Blues Shuffle Guitar Lesson

By Dan Cross, About.com Guide

• Loop the 12 bar blues without an intro, and without the outro. Keep repeating until you've memorized it. Use the variation on the 12th bar in order to keep track of where you are in the song.
• Try playing the intro and outro, along with the song, WITHOUT losing the timing.
• Play along to the recorded example, and try to mimic it perfectly.
• Try playing an A blues scale over the recorded example. This is something we're going to examine further in the future.
• Be sure you're not hitting open strings that you shouldn't be playing.

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• Blues Shuffle Guitar Lesson
• The 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression
• The Blues Shuffle Pattern
• Putting it Together
• Tips on Playing a 12 Bar Blues

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