Blues Players:
Buddy Guy

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Buddy Guy oozes the blues. His Chicago style blues have been a staple for blues hounds for a long time.


Blues Chords

seventh chordsThe Blues usually uses chords that go beyod regualar open guitar chords. Most of the time you will find that the blues uses dominant 7th or 9th chords to help bring out that signature bluesy sound. Here are a couple of chord diagrams to help you learn some common chord shapes used quite often in the blues. Go through the shapes and try to make them as clean sounding as possible. If you need some more basic open chords you can go to some of these guitar lessons.

If you need some help with making these chords or understanding how they are made you can watch this blues guitar lesson video.

Need more blues guitar lessons? No problem.

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