Blues for me

Konda · #1 January 11th, 2007

hey im an absolute beginner.

there are a few sounds i like and the blues is my favorite :-)
im searching for some bluesy songs, which can help me to practice my guitar skills.
i allready know the 12 bar (in 3 or 4 variations

)

so hope you can help a guitar-noob like me to find my sound :-)

greets konda

allthumbs · #2 January 11th, 2007

Kirk has some blues tunes in his lessons.

blackcat · #3 January 11th, 2007

some good blues sites:
http://12bar.de/intro.php
http://truefire.com/playbluesguitar/lessons.html
http://www.blueslessons.net/

Hey · #4 January 11th, 2007

Hey Konda, Im so glad theres another blues player on this site

I feel so lonely sometimes with no one here on this forum to talk blues with

Anyway, heres some cool easy random blues riffs for you, happy plaing

Heres a cool sounding Robert Johnsonish type intro:

high E-10-10-10-10--10--9 - 9 - 9 -9 -- 9 ---8- 8- 8- 8 --8------
-12-12-12-12--12--11-11-11-11--11--10-10-10-10--11----
-------------------------------------------------------0--
----------------------------------------------------------
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Low E----------------------------------------------------------

-3-3-----------------------2-2-2-2-
---------------------------1-1-1-1-
-----0-0-------------------2-1-1-1-
----------3-3-2-2-3-3-1-0----------
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And heres a cool strummen riff, simple but catchy:

----------- (x=mute... pulm it at the end and repeat)and then you can follow thatwith
-0-2-0-0x- E,A,E,BM7,A,E,A,E if you want
-0-2-0-1x-
-0-2-0-2x-
-0-0-0-2x-
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krissovo · #5 January 12th, 2007

Blues is my first love at the moment and I am having a blast at making up my own variations with the strumming patterns and my own licks while playing with various tones on the axe. Love the Delta blues vibe and I am working hard on that.

What I find best is to find a cool blues song that you love and make it your own, for instance I did a version of Redhouse and Mojo working but they were mine in sound. Thats the beauty of blues is the versatility!