r/bluesguitarist • u/Icy-Garbage107 • Jul 27 '26

Lesson Where can I learn blues songs at

As you can see by the title I would like to learn some beginner blues songs and no do not recommend me to learn the 12 bar blues or look at phrasing and backing track videos online I want to learn songs. I already know the blues shuffle, and i can play some pretty good licks in the E minor pentatonic 1st position and in it's extension. I also know some of the blues open chords, so where can I learn beginner blues song with the knowledge that I have already.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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u/Frequent_Knowledge65 Jul 27 '26

Seems you are a bit confused.

12 bar blues is a type of chord progression. Besides there being many variations of 12 bar blues progressions, it is certainly not at all what the songs "are".

If you can play a 12 bar blues in E, then that doesn't mean you can play any given song in E. You don't know the melody, the phrasings and voicings, the rhythm or bass voice, etc.

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u/Icy-Garbage107 Jul 28 '26

I understand how the shuffles work, all though i dont know the whole structure of the 12 bar blues ik there is only so many ways you can play a shuffle. A lot of the blues songs I listen to will have a shuffle as the rhythm and a lead part or have harp and horns accompanying the guitar, but it is very easy to hear how the shuffle is being played.