I love the blues, and in this area I hope to teach you some of the basic skills.

Those looking for the Solo Blues 1 (and those wishing to get down the solo blues guitar style), please check out this page, it is for my DVD on said topic but also has a free lesson too!

Blues Lead Guitar Series

In this series I will try and show you the basic skills and licks to enable you to play some blues lead guitar. It is primarily aimed at beginners, but I plan to develop it over the rest of the year to include more advanced concepts.

BL-011 • Blues Lead Guitar #1 - Basics
This lesson introduces my "method" for playing blues lead guitar. It explains my "language" approach and gives you a load of little tips before you get going.

BL-012 • Blues Lead Guitar #2 - Scales
There are three main scales that work over the whole blues progression, the Minor Pentatonic, The Blues Scale and The Dorian Mode. These three are discussed in Position 1.

BL-013 • Blues Lead Guitar #3 - Five Licks (Minor Pentatonic Pos 1)
Now it is time to get some licks down - learn some words :)

BL-014 • Blues Lead Guitar #4 - Bending Skills
Next we look at getting your string bending in tune and check out which notes you can bend in Position 1.

BL-015 • Blues Lead Guitar #5 - Using Licks
Once you get the licks down, you need to start using them! Here are some tips on making the most of what you got!