Blues Licks
Build a library of authentic blues guitar licks
Blues Licks is an online guitar course that gives you a library of licks for blues solos. Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor, teaches 46 blues licks grouped by technique, from slides and bends to double stops, turnarounds and pentatonic expansion, then 36 more licks in a modern blues-rock section. You also learn how to find the root, choose positions and think about phrasing, tempo, groove and key. The course has over 100 video lessons, about 4.5 hours in total, with jam tracks and an 89-page PDF book.
What Blues Licks is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course, explains straight vs. swing feel, and teaches a turnaround lick.
Course intro: Intro Discussion · 2:21
Free preview lesson: Straight vs. Swing_Shuffle · 2:09
Free preview lesson: 5 Licks - Turnaround Licks: Lick #44 · 2:35
Is Blues Licks right for you?
- Players who want blues vocabulary. You get 82 licks, grouped by technique.
- Blues fans. You want licks built on slides, bends, vibrato and double stops.
- Rock players. You want modern blues-rock licks and horizontal playing across the neck.
- Players who learn by doing. You want licks you can practice over jam tracks.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play slide licks and control slide length
- Play bending licks, including unison, three-fret and blues bends
- Add vibrato, trills, hammer-ons and pull-offs to your licks
- Play double stops, harmony bends and string-crossing licks
- Use major pentatonic, repetition and pattern licks
- Play blues turnaround licks
- Find the root and choose positions for your solo
- Play modern blues-rock licks with horizontal movement and dynamics
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Introduction
What the course is and isn't, the bonuses, tuning your guitar, straight versus swing and shuffle feel, and the jam tracks.
The licks
46 blues licks grouped by technique: slides, vibrato, bends and anchoring, unison and harmony bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons, trills, string crossing and double stops, chord chasing, open-string licks, major pentatonic, repetition and pattern licks, an SRV-style lick, theory licks with the major 3rd, pentatonic expansion and turnarounds. It also covers how to modify the licks.
Beyond the licks
How to find the root, choose positions, solo in minor over the I and V chords, and handle phrasing, tempo, groove and key.
Modern blues
Horizontal playing, scales and techniques for modern blues-rock, and direction and dynamics, followed by 36 modern blues licks and jam tracks.
Final discussion
A short closing discussion.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 89-page PDF book, Jam tracks. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"It's clear, precise and I can follow along really well."
Jim C.United States
"This is top class. Thank you very much. This is really good, gold standard."
Brian H.United Kingdom
"I really like Steve's systematic approach to practicing."
Kevin M.United States
"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
Blues Licks questions
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Where to go after Blues Licks
Blues Soloing
Learn blues rhythm, progressions, scales and bending techniques, then solo over ten jams in different blues styles.
Creative Blues Soloing
Add color to your blues solos with the major pentatonic, the blue note, chord chasing and six licks with variations.
Blues Guitar
Learn blues rhythm and lead: the 12-bar blues, turnarounds, classic riff styles, pentatonic scales, bends and licks.
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