12-Bar Blues
This guitar video lesson is a complete, one-hour course in the song form that is the single most important influence in the history of American popular music. Blues authority Dave Rubin teaches in detail boogie, shuffle and riff-driven patterns, along with a wide variety of major, minor and jazzy chord progressions.
Videos
• Introduction & Tuning (03:19) - In this first video, Dave Rubin welcomes us to the course and tunes the guitar.
• 12-Bar Blues Example Analysis (01:56) - Dave plays a 12-bar Blues example before breaking it down.
• Swing Shuffle Analysis (01:03) - Dave plays and discusses a swing shuffle example.
• 3-Note Chord Voicings (01:34) - In this video, Dave discusses playing 3-note chord voicings.
• Boogie Shuffle (01:20) - Dave breaks down a Boogie shuffle.
• Chicago Blues Line (01:00) - Dave shows us the common Chicago Blues line.
• Double Stops (01:00) - Dave discusses playing double stops.
• Riff Blues (02:05) - Dave shows us and breaks down a Blues riff.
• Minor Key Blues (03:09) - In this video, Fave explores playing Blues in a minor key.
• Jazzy Blues (02:30) - Watch as Dave plays and breaks down a "Jazzy Blues" example.
• Riff Blues #2 (02:06) - Dave plays us another Blues riff.
• Riff Blues #3 (01:55) - Building from the last example, Dave shows us another Blues riff.
• Riff Blues #4 (02:31) - In this video, Dave breaks down one last Blues riff.
• Boogie Woogie Piano Type Rhythm (02:44) - Dave plays and breaks down Boogie Woogie, piano type rhythm using what we have learned so far.
• Boogie Woogie #2 (01:08) - Dave shows us another Boogie Woogie example.
• Boogie Woogie Analysis (01:23) - Dave shares a final Bogie Woogie example.
• Jazzy Blues #2 (02:24) - In this video, Dave shares another Jazz Blues example.
• Jazzier Blues (02:26) - Dave gets even Jazzier with this example!
• Jazziest Blues (03:12) - Dave share one more Jazzy Blues example, the Jazziest yet!
• Be-Bop Blues (02:30) - In this video, Dave plays and breaks down a Be-Bop Blues example.
• Turnaround #1 (01:19) - Dave shows us a turnaround example.
• Turnaround #2 (00:54) - Dave shares another turnaround.
• Turnaround #3 (00:59) - Building on what we have learned so far, Dave shows us another turnaround example.
• Turnaround #4 (01:00) - Progressing on, Dave shows another turnaround.
• Turnaround #5 (00:55) - In this video, Dave demonstrates on last turnaround.
• Intro #1 (01:02) - Now that we have learned some turnarounds, Dave shows us an equally important part, The Intro.
• Intro #2 (02:03) - Dave shows us another Intro example.
• Intro #3 (01:02) - Watch as Dave breaks down another intro example.
• Intro #4 (01:00) - Building on what we have learned so far, Dave shows us one last intro example.
• Soloing Analysis (08:08) - Dave discusses soloing while giving us several examples.
• Wrap-Up (02:50) - Dave wraps up the course.