These are the 10 must-learn chords that every guitarist uses all the time. If you don’t know these chords, learn them right now. The dots tell you where to put your fingers. The numbers tell you which ...

A classic Chicago blues-style shuffle. Use your first finger on the 2nd fret and add your third or fourth finger on the higher notes. Muddy Waters’ riffs were often played around the open E shape but ...

Primary chords Learn to perform the 12-bar blues chord sequences which form the basis of many rock ’n’ roll songs. Using three chords, write your own eight-bar chord sequence. Add a flattened seventh ...

Here are the common techniques and musical devices from the blues and jazz styles. Think of ways how they can be transferred to performance and composition tasks. In performance In composing 12-bar ...