk-ups, walk-downs, tags, intros, turnarounds, and endings for your consideration…
- Grace Notes / Repeated Notes / Tone Clusters / Tremolos
- Duplet Riff #1 / Duplet Riff #2 / Duplet Riff #3
- Triplet Riff #1 / Triplet Riff #2 / Triplet Riff #3
- Triplet Run #1 / Triplet Run #2 / Triplet Run #3
- Intro-Turnaround #1 / Intro-Turnaround #2 / Intro/Turnaround #3
- Ending #1 / Ending #2 / Ending #3 / Ending #4 / Ending #5 / Ending #6 / Ending #7 / Ending #8 / Ending #9 / Ending #10
- Lick #1 / Lick #2 / Lick #3 / Lick #4 / Lick #5 / Lick #6 / Lick #7 / Lick#8 / Lick #9 / Lick #10 / Lick #11 // lots more coming soon!
- Pickup #1 (coming soon!)
Lyric/Chord Charts
- “House of the Rising Sun”
- “The Thrill is Gone”
- “Saint James Infirmary”
Practice Tracks
- Straight Drums
- Slow Triple-Feel Drums
- Shuffle Drums
- One Chord Vamps Bass & Drums, Various Keys (Any requests?)
- Two Chord Vamps Bass & Drums, Various Keys (Any Requests?)
- 12-Bar Blues Bass & Drums in Various Keys (Any Requests?)