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How to Play the 12 Bar Blues on Guitar

This is a guest post by Matt Warnock from Guitar Player Daily. Today, Matt will be talking with us about how to play the 12 bar blues on guitar.

The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progression in traditional blues music, jazz, country, rock, pop, funk and almost every other genre of modern music. The simplicity of the chords and the easy to follow form of the 12-bar blues have made it a favorite songwriting, and soloing, vehicle for guitarists as diverse as Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Pat Metheny and Slash. By learning to recognize the basic form of the 12-bar blues, and which chords make up this form, we will be well on our way to jamming along with some of our favorite songs and artists. [...]

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Best Guitar Lessons: Review of Online Guitar Lessons

I wanted to take time to review some online guitar lessons. It's quite convenient to be able to receive professional guitar lessons online from right at home, especially, if the techniques and skills taught in the online guitar lessons is comparable to that of a private guitar lesson. Not to mention, you also save a ton of money doing online guitar lessons! But, it can be hard to find a good beginner guitar lesson online. If you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, but don't know how, then check out these online guitar lessons for [...]

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