Is learning blues guitar hard?

Blues guitar is not hard to learn, but it is hard to master. A beginner can learn a simple blues shuffle within a few weeks while playing a blues song with soul and passion can take years to develop. The reason blues is a great style to learn on guitar as a beginner is that it is a simple style of music to learn.

What are the 3 chords used in the blues?

A common type of three – chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords.

What guitar is best for blues?

Here are our top five best electric guitars for blues.

• Fender Strat.
• Gibson Les Paul.
• Gibson ES-335.
• PRS McCarty 594.
• Gibson SG.

Is Blues Scale major or minor?

The heptatonic, or seven-note, conception of the blues scale is as a diatonic scale (a major scale ) with lowered third, fifth, and seventh degrees, which is equivalent to the dorian ♭5 scale, the second mode of the harmonic major scale.

What are the basic blues chords?

Guitar skills: Kick your blues jam sessions off with these essential open-position and moveable chord shapes.

• A7 (open) (Image credit: Future)
• A7 (moveable) (Image credit: Future)
• C7 (open) (Image credit: Future)
• C7 (moveable) (Image credit: Future)
• G7 (open) (Image credit: Future)
• G7 (moveable)
• E7 (open)
• E7 (moveable)

What notes are in the E blues scale?

1. E blues scale

Note no.	Note name
1	The 1st note of the E blues scale is E
2	The 2nd note of the E blues scale is G
3	The 3rd note of the E blues scale is A
4	The 4th note of the E blues scale is Bb

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How long does it take to learn blues guitar?

How Long Does it Take to Learn Guitar?

	Hours practiced per day
Playing level	0.5 hours	1 hour
Beginner – 300 hours	20 months	10 months
Intermediate – 1,500 hours	8.2 years	4.1 years
Advanced – 5,000 hours	27.4 years	13.7 years

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How can you tell if a song is 12 bar blues?

The lyrics of a 12 – bar blues song often follow what’s known as an AAB pattern. “A” refers to the first and second four- bar verse, and “B” is the third four- bar verse. In a 12 – bar blues, the first and second lines are repeated, and the third line is a response to them—often with a twist.