You guys gotta help me out. I have hit a roadblock in my progress and been so frustrated the last 2 days that I don't even want to pick up my guitar. I've been watching videos on youtube but I also want to learn by printing out some tabs and learning the song/riff by listening to it and feeling it.

Suggest some easy beginner blues songs/riffs for me to learn and if you can please include the tabs that you think are the best for learning the song you suggest. A lot of the time the hard part isn't learning the song, it's getting the right/correct tabs and learning it right.

I prefer older blues stuff but feel free to post anything that is more for a beginner that is blues music and good for picking up the basics. OR if you know of a website that breaks down the pentatonic scales nice and easy. I know you guys can help out, thanks in advance for anyone who does!

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One thing I always try and remember is that I'm having fun and not let my playing get frustrating. Some days are better than others but I learn something new every time I pick it up. Sometimes guitar playing and music is hard for me to get my arms around but I still love it. One song I picked up this past weekend is a fun one I have always loved ( I don't know if it technically considered a blues song) but its Jim Croce's " Rapid Roy" an upbeat, fun yet good sounding song. There's a good tab on Ultimate Guitar. Have fun Cat!

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Oh wow, this site is great! Thank you sir, this will help out loads, this is what i needed, something that would allow me to visualize what the scales are. Thank you!

This looks really promising too, thanks again!

This is my newest blues lick, I know it's simple but it is progress for me and for right now I feel really good. I now have 3 licks I can put together and play in a little phrase that sounds good.

http://www.youtube.com/user/guitarjamzd ... X8-KQ8u5Z0

Check out Marty's site.

http://www.guitarjamz.com

I've taken lessons, bought numerous CD/DVD, books, Youtube lessons. Marty is one of the best instructors by a long shot. He knows Blues very well, and breaks it down using small 5-10 minute build blocks. It's a charge site, but you can buy one month, and if you don't like it, don't go back. But I really think you'll like his technique. And he has a great sense of humor!

Disclaimer: I don't know Marty, have anything to do with his site, make any referral money. He just works for me. Period.

Enjoy!

Marty is the best teacher on Youtube in my opinion. Pretty much everything I have learned, I learned from him. He breaks it down super basic and teaches everything even strumming pattern. I've been wanting to join his site but right now I am mega broke, maybe I'll ask for a few months membership for Christmas! But you are right MARTY IS THE MAN

I'm not sure where you are. You can Google tabs surfaris wipeout and get a fun song to play easily. This song is really pretty easy to play. Get the tab that's you know Blues in C - that's like the 8th fret. Actually if you like SRV you'll see that SRV is actually playing a lot of surf-like riffs. Like a lot of SRV's trademark sound comes from some doublestops and triple stops that are right out of Surfaris. Just check it out and you might dig it.

If you want to really learn the Blues - the blue Blues - and be totally tied into musical theory, buy a book of Clapton or BB King. Clapton and BB King play the Blues. If that songs in "c" then they are in "c" soloing. Everybody needs to learn keys and you know understand how to sing with the guitar just like your voice to play the Blues. I can do it on a good day. I can always play Blues songs, and on a good day I can really play the Blues. Ain't the same thing.

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i guess my problem is putting together the few little licks i know into something that actually sounds like I am playing the blues not not like i am just picking the guitar to death trying to play the blues. I know it takes time and I just need to keep practicing but damn, it's been a tough week.

^^What he said. And if you haven't learned Wipe Out yet, you ought to. I did recently just for fun and to my great surprise I realized it was a lot closer to blues than I ever thought (12 bar pattern, double stops and all).

You could also focus more on not overplaying. I didn't even realize that I was overplaying until I heard recordings of myself and wondered why it just sounded like a bunch of notes and licks thrown together. Intentionally underplay. Try to play just enough, and leave plenty of space. Your phrasing will improve and that really helps every other aspect of your playing to sound better.

And try not to think like you're playing guitar licks. If you think "OK, when the chord changes back to E I'm going to play some Chuck Berry double stops followed by that lick I learned from that Allman Brothers song" then you will probably mess up at some point and get off track. Try to not think about what you're going to do, just trust your instincts because your fingers will know where to go if your head stops getting in the way.

Now if only I could apply everything I'm saying to my own playing. Anyway, I hope that sort of helps and good luck with your practicing. You'll get out of this rut sooner than you probably think.

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every one is on I can only agree a little more with not slowing down so much as listening to the guitar if you hear what you are playing you will make the adjustment.

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Hoochie Coochie Man and Sweet Home Chicago are two great beginner songs. If you search Ultimate Guitar you'll find tons of hits for them.

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