[Teaching Skills] [Music Skills] [Business Skills] [Aspiring Teachers] [New Teachers] [Experienced Teachers]

Teaching Skills > What to Teach > Teaching Materials > Blues Basics > Texas Blues Lesson (Used for Development of playing up the neck)

Texas Blues Lesson (Used for Development of playing up the neck)

Description: Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - generic blues ideal for beginners on guitar.

click to play mp3 file of: [this verse] [all six verses] [backing track]

Verse 5 (using fourth position blues scale)

e-||-----7---7---7-----0--0-0--0----7---7---7----0--0-0--0-
B-||.-8b--8b--8b-------0--0-0--0-8b--8b--8b------0--0-0--0-
G-||---------------9---1--1-1--1--------------9--1--1-1--1-
D-||.------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-
A-||-------------------2--2-2--2-----------------2--2-2--2-
E-||-------------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0-

 

e----7---7---7-----0--0-0--0----7---7---7-----0--0-0--0----
B-8b--8b--8b-------2--2-2--2-8b--8b--8b-------0--0-0--0----
G--------------9---0--0-0--0--------------9---1--1-1--1----
D------------------2--2-2--2------------------0--0-0--0----
A------------------0--0-0--0------------------2--2-2--2----
E-
--------------------------------------------0--0-0--0----

e----7---7---7-----2--2-2--0----7---7---7-----0--0-0--0--||
B-8b--8b--8b-------0--0-0--2-8b--8b--8b-------0--0-0--0-.||
G------------------2--2-2--0--------------9---1--1-1--1--||
D--------------9---1--1-1--2------------------0--0-0--0-.||
A------------------2--2-2--0------------------2--2-2--2--||
E---------------------------------------------0--0-0--0--||

 

Chords:

4/4 ||: E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | B7 | A7 | E7 | E7 :||