Blues Riffs Guitar Lesson for Beginners [How to Solo In Any Key]

With this Blues for Beginners guitar lesson video, we'll take the next step in learning how to solo and improvise by showing how to play the blues scale in any key. This Blues guitar lesson will also show how to play the blues scale box pattern along with backing rhythm tracks in different keys. Along with guitar tabs and box pattern diagrams, we'll cover it all with a step by step approach.
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Blues Riffs Guitar Lesson for Beginners [How to Solo In Any Key]
00:00 Lesson Preview
00:20 Playing in Keys
01:15 Blues Basics Foundation
01:50 Pentatonic Minor Scale
04:08 The Chromatic Scale
05:47 Blues in 'A'
06:33 Moveable Box Patterns
07:50 Method vs Memorization
08:53 Communicating Musical Terms
09:44 Tips for Soloing with Rhythm
11:42 'G' Blues Backing Track
12:22 Practice in Different Keys
14:00 Blues in 'Db'
14:45 'Db' Blues Backing Track
15:26 Playing on Your Own
16:40 'Bb Blues Backing Track
17:48 Lesson Review

How to Blues Solo & Play In Any Key Lesson Plan pdf
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Blues Guitar Lessons Playlist
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How to Play Blues in Keys on Guitar
Musicians rely on a system of notes and letters to communicate musical ideas, and this system is a must- learn when it comes to learn how to solo Blues on guitar. For example, if Carlos Santana were to ‘sit-in’ with Eric Clapton for an improvised ‘jam’, phrases such as ‘Blues in B flat’ will be used instead of finger and fret numbers. This Blues guitar lesson for beginners will show how to play in ‘Blues in B flat’, as well as any other key, using the Pentatonic Minor box pattern.

Blues Basics Foundation
Before reviewing this How to Solo In Any Key Blues Guitar Lesson, a blues basics foundation should already be established by knowing the Pentatonic Minor Scale box pattern and how to name notes on the guitar by using the chromatic scale:

How to Solo Blues Scale Guitar Lesson for Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJg6D_9jtY
How to Name Every Note Guitar Lesson for Beginners [Chromatic Scale]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBMwalEdRY

The Pentatonic Minor Scale
When it comes to soloing, the primary scale used in most Blues and Rock songs is the Pentatonic Minor scale. ‘Pentatonic Minor’ is the more official or ‘academic’ name of the scale, but most guitarists refer to it as simply the ‘Blues scale’. To learn how to solo and improvise with Blues and Rock, the first step will be to learn how to play the Pentatonic Minor scale Blues box pattern.

Chromatic Scale Guitar Lesson
In order to communicate musical ideas, musicians rely on a system or language based on the combination of numbers, letters, and words. The more understood about this system of music theory, the easier it will be to learn music, and the first step for guitarists is to learn how to identify letter notes on the guitar.

Moveable Blues Box Patterns
The Pentatonic Minor box pattern is movable, meaning the same pattern can be played along any fret position or key on guitar. All that needs to be known is the letter name of the bottom (sixth) string note that begins the box pattern to determine the key. The Pentatonic Minor pattern played along the fifth fret position is in the Key of ‘A Blues’ because the first note played (sixth string/fifth fret) is an ‘A’ note. Shifting the same blues box pattern up one fret is the Key of ‘A# Blues’. ‘A#’ & ‘Bb’ are two names or synonyms for the same note or key. If one guitarist says to play ‘Blues in B flat’, while another says to play ‘Blues in A sharp’, they are both asking for the same scale and key to be played.

Method vs Memorization
Memorizing where all the letter notes on guitar isn’t as important as having a method to find notes along the bottom string to determine the key. Starting with the open sixth string (‘E’), ‘count-up’ the string using the chromatic scale to determine twelve potential keys for any Pentatonic Minor box pattern.

Practice in Different Keys
Once the ‘A’ Pentatonic Minor blues box pattern can be played up and down, the next lesson will be to play the blues box pattern along different fret positions or keys. For example, playing the blues box pattern along the first fret position (‘F’) will be a great exercise because the fretting fingers are required to stretch more to reach the frets. Playing the blues scale box pattern along the ninth fret position (‘Db’) is also beneficial because the frets positioned closer together require more focus to get clarity from each note played.

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Blues Riffs Guitar Lesson for Beginners [How to Solo In Any Key]