How to Play Blues Guitar Using Software

Learning to play blues skillfully on guitar can take years of practice, but there is a software method available to help beginning guitarists get a handle on the basics of playing blues guitar faster and easier than ever before. The software is specifically designed to teach blues guitar on the computer. It utilizes several multimedia elements to teach blues guitar from the basics to more advanced blues techniques and continues and takes players right into the actual playing phase. With this software and a good practice routine, you can be playing blues guitar songs in just a few weeks.

Things You'll Need

  • Guitar
  • Teach Me Blues Guitar
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Instructions

    • 1

      Install the "Teach Me Blues Guitar" package on your computer and click the desktop icon to open it. A menu allows you to select from lessons that range from the basics of reading music to advanced blues guitar techniques. It's recommended you follow each lesson in order. though you're free to pace yourself and skip around if you like. The lessons begin with chords and scales and progress to blues solo construction and how to play them.

    • 2

      Watch the video for lesson one. There will be a guitar fret at the bottom of your screen that shows you in colorful notation what the instructor on the video is teaching you. When you've grasped the concept, pause the video and try to repeat the lesson you've just learned.

    • 3

      Use play-along tracks to practice each concept you learn. The good thing about the lessons in this package is that they are presented visually and in text and animation. You should work at your own pace and move ahead only when you feel you are ready. Since the best way to hone your skills is to play, use the rhythm backing tracks to play your new solos over. This will help improve your rhythm and timing as well as sharpen your playing technique.

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