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Blues Guitar with Seth Rosenbloom

Master the blues guitar with internationally renowned virtuoso guitarist and educator Seth Rosenbloom!
  • Elevate your guitar skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master critical techniques utilized in traditional and modern blues styles
  • Expand your repertoire of blue composition and understanding of song form
  • Learn the improvisation and soloing methods of the blues aesthetic
  • Deepen your understanding of music theory & guitar mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Seth along every step of your learning journey
Blues Guitar: Learn more about Seth's course
  • Elevate your guitar skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master critical techniques utilized in traditional and modern blues styles
  • Expand your repertoire of blue composition and understanding of song form
  • Learn the improvisation and soloing methods of the blues aesthetic
  • Deepen your understanding of music theory & guitar mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Seth along every step of your learning journey
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What's In This Plan?
  • Unlimited Access to Lessons
  • Unlimited Access to Video Exchange Library
  • Unlimited Video Submissions to Teacher
  • Music Theory Workshop
  • Backing Tracks across Instruments
  • VIP Bonus Content
  • 100s of guitar lessons at your own pace
  • All levels and styles of playing welcome
  • Slow Motion & Looping on videos
Experience the Power of Video Exchange Learning®
Video Exchange Explained: how you'll connect with Seth
  • Get personalized video feedback directly from Seth
  • Watch and learn from all the interactions that Seth has shared with his other students
  • The most supportive way to master blues guitar online
Seth’s Online Guitar Course: The Ultimate Toolkit for Blues Players of All Levels
  • 12 sections covering introductory methods to advanced blues techniques, tunes, & more
  • 125+ multi-angle video lessons for optimal learning and fretboard understanding
  • Dozens of professionally recorded play-along backing tracks to accompany the lessons
  • Tablature, notation, and supplemental materials included
About Seth Rosenbloom
  • He is considered to be a modern torchbearer of the blues genre
  • He earned a “Performance Merit Scholarship” from Berklee College of Music when he was 16
  • Has played at countless blues events and festivals throughout the world
  • Has collaborated and shared the stage with blues greats such as Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith
  • Has released two critically acclaimed albums and an EP as a bandleader
  • Has taught at ArtistWorks since 2025
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Blues Guitar Lessons

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Level 1

Welcome to the Course
Getting Started: Submit a Video & Introduce Yourself
Basic Terminology & Nomenclature
Warming Up & Preparing to Play
Basic Playing Posture
Basic Right Hand Technique
Basic Left Hand Technique
Structuring a Practice Routine
The Major Scale on One String
Exercise: The Major Scale on One String
The Major Scale Across Strings
Exercise: The Major Scale Across Strings
Open Major Chords
Open Minor Chords
Movable Major & Minor Chord Shapes
Power Chords

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Level 2

The 12 Bar Blues Form
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues in A Major
Moveable 12 Bar Blues Using Power Chords
Moveable 12 Bar Blues Using Full Chords
The Minor Pentatonic Scale on One String
Exercise: Minor Pentatonic Scale on One String
The Minor Pentatonic Scale Across Strings
Exercise: Minor Pentatonic Scale Across Strings
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 1
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 2
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 3
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 4
Dominant 7 Chords
Exercise: Dominant 7 Chords
12 Bar Blues Variations: 5-4-1-5
12 Bar Blues Variations: Quick 4
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues with 5-4-1-5 & Quick 4 - Key of G
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues with 5-4-1-5 & Quick 4 - Key of C

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Level 3

12 Bar Blues with Higher Voicings
First Shell Voicings (Smaller Chords)
Using the Thumb to Play Chords
Basic Bending & Vibrato Technique
Bending Exercises
Vibrato Exercises
Starting to Solo: Phrasing and Soloing Basics
The Blues Scale & The Blue Note
Call & Response Soloing: Using Minor Pentatonic & Blues Scale
Developing the Right Hand: Technique & Picking
Rhythms: Straight vs. Shuffle
Open Shuffle - Key of A
Moveable Shuffle - Key of A

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Level 4

Common Soloing Bends in Box 1
Bending Licks in Box 1
Call & Response Solo Using Bending Licks - Key of E
Combining Bends & Vibrato
T Bone Walker Study & Exercise
Starting to Break Out of Box 1 - Adding Notes Above
Starting to Break Out of Box 1 - Adding Notes Below
Uptown Shuffle Pattern
Downtown Shuffle Pattern
Uptown & Downtown Variations

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Level 5

Albert King Study & Exercise
Expanding the Pentatonic Around the Neck - Box Approach
Expanding the Pentatonic Around the Neck - Intervallic Approach
Introduction to the CAGED System
Applying CAGED to 12 Bar Blues
Arpeggios
Starting to Solo with Chord Tones
Chord Tone Licks
Muting Techniques - Cleaning Up Your Sound
Raking
Raking Practice Exercise

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Level 6

Importance and How to Practice with Metronome
How to Practice Shuffle with Metronome
How to Practice Charleston with Metronome
Charleston Comping Over a Shuffle in G
Charleston Comping Over a Shuffle in C
Embellishing Rhythm with Approach Chords
Expanding Our Use of Bends
Chromatic Bending Exercise
Outlining Chords - Adding the 5th of the V Chord
Blues Jam Ettiquette & Lingo
Advice on Tone & Dynamics

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Level 7

Adding the 5th to Shell Voicings
Extensions - Adding the 9 to Shell Voicings
Extensions - Adding the 13 to Shell Voicings
Using 9 and 13 as ‘Chord Tones’ for Soloing on the 1 Chord
Using the 9 and 13 for the 4 Chord
Using the 9 and 13 for the 5 Chord
Adding Licks with Extensions Over a 12 Bar Blues
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Shuffle in E
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Slow Blues in Db
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Rumba in B

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Level 8

Micro Bends
Minor Blues Chord Voicings
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Rhythm
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Arpeggiating Lead
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Improv Soloing
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Rhythm
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Arpeggiating Lead
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Improv Soloing
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Common Rhythm Variations

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Level 9

Jazz Blues Changes - 2-5-1 Turnaround
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Rhythm
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Arpeggiated Lead
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Improv Soloing
Jazz Blues Changes - 6-2-5-1 Turnaround
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Rhythm
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Arpeggiated Lead
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Improv Soloing

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Level 10

Playing with Fingers Instead of a Pick
Hybrid Picking
Hybrid Picking Practice Exercises
Borrowing from the Slide Sound
Mindset of Improvisation
8 Bar Blues in the Style of "Key to the Highway" - Rhythm
8 Bar Blues in the Style of "Key to the Highway" - Improv Soloing
Practicing Like You’re On a Gig
Importance of Mirror Practice and Using Video

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Level 11

Visualizing Extensions in CAGED
BB King Style Study
BB King Style Blues in Bb - Improv Soloing
Unaccompanied Blues Practice - Outlining Changes
Building a Solo - Motif Development
Building a Solo - Dynamics
Building a Solo - Pitch
Building a Solo - Phrase Length & Speed
Building a Solo - Telling a Story

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Level 12

Gear Discussion: Guitars, Amps & Pedals
Dynamic & Tone Control - Fingers vs Picking
Playing a Rhumba
Next Level Albert King Style Bends
Albert King Style Bends Over a Rhumba
Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Study
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Shuffle in E
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Swing Shuffle in D
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Slow Blues in Db
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Minor Blues in F
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