Blues Rock Lead Guitar Foundation Course. (Udemy.com)
"Great foundation course" . This is definitely a great beginners course - 5 Stars".
Created by: Craig Garwood
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Holding The Guitar.
- Fretting & Picking Hand Position.
- Holding the Pick.
- Tuning The Guitar.
- Reading Tabulature.
- Finger Identification.
- Minor Pentatonic Scale.
- Vibrato.
- Slides.
- String Bending.
- Hammer On's.
- Pull Offs.
- Alternate Picking.
- High Fret Playing.
- Open & Fretted String Note Names.
- Guitar Anatomy (Electric & Acoustic).
- Guitar Amp Tone.
- Band playing experience to included professional backing tracks.
- + Lots lots More.
How it compares
Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 27% of them
- Reviews25#179 of 184 by number of reviews
- Length3.2 hoursshorter than 50% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 100% of them
Course Description
This course is designed for the novice level guitarist and will guide you , the beginning player interested in Blues Rock Guitar thru all the must have techniques and knowledge needed to build a solid bass on which to build you into the player you wish to be.
The course lessons are presented in a friendly, short and efficient style to aid ease of learning and to facilitate hassle free multi plays without the need of any unnecessary skipping back and forth through lengthy sessions.
You will learn the most commonly known/used scale for lead playing straight from the off.
The most important techniques needed for playing great blues rock lead guitar are explained and demonstrated in a way that you can put your new knowledge to work in a real world environment as soon as possible.
Techniques taught will include string bending, hammer on and pull offs, slides, vibrato as well as the smooth playing of the scale pattern using alternate picking.
As well as the basics of holding and using a pick, playing positions, how to read tabulature, fretting notes, tuning the instrument and much more. You will be shown how to lay down a solid foundation of the scale and techniques through in depth exercises and lessons using video, audio & pdf file formats. These techniques are all transferable to any scale/style of lead playing so will suit "ALL NOVICE LEAD GUITAR PLAYERS".
This course will give you everything needed to put down a solid foundation, enabling you to progress with relative ease to my next level course "Blues Based Lead Guitar For Beginners” and also equip you for study of the numerous tabs and lessons out there in internet land.
I hope you enjoy it.
Craig.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
25 Reviews
Craig Garwood
I have been playing guitar for 35 years and have been a professional full time musician and teacher for the past 25 years, working from my home and in private colleges.
My main passion has always been blues-rock music and i have been playing in bands of this style for the past 30 years, my many hundreds of gigs range from small club and pub type venues to large open air music and biker festivals performing to thousands both home and abroad.
I am a registered Guitar Tutor with the RGT in England and have put many of my students through the London College of Music electric guitar grades and have a 100% pass rate.
I am still passionate about playing and teaching blues rock guitar and have put together a web site (see link) for anyone interested in taking a look.
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Reviews
By Ken Twaites on 1/25/2024
Love Craig's style of teaching can go back to his lessons time after time Craig has a nice calm style and he makes learning fun.
By Angel Ovando on 12/28/2022
This course has its own personal touch. I like the idea of starting with techniques, like slides, vibratos. very well explained!
By Luis Ongay on 7/12/2022
Essential practical basic course for anybody to acquire a solid grounding of the key elements of blues. All in small short digestible lessons that require just a daily little practice. Very experienced teacher aware of what’s required to achieve results and progress to the next level.
By Darren Lombard on 5/30/2021
It’s a great course
By Robert Aguirre on 11/2/2020
good introduction to the guitar
By Jim Grass on 12/2/2019
yes very easy to grasp
By Tom Maher on 2/26/2019
I have been playing for several years and so far I am enjoying this course. I just started tonight. It's obvious that Craig loves what he's doing and he is a very good instructor. I am looking forward to completing this course and other courses from Craig. An intermediate to advanced course would be nice. Or maybe an acoustic course. Recommended for guitar players at any level.
By Thomas Milliken on 2/12/2019
Great foundational course for blues. This is definitely a great beginners course.
By Daniel Isles on 8/22/2018
I've just started playing the guitar and I'm finding this course really helpful... Thanks.
By Dominique RIVIERE on 5/7/2023
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Overall Score : 90 / 100









