Are Blues Guitar Lessons Good For Beginners?

Blues music has a huge fan base and many of those fans eventually learn to play the blues as well. How ever learning the blues isn't always the best place to start for beginners. In this article I list the 3 things to consider before you decide whether blues guitar lessons are the best place for you to start. After answering these three questions honestly for yourself you'll be better equipped to know where you should start.

Can you Play Chords

Right off the bat if you're not able to play the basic open chords then definitely skip blues guitar lessons and look for a beginner course. The blues is entirely based on 12 bar chord progressions, which require you to know the basics chords.

The basic chords you should know are: A, B, C, D, E, F and G also knowing the minor versions would be helpful

This is a skill you can teach yourself how ever through online videos and tutorials.

Do You Understand the Guitar Neck

What do I mean by knowing the neck? Can you play an E chord ad different locations on the neck? Do you know what a half step and whole step is in guitar frets? Both of these skills are important to understand and know so you can play the blues easily in a variety of keys.

Blues songs generally follow very similar patterns but they move around the neck depending on what key they're being played in. If you can't find your way from the key of E to the Key of A then you might get yourself lost.

Have you had previous lessons?

If you're just picking up the guitar for the first time, nor have you even tried to teach yourself anything on the guitar don't start with blues guitar. Spend some time learning the basics of the guitar neck and chords.

Once you have a handle on the basics then start learning blues guitar.

If you were hoping that you could just skip the boring basics of the guitar and move right on to learning the blues I apologize to let you down. Trust me you'll enjoy learning blues guitar a lot more if you're armed with the right information and skills before you start taking blues guitar lessons.

When you are ready to get started with the blues I'd suggest considering a blues dvd. Video lessons will save you money and time when starting out.