BLUES YOU CAN USE
THE TRADITIONAL BLUES players from the 1920s through the ’60s established many popular song structures, chords and guitar techniques. It’s testament to the quality and enduring popularity of these artists that so much of the identity of their playing can still be heard in today’s blues music. Less well known is that blues is at the heart of much of the rock and metal that would emerge from the ’70s on — so there’s something for everyone to learn. What more reason do you need to follow our lesson on some core blues basics?
CLASSIC BLUES
Get jamming the easy way, with a simple, traditional repeating boogie riff in the style of the great John Lee Hooker (). Based around an A root note, this line can easily be taken through a standard 12-bar blues progression (A - D - E)
