Blues Guitar Styles 101 - Learn at your own pace

Improve your technique and discover six iconic blues guitar styles with this self-paced online course. You’ll have access to comprehensive video lessons by an expert blues guitar teacher, as well as downloadable notes with detailed notation, support materials and backing tracks. 

 The course is made up of six modules, each with a focus on the language, history, technique and rhythms for the essential blues styles of the Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Memphis Blues, West Coast Blues, British Blues and Late Texas Blues.

You can take each module at your own pace, going over the materials as fast or slow as you require. As well as learning about the history and technique for each style, you’ll also be introduced to two of the genre’s key guitar players – giving you a comprehensive understanding of each style and its most famous players.

Once you’ve finished the six modules in this step-by-step course, you’ll have practical knowledge and authentic skills – and sound like you’ve been playing the blues for years!

Blues Guitar: What’s covered?

Module 1: Discover the dynamic ‘Texas Blues’, a style characterised early on by jazz and swing influences and later by blues rock and Southern rock. You’ll learn how and when to use a looper and be introduced to legendary licks and rhythms from Freddy King and Lightnin’ Hopkins.

Module 2: Known as having one of the most significant influences on early rock music, ‘Chicago Blues’ inspired some of the biggest 1960s beat groups, including the Rolling Stones. You’ll develop an understanding of blues curls and be introduced to the licks and rhythms of Chicago Blues legends Muddy Waters and Hubert Sumlin.

Module 3: The ‘West Coast Blues’ style evolved from the many Texas Blues players who relocated to California in the 1940s and is influenced by jazz and jump blues. You’ll discover blues bending techniques and be introduced to the distinct licks and rhythms of the towering West Coast Blues guitarists Johnny Watson and T Bone Walker.

Module 4: An important blues genre originating in the Deep South is the ‘Memphis Blues’, a strong and early influencer of ‘Rhythm and Blues’ (R&B) music. You’ll be taught more extreme bending and be introduced to the licks and rhythms from the ‘Kings of the Blues Guitars’, Albert King and BB King.

Module 5: Bringing the Blues to more mainstream audiences, the ‘British Blues’ was derived from the American Blues in the 1960s. You’ll get an introduction to the licks and rhythms from British Blues legends such as Peter Green and Eric Clapton, plus learn blues guitar vibrato techniques to practice and master.

Module 6: You’ll be introduced to the ‘Late Texas Blues’ genre and learn the licks and rhythms of progressive, more recent Blues guitar heroes Johnny Winter Licks and Stevie Ray Vaughan. You’ll also be introduced to string muting techniques and consolidate other learnings.

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