The first step in mastering the style of blues with the guitar is to learn and master guitar scales.  This is a must if you want to be an excellent guitar player.  Setting time aside each day to only practice scales is a great strategy.  Look at it as if the scales are the underlying technique in which everything else can be laid on top of.  It’s the groundwork so to speak.  Without mastering scales, it will impossible to improvise with the blues.

One tip in learning your scales is to not rush and try to learn several scales all at once.  It is better to start with one, gather all the knowledge of it, and then practice it to perfection.  Memorizing one at a time will actually make it easier to learn more and will eventually give you the freedom, confidence, and creativity once you are improvising.

Start by memorizing the fundamental 5 most common key for guitar C, D, G, A, & E.  These are simple.  And then move on to a minor pentatonic scale, which the big daddy of all scales and is often used for blues improvisation.

Once you feel as thought you’ve mastered your scales, begin to learn how to use them in constructing improvised solos and leads.  A great way to do this is to improvise along to guitar backing tracks.  These tracks can facilitate you to improve your timing skills as well as how to play with other musicians.  They will give you the freedom to write and produce your personal lead parts and are really helpful to better your practice time!

The women of blues love life.  They are liberated and, confident, smart, and sexy.  Want to embrace life with less worry and more fun?  Follow these tips of the feminine women of blues, and you’ll soon be adding a little blues flavor to your life!

1. Embrace your problems and quit stressing about all the negative in your life.  The Blues simply glamorizes the negative in a way that turns our problems around.  Recognize that your problems only make you a deeper, more thoughtful person.
2. Improvise. Blues artists are all about improvisation. This helps them to develop an in control frame of mind. Even when the unexpected happes, they know how to improvise and roll with the punches.  Trust yourself to get through any jam you may be in.
3. Dance to your own beat. The women of blues have always been ahead of their time. The earliest artists were sassy, the leaders in their relationships, they weren’t afraid to get into fights. Stay in control but don’t be afraid to stick up for yourself. Do what you feel is right, then you‘ll never need to make apologies. Always be yourself and be honest
4. Be independent. In the early days of blues, the female vocalists often made more money and had more fame than the men in their lives. If you’re in a relationship, only keep a man around if you have good times together, not because you need him for money or for a confidence boost or any other reason.