American Blues Guitar in Six Weeks
& Blues Guitar
Jam Tracks
Welcome to the American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks course. These lessons are designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with techniques, concepts, and licks to help you play and understand blues soloing at a manageable easy-to-follow pace. Licks and techniques in the style of a featured artist are taught each week to help you play in real musical situations and develop an ear for the differences between players.
If you have been frustrated or intimidated by other educational material this course is for you. You will see the improvement as you work through each week taking small steps, occasionally looking back and being surprised by how far you have come.
With the American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks guitar course the material is presented to you in easy-to-absorb sections which progress in a sensible logical order.
Stick with this course and you are guaranteed to see improvement.
about the instructor Steve Trovato is best known as a world-class country guitarist. He has written several bestselling guitar tuition books and maintains a full-time position in the Guitar Department at the University of Southern California.-
Week 1: SRV Style
Blues scale patterns, blues phrasing, playing the "shuffle" feel, double stops, using trills, hammer on's and pull off's, using triplets, adding chromatic passing tones to the blues scale. -
Week 2: Johnny Winter Style
Blues scale patterns, repetitious phrasing, building licks using hammer on's and pull off's, playing "in the pocket" using triplets, using pentatonic scale sequencing to create blues licks. -
Week 3: Albert Collin Style
Learn a blues scale pattern, learn a pattern for the major pentatonic scale, using double stops, shifting positions for longer licks, learn to combine scales to create great blues licks. -
Week 4: B.B. King Style
Learn a blues scale pattern and a pattern for the major pentatonic scale, learn the famous B.B. King vibrato, learn to bend and which notes to bend, and learn to combine scales to create great blues licks. -
Week 5: Jimi Hendrix Style
Learn a blues scale pattern, learn the Jimi Hendrix vibrato, learn the "blues rake", and learn how to use repetition. -
Week 6: Albert King Style
Learn to shift position to create longer blues lines, learn to play multiple note bends on a single string, learn to blend in intervals, and combine techniques from all other lessons in the series.