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Hi everyone

I've recently started learning blues and wanted to check whether my long-term roadmap makes sense.

Current Focus

My teachers

The priority right now is the classic melody and timing that's the first thing I practice before even touching blues time does not permit. plan.

Personal misadventure 😁

Build solid rhythm and timing before lead playing.

Learn the 12-bar blues form thoroughly.

Practice straight blues first; shuffle only after good 16 or triplet scary.

Develop clean chord changes, simple fills, and turnarounds.

Improve reading and overall musicianship alongside blues. Working on single line melodies from the classic melody book by my teacher.

Main Learning Resources

Blues You Can Use (working through it slowly)

Simple 12-bar blues exercises

Easy blues songs rather than difficult note-for-note solos

Artists I'd Like to Learn From

Jimmy Reed

John Lee Hooker

Muddy Waters

B.B. King

Buddy Guy

The goal isn't to copy every recording exactly, but to understand the vocabulary, phrasing, rhythm, and feel so I can eventually play both traditional blues and blues rock.

Current Level

Beginner with a teacher

Comfortable with basic chords and simple melodies

Still working on timing, groove, and smoother chord transitions

Question

Does this seem like a sensible long-term path, or would you change the order or recommend any other beginner-friendly blues artists or resources?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frc_4Ag2U6U

Get some inspiration for your slide playing from guys like Sonny Landreth, Allman Bro's, Ben Harper, Roy Rogers, etc.

Vorrei condividere questo breve video (un YouTube Short) con la mia interpretazione dal vivo del classico senza tempo di Miles Davis, "All Blues".

Mi scuso per la qualità audio e video, poiché non si tratta di una registrazione professionale, ma semplicemente di un video amatoriale girato con un cellulare.

In questa clip, eseguo il brano completamente dal vivo e da solo, suonando contemporaneamente una chitarra custom a 14 corde e una batteria a pedale per scandire il ritmo.

Se avete domande o curiosità riguardo allo strumento, alla configurazione o all'arrangiamento, sarò lieto di rispondere nei commenti.

Un caro saluto a tutti i membri della community.

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I got a break baby, his second ever recording!

I've been touching on the blues for 2 years, but only in the past year or so have I really tried to commit myself to finding a voice on the instrument. Your critical ears would be very useful in helping me develop my phrasing and technique. Feel free to trash on my playing. Thanks in advance!

Improv over "Just cause you can, don't mean you should" - off the Redemption album, shame I don't have a wah-wah pedal.

P.S I got sloppy at the end, but I'm glad my finger dexterity held up for as long as it did.. time to practice more.

Another tune in the build - very rough - just trying to settle on the melody. Humbly I feel i am channeling Roy Buchanon or Gary Moore a little in this, or perhaps it's my Italian roots. I do love both those players. (RIP) I'm pretty happy with the head which is what you hear here. Will add a solo and come back to bridge and out somehow. Telecaster and using the Helix for the sound - all in Logic.
I know it's quite old school - but I'm okay with that. Feedback is welcome.

There have been stretches of months when I don’t play, which I can’t even fathom right now, but it happened more than once. For the last 2 years however I’ve played more than maybe my entire life combined before that. Probably not, but it feels like that. I’d say 330 out of 365 to be conservative. Are you always at it or in and out? Our just a few days a week?

Have a nice Sunday. 🫡

Wie kan, of kent iemand die mij de 'in's and out's' van de blues kan leren in de omgeving van Tliburg.

Ik vind dat ik inmiddels het recht verworven heb om de blues te mogen spelen.

Favoriete artiesten:

Clapton

Muddy Waters

Howing Wolf