Category: Blues Basics

• Blues Chords: 7th Sharped 9th

  17 Nov 2019Guitar Mojo

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

• Blues Chords: Dominant 9th

  15 Nov 2019Guitar Mojo

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

• Blues Chords: 6th Chords

  4 Nov 2019Guitar Mojo

  6th Chords Sixth chords sound super jazzy and are fun to throw in every once in awhile. It’s really easy …

• Pentatonic Scales

  26 Oct 2019Guitar Mojo

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

• Blues Chords: 9th Suspended 4th

  23 Oct 2019Guitar Mojo

  Here’s another chord that “breaks the rules” by using the thumb. It’s not much different than a previous 9th chord …

• I, IV, V Chords

  21 Oct 2019Guitar Mojo

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

• Contracting Turnaround

  18 Oct 2019Guitar Mojo

• 6/9 Chords

  3 Oct 2019Guitar Mojo

  When you get tired of play 9th and 7th chords you can use this one! It’s technically an inversion and …

• Key Of C Scale Patterns

  27 Sep 2019Guitar Mojo

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

• Bluesy Double-Stops

  26 Sep 2019Guitar Mojo

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