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Blues Guitar Chords, Blues Rhythm and Lead, Blues Guitar Tab (Udemy.com)

Blues guitar for beginners: Blues Guitar bar chords, rock and roll and blues guitar rhythms: Lead blues guitar with tab

Created by: Brian Jackson

Last updated May 2026

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What you will learn

  • Play the E, A and B power chords
  • Play the E, A and B7 open chords
  • Play the G, C and D bar chords
  • Play the rock 'n' roll rhythm
  • Play the blue shuffle rhythm
  • Play several blues introductions
  • Play several blues turnarounds
  • Play the minor pentatonic scale
  • Play several lead licks
  • Play all of it together

How it compares

Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.1 out of 5among the lower-rated ones
  • Reviews34#167 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length3.1 hoursshorter than 54% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 94% of them

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Course Description

Have you ever wanted to take private lessons from the world's greatest professional blues guitar player?

Yeah, me too...

How about settling for me instead?

Consider this...

I've played guitar on and off over the last several decades and consider myself to still be an advanced beginner.

Which probably makes me a better guitarist than you.

Another thing to consider...

I seem to be a good teacher.

I've taught several friends how to play blues rhythm and lead guitar.

Now I'm asking you to join the group.

  • Not because I'm a great guitarist (I'm far from it).

  • Not because I've developed some revolutionary new teaching method (though I may have).

  • Not because I'm out to make a million dollars (though, wouldn't that be great?).

I'm asking you to join me because it will be fun... for both of us.

This course is unique in that I'm not a very good guitar player.  So, taking this course is more like sharing guitar tips with a buddy.  It's less intimidating than spending lots of money learning from a professional.

Come on!  Let's play blues guitar together.

There are few things more rewarding on this planet than making music with someone!

We'll begin with learning how to play open E and open A power chords - the core of the blues and rock 'n' roll - using 1 finger per chord.

Then we'll learn to add a B chord using a second finger --- from there we're off to the races...

Power chords, open chords, bar chords.  Rock 'n' roll rhythm and the blues shuffle rhythm.  It's all here in guitar chord diagrams and tablature.

The course includes information on how to play lead guitar and comes to a climax with a solo blues intro, shuffle, turn around, singing with lead conclusion.

By the end of the course you'll know everything you need to play beginner blues rhythm and lead guitar.

Or your money back.  No, seriously.

Udemy offers a 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee on any course purchased.  So, there goes your risk!

So, have you ever wanted to learn how to play blues guitar?

Why not join me for a 1-on-1 buddy session while we learn together?

I'll see you in the classroom,

---Brian

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Instructor Details

Brian Jackson

Hello,

My name is Brian Jackson. I'm the author of about a dozen books, the publisher of well over 100 books, and a Udemy instructor with over 40 courses.

This is my story...

1 Origins

I was born in the middle of the last century in Los Angeles, California. I graduated from Humboldt State University, surrounded by the redwoods of Northern California. After 14 years at Lockheed Missiles and Space as an IBM system programmer and 12 years at Cisco Systems as a test engineer, I retired at 48.

I instantly became bored.

2 Community College

To break the boredom, I enrolled at Columbia Community College to take writing, art, acting and statistics classes. I took 24 units over one year and received straight “A”s.

I was still bored.

3 Writing and Self-publishing

I began writing fiction and nonfiction books and self-publishing them on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords in July 2011. Though I wrote and published several books, my self-publishing business didn’t take off until my wife joined me.

4 My Wife and Author, Melanie Jackson

Melanie Jackson, my wife, was an author publishing over two romance novels per year through her New York publisher, Dorchester Press. After publishing 24 novels with Dorchester, the company folded, and Melanie was without a publisher (she wanted to write cozy mysteries anyway).

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Reviews

4.1

34 ratings on Udemy

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By Melanie Long on 5/4/2026

I love Brian Jackson's courses. I have a lot of them. This is the first course that isn't technical. It's quite different from the others, but still lots of fun. The instructor isn't as bad at guitar as he lets on; besides, his lack of wailing talent makes his training less intimidating. I'm loving this course, but I'll have to watch again - so much information :-).

By Ghislain Boutin on 1/2/2019

Oui très bien, Cours intéressant , je savais ça , mais C très bien de se rafraîchir la memoire

By Domoina Ratsizafy on 9/11/2018

Awesome. I enjoy it. Great course for beginner and the teacher is very responsive. Thank you very much.

By Saahid Rana on 7/23/2018

This is a very user friendly guidelines for the very beginners....

By Clyne Pereira on 4/3/2017

rock on love Elvis and MJ

By Michael Paschen on 10/31/2016

HAPPY WITH HOW AND WHAT I AM LEARNING.....

By Anonymized User on 10/30/2016

Great app for anyone who wants to learn playing the guitar

By Oloier Oloier on 10/31/2016

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Overall Score : 82 / 100