so Eb is the all important note that turns this run into the blues scale. Each note is either one, two or three frets apart from its neighbours. Remember, a one-fret gap on the guitar equals a ...

Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...

The Acoustic Blues Guitar Method Complete by Lou Manzi is ... pentatonic and blues scales, some basic finger picking styles, and strumming patterns. The intermediate section adds some more ...

T- Bone Walker constantly played major thirds and sixths, which are not usually included in the “blues scale.” Photo by Heinrich Klaffs via Wikipedia. Reproduced under Creative Commons License.

That noise you're making on your recordings is ok but if you can't play a fast blues scale, you can't go around telling people you're a good guitarist.' Somewhere out there there's a (probably former) ...