Creative Blues Soloing
Go past the pentatonic box in your blues solos
Creative Blues Soloing is an online blues guitar course taught by GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. It shows you how to add color to your blues solos with the major pentatonic, the blue note, the major 3rd, 6th and 9th, and altered notes over the IV and V chords. You also learn six blues licks, each with four to seven variations, and play them over shuffle and straight jams. The course has two modules, 53 video lessons (about 100 minutes), jam tracks and a 59-page PDF book.
What Creative Blues Soloing is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course, shows how to use altered notes over the IV and V chords, and teaches a lick with a variation.
Course intro: Introduction · 0:51
Free preview lesson: Using Altered Notes Over IV And V · 4:26
Free preview lesson: Lick 2 & Variation 4 · 3:40
Is Creative Blues Soloing right for you?
- Players stuck in the minor pentatonic. You know the box shape and want new sounds for your blues solos.
- Blues players who want more licks. You want a set of licks with variations you can mix into your own solos.
- Players ready for some theory. You want to know which notes work over the IV and V chords and why.
- Fans of Texas blues. You want to try an SRV-style lick and symmetric patterns.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Use the major pentatonic over the IV chord
- Add altered notes over the IV and V chords
- Chase chord changes in a 12-bar blues
- Use the blue note, the major 3rd, the major 6th and the 9th in a solo
- Play symmetric patterns and an SRV-style lick
- Use diminished and Mixolydian shapes in the blues
- Play six blues licks and their variations
- Solo over shuffle and straight blues jams
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Get creative with your blues
Major pentatonic over the IV chord, altered notes over IV and V, chord chasing, the blue note, adding the major 3rd over minor pentatonic, the major 6th and the 9th, symmetric patterns, an SRV-style lick, and diminished and Mixolydian shapes.
Easy blues licks
Six blues licks with four to seven variations each, jam examples, and shuffle and straight jams to practice over.
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 59-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 does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
"I love the way that Steve explained things and shows how to become better."
Hans-Joachim G.Germany
"It made a difference, it was worth the money. Thank you."
Kevin W.United States
"This is absolutely one of the best classes I've ever taken."
Steve D.United States
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Where to go after Creative 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.
Blues Soloing
Learn blues rhythm, progressions, scales and bending techniques, then solo over ten jams in different blues styles.
Chord Chasing Mastery
Learn to solo over chord changes with note chasing, chord tones, arpeggios and the CAGED system, in blues and pop/rock.
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