Hi people, I need to learn to play the blues guitar and the thing being that its not as easy as it seems cause I cannot find a good teacher to make me learn this and the second thing being the cost of private lessons…. so I am looking for online classes. I have an acoustic guitar with strings made from other than nylon in standard tuning.

I have some basic knowledge and know to play a few chords. But what I need is a crash course or something for beginners to get on going. Please do drop in your ideas to help me. (Hail the great William Christopher Handy who wrote the first blues song “Memphis Blues”)

Thanks in advance!

How about BluesLessons.net?

Hi Grenny:

Basic blues chords are quite simple.Blues usually uses just3 chords,the 1 7chord,the 5 7 chord and the 4 7chord.In the key of C,the one chord is C7th,the five chord is G7th,and the four chord is F7th.

Most blues is a 12 bar[measure] song,although there are some 8 bar blues.

Here are the chords for a typical 12 bar blues in C.

C7///F7th/// C7th/// C7th///
F7th///F7th/// C7th/// C7th///
G7th///F7th///C7th///C7th///

These are the chords to one 12 bar chorus of the Blues in C.

If you want to play more than one chorus,just play a G7th in the 12 th bar ,[instead of C7th]this will take you back to the beginning .

If you learn the 1 chord,the 5 chord and the 4 chord in every key ,you could play the blues in any key that you choose.

There are more complicated ways to play the blues ,but this will get you started.

I would suggest that you take lessons if possible.Or go to a music store and buy a guitar book showing all of the basic guitar chords or try to find a good Blues guitar book.

Hope this helps you get started.If you have any questions ,feel free to ask them.

hippolips