Blues guitar riffs - Albert Collins said,"I was told when I started to play that simple music is the hardest music in the world to play. And blues is simple music". This blues guitar lesson has 20 simple blues guitar riffs you can learn to play by ear. They are all in the key of "A" and most are in the 5th position (first finger on the 5th fret.). Good luck & funky blues... before we get started... let's tune up.

1. Backwards & bluesy - listen | guitar tab

2. Bend & pull off - listen | guitar tab

3. Scrape up - listen | guitar tab

4. Gliss down - listen | guitar tab

5. Double note slide - listen | guitar tab

6. Reverse bend - listen | guitar tab

7. Double stops - listen | guitar tab

8. Slide to vibrato - listen | guitar tab

9. Chicken pickin' - listen | guitar tab

10. Ghost note - listen | guitar tab

11. Funky shuffle - listen | guitar tab

12. Broken chord - listen | guitar tab

13.Roller coaster slide - listen | guitar tab

14. Harmonized slide - listen | guitar tab

15. Pull off - volume knob listen | guitar tab

16. Hammer On - listen | guitar tab

17. Power chords - listen | guitar tab

18. Syncopation - listen | guitar tab

19. Thumb hook - listen | guitar tab

20. Thumb slide - listen | guitar tab

Good luck and funky blues @ Johnny Mayer.