Blues Soloing
Learn blues soloing: scales, bends, grooves and jams
Blues Soloing is an online guitar course that shows you how to create blues solos step by step. It is taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. You learn rhythm and tone, blues chord progressions, the pentatonic and blues scales, and bends, slides and vibrato. The course has 49 video lessons in five sections, over four hours in total, with a 105-page PDF book and ten jam lessons in different blues styles.
What Blues Soloing is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he shows you a single-note straight groove and a really slow blues in G.
Free preview lesson: Single-Note Straight Groove · 4:15
Free preview lesson: Really Slow Blues In G · 2:49
Is Blues Soloing right for you?
- Players new to blues lead. You start with rhythm, grooves and the 12-bar blues before soloing.
- Pentatonic players who feel stuck. You expand the pentatonic with the 6th, the 9th and major/minor mixing.
- Guitarists who want a real blues sound. You work on tone, touch, bends and vibrato.
- Anyone who likes to jam. You practice over slow, swing, minor and straight blues grooves.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play the 12-bar blues, 8-bar blues and minor blues progressions
- Play single-note straight and swing grooves
- Use shell voicings and color notes in blues rhythm
- Solo with the minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, blues and dominant pentatonic scales
- Combine minor and major pentatonic in one solo
- Play whole-step, half-step, unison, harmony and blues bends
- Add slides, vibrato and chromatic notes to your phrases
- Improvise over ten blues jam styles
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Setting up: rhythm, dynamics and tone
Why rhythm matters, single-note straight and swing grooves, dynamics and contrast, and tone and touch.
Blues chords and progressions
The 12-bar and 8-bar blues, adding color notes, minor blues progressions and turnarounds, shell voicings, blues and jazz, and blending chords with single-note comping.
Blues scales
Minor and major pentatonic, the blues scale, dominant pentatonic, pentatonic expansions with the 9th and 6th, and combining minor and major pentatonic.
Let's jam
Guided jams in slow swing, straight, minor, smooth, Mustang Sally style, Bo Diddley style, really slow, breakdown and Stand By Me style blues in several keys.
Essential blues techniques
Legato vs. picking, slides, whole-step, half-step, three-fret, unison and harmony bends, the blues bend, vibrato, chromatic playing, chord chasing, other pentatonic scales and diminished playing.
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 105-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"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
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Where to go after Blues Soloing
Blues Licks
A library of 82 blues licks grouped by technique, plus a modern blues-rock section and tips on using licks in a solo.
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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49 lessons, clear steps and lifetime access. $67 once.
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