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Blues 101
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How to Use This Course (1:34)
"Smokestack Lightnin'" Howlin' Wolf
About This Song
Playthrough (0:31)
Guitar 1a (14:11)
Guitar 1b (3:19)
Guitar 2 (2:17)
Guitar 3 (4:40)
Looping All Parts (3:42)
Transposing to 12th Position (5:03)
Conclusion (1:13)
“Hoochie Coochie Man“ Muddy Waters
About This Song
Playthrough (3:15)
Verse (4:31)
Verse to Chorus (2:36)
Chorus (17:02)
Solo Section (9:14)
Outro (2:45)
“Killing Floor” Howlin' Wolf
About This Song
Playthrough (1:49)
First Four Bars (11:40)
Second Four Bars (8:01)
Last Four Bars (17:14)
Variations (8:30)
“Boom Boom” John Lee Hooker
About This Song
Playthrough 81 BPM (0:39)
Playthrough 64 BPM (0:49)
Lead (26:57)
Lead with Chords (7:51)
Lead Transposed to Key of F (4:34)
Lead Transposed an Octave higher (3:50)
“Born Under A Bad Sign” Albert King
About This Song
Playthrough (2:48)
Intro and Chorus (17:35)
Verse 1 and Chorus (4:59)
Verse 2 and Chorus (3:39)
Guitar Solo Section and Bridge (10:26)
Verse 3, Chorus and Outro (7:45)
“Life by the Drop” Stevie Ray Vaughan
About This Song
Playthrough (2:25)
Intro Lead (13:05)
Verse 1 (10:50)
Chorus 1 (9:49)
Verse 2 and Chorus 2 (4:36)
Verse 3 and Chorus 3 (12:27)
Tag (7:11)
“Sweet Home Chicago” Robert Johnson
About This Song
Playthrough in E (3:01)
Review of 12-Bar Blues (7:36)
Song Introduction (3:46)
Measures 1-8 (13:19)
Measures 9-12 (14:31)
Verses without Quick IV (3:39)
Outro (2:15)
Using a Capo (6:53)
Using a Pick (4:36)
“I’m Tore Down” Freddie King
About This Song
Playthrough (3:01)
Song Introduction (7:23)
Chorus (5:54)
Verse 1 (12:14)
Verse 2 (9:33)
Guitar Solo Section (3:52)
Verse 3 (1:19)
Outro Chorus (16:24)
“Hideaway” John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
About This Song
Playthrough (3:13)
Root-5th/6th Alternating Rhythm (13:26)
Riff 1 (8:17)
Breaks (2:17)
Riff 2 (21:58)
Outro (12:05)
“Five Long Years” Buddy Guy
About This Song
Root-5th/6th Alternating Rhythm (6:20)
9th Chords (5:55)
9th Chords with Chromatic Half-step Movement (7:34)
6th Intervals (11:08)
9th Chords and 6th Intervals (2:38)
IV Chord in Measure 11 at 5:14 (4:10)
Dominant 7th Arpeggio Riff (7:55)
Song Ending (7:29)
Course Conclusion
What To Do Next (1:00)
Last Four Bars
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