15 Essential Blues Guitar Licks - With TAB!

15 Essential Blues Guitar Licks - With TAB!
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Probably The Most Valuable FREE Blues Guitar Lesson You’ll Ever Take - With TAB!

Here’s a 100% FREE, in depth blues guitar lesson with on-screen tab, taught by Bobby Harrison. In this tutorial, we will learn 15 essential blues licks in the context of a 12 bar blues solo over a shuffle groove in the good old-fashioned key of A.

Our solo spans two choruses (twice around the 12 bar progression) and features many classic blues licks and phrases in the styles of B.B. King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King and Albert Collins.

These 15 licks feature classic blues tonality, along with chord tones that really highlight the changes. These are all extremely usable ideas that you can incorporate into your own playing. Each lick breakdown features on-screen tab

In addition to learning the solo, we’re also going to cover a very cool rhythm guitar part that you can try out next time you find yourself at a blues jam. Enjoy!

The lick and solo tutorial starts at 10:15.

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This short, free tutorial merely scratches the surface of blues guitar and is not part of our website, since it was made to promote the course after launch. However, full tab and backing track for this lesson are available to full members on request. Our website offers a HUGE, in-depth guitar course featuring hours of tuition material designed to have you improvising blues authentically.

I use Hawk Picks and Elixir Nanoweb 10-52 strings.

I am left-handed, but the video has been horizontally flipped in order to make it easier for most “normal” players to follow.

[Smudgie]

If you're ever in town to see me and my band you will find me playing this exact solo. I will of course use it in a different key and do my damnedest to make it look spontaneous.

[RuggedYuppie]

There are simply not enough comments on YouTube praising Bobby for his exceptional and indispensable online blues guitar course. This video does a great job of showing that he teaches not just technique and execution, but really gets across the soulfulness of a really wonderful blues solo while showing how to express that “feeling.” I can’t recommend highly enough. I have no affiliation other than that I’m taking the course and am loving it!

[claytonowenby]

After watching probably a 1000 videos on here I have to say this 1 is by far the best. Great player and teacher very easy to understand and he doesn't leave you hanging wondering what the hell comes next. I'm now finally learning something worthwhile thank you so much.

[georgecottrell]

I am so happy I stumbled on to this lesson. "When the student is ready the teacher shall appear". Bobby is obviously a very talented guitar player, but that alone does not make a good teacher. His ability to explain what he's doing and why is outstanding, which is so important for any type of online lessons. The pace of his lessons for me is also just right, in that Goldilocks zone. Awesome! I've signed up. Do it people!

[toddknaster]

Not sure how anyone can give this a thumbs down. Awesome lesson, awesome playing. Having you play the solo with the track and then break down each lick is a great format and makes it a lot easier to get the phrasing correct. Your an awesome musician and teacher!
Thank you so much for sharing!

[ericmohler]

I decided to pay for full membership. Glad I did. Bobby is an excellent teacher. The subject is blues and only blues. Bobby introduces all the little nuances that turn a simple I, IV, V and pentatonics into a full fledged master class for beginners to expert. This is the real deal. Well worth it!!

[johng]

I've been working on this for a couple of days and making good progress. Bobby is good to work with as he comes across as a genuinely nice cat who knows he's a badass, but he's happy to share his knowledge in a laid back way.

[bobsaturday]

hey ! it's really great to get a blues guitar lesson from somebody who actually plays it right and knows what he's talkin about

[saoosyngkon]

I think i just found the best blues teacher thank you

[RollingStoneZzzzz]

I think there is enough meat here to chew on for along time! It's my belief that mastering this video you have built a SOLID platform to to become a blues man! Das 😎 all! Das 😎 cool! 👍❤️

[denisshadbolt]

As I have seen you many times with your Floyd appearances and been amazed at your solo skills, I can only thank you for these lessons, which give us mere amateurs a chance of at least enjoying some kind of guitar experience, thank you again Bobby.

[Ronno]

This is a GREAT intro to playing a 12 bar Blues solo! The V (or Five) chord licks are especially good and it all sounds so slick and impressive with lick No.8 being so well constructed starting on an E note and resolving to an E note! 15 quid a month for your Blues course is a steal. Folks, Bobby knows his stuff!

[patrickr.]

That was awesome, both with respect to the performance and to the tuition. Excellent work!

[drumcrazy]

Thank you, Bobby. This is the best lesson I’ve ever seen. I’ve progressed out of sight in 12 hours practicing this lesson and my confidence has finally arrived. I’ll be joining your site. Amazing teacher.

[robbarker]

What an excellent lesson! I've been playing 40+ and now I'm suddenly getting twice as good. I'll never get outta these blues alive. Many thanks!

[DavidYarber]

Bobby, after seeing you in Brit Floyd (in person) absolutely blow everyones mind with your unbelievable playing, it seems weird to have you come down to the level of a beginner like me and teach basic blues. Kinda like Chopin teaching a five year old how to play "Chopsticks" on the piano! Great stuff, man. Wonderful teacher! Many thanks!

[lerouxloots]

Why did YouTube take so long to recommend this channel to me?! This channel should be home base for anyone wanting to dive into what blues guitar is all about...

[richardhartley]

Thanks for the Tablature Bobby. Great Guitar 🎸 teaching friend. Your a Modern Robert Johnson.

[dalton]

Blows me away that this channel only had 4.9k subscribers when this guy plays better( and teaches) than 99% of all other instructors in YouTube land! Amazing!

[dingopes]

Great example of using cord tones of underlaying chords and frazing.. happy i found this before sleep.thanks..