Blues Guitar Level 1, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is about learning the art of playing rhythm guitar and its various grooves pertaining to the blues. Areas covered are: major scales, chord construction, Chicago-type shuffles, uptown swing & jump, cut time, slow blues, rhumba, funky blues, rock beat, boogie beat, eight-bar blues; openings, breaks and endings. This book is accompanied by audio download available online of all examples (played by author John Garcia) along with the background music. For all skill level players. Includes access to online audio.

Music & Instrument Primer and Notation Legend

Major Scales & Chord Construction
12 Bar Blues Examples - Long & Short changes

Chicago Type Shuffles

Honky Tonk/Jimmy Reed Style
Chord Slides/Melody chords
Double Stops/Tri-Tones
Single Note/Box Shapes

Uptown Swing & Jump

Upbeat Rhythm
Charleston/Bolero
Single Note/Arpeggios

Cut Time (2/4, Cut Shuffle or 2-Beat)

Single Note
Double Stops/Dyads
Rhythm Chords

Slow Blues (Major & Minor)

Chord Slides
Chord Triplets
Sustained Chords

Rhumba (Latin Influenced Blues)

Single Note
Chords on Backbeat
Chord Sweep/Rakes

Funky Blues

Rhythm Chords & Single Notes Combined

Rock Beat

Line Driven/Single Notes
Chunky Chords

Boogie Beat

Modal
Line Driven/Single Notes

8 Bar Blues

Openings, Breaks & Endings

Openings
Breaks
Endings