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The majority of blues songs (but not all) are based around a very simple rhythm structure that consists of 12 bars, hence the name. As a starting point, the simplest form of this structure will be covered in this lesson, along with basic fingerings for playing the blues.
The structure given will be presented in the […]

This is a theory lesson based on ways of representing a chord structure without specifying the actual key of the song. I’ve included it because it is sometimes encountered. Its not essential but it will be used in one of the blues section lessons and hence its here for completeness. Its not a subject I […]

In general guitar playing and music you will only ever encounter twelve notes. A, B, C, D, E, F, G (we will call these even notes which probably isn’t a correct musical term, but will help during the explanation of this lesson) and their sharps and flats.
A flat (b) refers to a note that is […]

In normal tuning, the notes of the strings are EADGBE. 
For open E major you want the strings to be tuned to the notes of an E major chord (EBEG#BE). The easiest way to get to this is to tune the guitar to the normal tuning, then tune the A, D and G strings as follows:
The […]

This lesson discusses the structure of chords. Chords are easily explained through the use of the Major scale. Although scales will be introduced in more depth later, for ease of use we will refer to the major scale in the key of C. A scale is merely a sequence of notes in a particular key. […]