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

Steve Lukather is renowned for his virtuosic yet melodic playing with Toto. And then there are his numerous solo albums and ...

To avoid sounding the idle sixth string when you play this chord, bring your thumb around the back of the neck so that the tip of it just touches the string. This is a useful blues shape that can ...

Figure 1 presents a rhythm pattern for a 12-bar blues shuffle in the key of G, with all of the chords in the I - IV - V ...

The riff combines some simple blues style patterns with single note walk downs and arpeggiated chords. Overall, the riff is pretty easy to play through, but the final section can be tricky as you move ...

The 12 bar blues chord progression is extremely common in ... Once you have your 12 bar backing, try improvising using question and answer patterns, riffs or notes from a minor pentatonic (five ...

It’s a simple, old-timey number in E minor with a standard blues chord progression (musicians in the know would call it a 1-4-5 progression). In it, a voice sings about being a trapped soul with ...