Blues Guitar 201 – Next Steps
What you’ll learn
- Move beyond the basic of blues you learned in Blues Guitar 101
- Expand upon each concept taught in 101 without getting too complicated or overwhelmed
- Scales that help you sound more “bluesy” than just the blues scale
- Simple ways to make your rhythm playing more interesting
Pre-requisite: You must have taken Blues Guitar 101 ***OR*** have a basic understanding of and be able to play through a 12 bar blues.
This course is divided into 6 weekly meetings, each of which covers a different aspect of blues guitar.
- Week 1: Adding Interest to the 12 Bar Blues
- Week 2: Blues Chords – Beyond the Basics
- Week 3: More than just the Blues Scale
- Week 4: How to Improvise, Part 1
- Week 5: How to Improvise, Part 2
- Week 6: Turnarounds
Take the Blues Guitar 102 course if you want to:
- Play the 12-bar blues with confidence (and know how to spice it up if you want)
- Go beyond noodling on the pentatonic scale (without having to learn a bajillion scales)
- Learn how to make your improvisation sound like the blues (and not like scales)
- Play with others in class every week
Here’s all the rest of the info you need:
- Where: The Olympia School of Guitar (In-Person Only)
- When: October 9 – November 13
- Times: Weekly meetings on Mondays from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
- Tuition: $229 for students and their referred friends, $329 for non-students
- Enrollment: Maximum of 8 seats available