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Acoustic Blues Musings, Part 2: Hip Tips and Tricks for Better Playing By Jimmy Leslie last updated 4 February 22 Add these helpful hints to your arsenal of blues moves.
Expand Your Blues Vocabulary With These Essential Tunings, Scales and Chords By Guitar Player Staff published 26 January 22 No guitarist should miss out on these blues staples.
Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use By Rob Laing, Jon Bishop, Chris Bird published 26 January 22 Improve your playing with this master class on everything you need to know for better blues.
Blues Turnarounds (Part 1) By Phil Capone last updated 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.
Blues Turnarounds (Part 2) By Phil Capone published 14 October 21 How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.
Learn Jump Blues in the Style of Brian Setzer, Hollywood Fats and Jeff Beck By Phil Capone published 8 September 21 Three great jump blues practitioners that epitomize the signature techniques of their individual styles.
Leap Between Blues and Bebop Jazz with this Jump Blues Guitar Lesson By Phil Capone published 7 September 21 Video Explore this exciting subgenre with extended musical examples inspired by the great Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl.
Thinking Outside the Blues Box By Jesse Gress published 20 July 21 Learn how to break free from blues clichés.
