Do you want to spice up your blues guitar playing? in this blues guitar lesson, I will give you my top 5 blues guitar tips that will take your playing from novice to pro, if these techniques are applied.

By learning and applying just a few simple techniques, you can achieve the blues guitar prowess that you’ve been striving for.

When trying out these tips, make sure and practice them everyday to get the best results. If you can’t practice them everyday, at least practice them 4 days a week. In about a month you will see a drastic improvement in your playing.

My top 5 Blues Guitar Tips

1. Start using your fingers. Many cool blues guitar licks are played with your fingers. The classic Albert King, SRV licks found in “The Sky is Crying”, are just one example of how to incorporate this technique into your blues guitar playing.
2. Practice scales in the swing 8ths. This rhythm is commonly found in blues, and when practiced regularly, you will get a better feeling of the blues is supposed to sound. If you don’t know what swing 8th are listen to my Podcast on the Blues for April 28th, and you can hear examples of this rhythm.
3. Learn intervals. This could be the single most important thing to learn when playing blues guitar, or any guitar for that matter. Intervals are simply the distance from one note to another. By memorizing that these different distances sound like, you will start playing with sounds, instead of box patterns. In my DVD, Slide guitar Method 2 The Major Scale, I explain in detail how to learn intervals and incorporate them into your slide guitar playing.
4. Practice to Backing tracks. This is a good way to get better all the way around. By practicing with a band, even if it’s just a recorded track on a CD, this is far better than practicing alone. Get this in your head people. Rhythm is the most important thing when playing guitar! If you don’t have any rhythm, everything you play will sound BAD! If you practice to backing tracks everyday, you will ingrain rhythm into your playing. You will now play in time every time you pick up the guitar. How many times have you heard the guy who can play anything by himself, but give him a beat and he can’t stay with it. I promise you that you will get better by practicing with a backing track. That is why I include backing tracks with all of my Slide Guitar DVDs and Blues Guitar Lesson Downloads.
5. Memorize the 12 Bar Blues Progression. Sounds simple but everyday I have people come in for lessons that do not know the 12 bar blues progression. It really is a “must know” if you ever want to really get good. Learn this TODAY IF YOU WANT TO EVER GET BETTER AT PLAYING THE BLUES. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. IF YOU DON’T YOU WILL NEVER GET ANY BETTER!

Sorry to yell, but I gotta tell you how important this is. It really will benefit you more than anything else will if you’re serious about playing the blues.

Well that’s it people, there are my top 5 Blues guitar tips when learning how to play blues guitar. Learn them or else! Just kidding. Just visit the crossroads and you’ll be playing like Mr. Johnson in no time!

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