Category: Blues Basics

• Blues Chords: 7th Sharped 9th

  1 Feb 2026Guitar Mojo

  This strange chord is perfect for when you want to funk it up. The root is on the 5th string. …

• I, IV, V Chords

  24 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  The 12-bar blues is one of the most popular chord progressions in popular music, including the blues. The blues progression …

• Ascending Turnaround

  21 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  An ascending turnaround has a shifting melody that travels to higher notes. The ascending turnaround in our example below is …

• Blues Chords: Dominant 7th

  14 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  Dominant 7th chords are another favorite of blues players everywhere. They are labeled with a 7. For example, C7. Our …

• Finding The Key

  12 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  Lesson Tab: Finding The Key PDF Most of the time  a song will begin and end with the chord that is the song’s key …

• Blues Chords: Dominant 9th

  9 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  All of these chords can substitute any of the I, IV, V chord found in blues. For example, you can …

• Contracting Turnaround

  1 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo
• Pentatonic Scales

  25 Dec 2025Guitar Mojo

  The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale that is widely used in rock, blues, country, and other genres.  It’s …

• Bluesy Double-Stops

  22 Dec 2025Guitar Mojo

  Would you like to learn a  cool trick that you can implement into your blues guitar playing that will liven …

• Key Of C Scale Patterns

  21 Dec 2025Guitar Mojo

  Video demonstrates the scale patterns you can use in this key: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. …