Blues Forms Practice Plan

Genre and Style Guitar Course from Lance Ruby

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This Lance Ruby course will take you're beginner blues skills and boost them up a notch! He dives into a multitude of blues forms that you will come across in the genre, making it an essential to have in your blues music toolbox!

25 Lessons

Complete course with step-by-step lessons and practice examples.

Multi-Camera

Course filmed with 6 cameras for the perfect angles.

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Full Course Breakdown

Lance will unpack 6 blues forms such as; the 12-bar blues, minor blues, riff blues, 8-bar blues, 16-bar blues and finally a gospel blues! Within each form, he will discuss the variations and break down both the lead part and comping/rhythm part. Along with each lesson, you will get a corresponding practice session to really lock in these concepts under your fingers!

Begin the Course
1

Introduction

Lance introduces us to his Blues Forms Practice Plan course!

3:30 Runtime

0.0 Difficulty

2

Simple Blues - Rhythm Lesson

For our first lesson, Lance breaks down the rhythm part for our Simple Blues track, this track is a simple 12 bars blues that most other blues songs are based off of, making it a great foundation for any blues player.

13:22 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

3

Simple Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

Now that we have that rhythm under our fingers, let's dive into the practice session so we can lock it into our muscle memory!

6:42 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

4

Simple Blues - Lead Lesson

Let's take a look at the lead part for this solo track.

19:32 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

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5

Simple Blues - Lead Practice Session

Now we get a chance to practice this lead part, taking note on resolving those root notes Lance discussed in the previous lesson.

6:14 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

6

Minor Blues - Rhythm Lesson

In this lesson, we move on to a new blues track focusing on the minor blues form!

10:40 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

7

Minor Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

Let's get this rhythm part solidified under our fingers in this practice session!

7:19 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

8

Minor Blues - Lead Lesson

In this lesson, Lance talks in depth about soloing over minor blues, focusing on resolving on the flat third.

14:39 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

9

Minor Blues - Lead Practice Session

Now let's use this practice session to lock in this solo!

7:07 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

10

Riff Blues - Rhythm Lesson

Let's get into some riff playing with this next track! A staple in the blues genre, we get out of strictly playing chords with this riff that will follow the 12-bar blues.

4:26 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

11

Riff Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

In this practice session let's get more acquainted with the 12-bar blues form by practicing the riff we learned in the previous lesson.

5:54 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

12

Riff Blues - Lead Lesson

For this Riff Lead lesson, Lance gives some flashy licks to add to our toolbox.

11:06 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

13

Riff Blues - Lead Practice Session

Time to practice those licks within this solo!

5:23 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

14

8 Bar Blues - Rhythm Lesson

Let's jump into the 8-bar blues for this next lesson, where Lance breaks down the rhythm part for this track.

7:12 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

15

8 Bar Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

In this practice session, let's take the elements we learned from the previous lesson such as; new chord voicings, The Charleston Rhythm and the 8-bar form, and really lock them in under our fingers.

5:20 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

16

8 Bar Blues - Lead Lesson

In this solo lesson, we work on our targeting skills with focusing on targeting 1 and flat 3 going to 3.

8:27 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

17

8 Bar Blues - Lead Practice Session

Let's use this practice session to play this 8-bar blues solo over the changes.

4:36 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

18

16 Bar Blues - Rhythm Lesson

In this lesson, we take a look at our 16-bar blues which are a bit more "standardized" than the 8-bar blues. Lance also shows us the Charleston slide!

6:52 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

19

16 Bar Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

Let's get that Charleston slide really locked in under our fingers with this practice session.

3:51 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

20

16 Bar Blues - Lead Lesson

Lance breaks down the BB King Box and how to target certain chord tones within the BB Box!

11:18 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

21

16 Bar Blues - Lead Practice Session

Let's take the BB King Box and practice it over the 16-bar blues!

4:14 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

22

Gospel Blues - Rhythm Lesson

For our last track in this course, we focus in on gospel blues, which roughly follows the 12-bar blues form with some in-between chords that get us from section to section.

8:03 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

23

Gospel Blues - Rhythm Practice Session

Let's practice this rhythm part of this gospel blues track!

8:43 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

24

Gospel Blues - Lead Lesson

Lance unpacks our last solo over this gospel blues track! This solo incorporates all of the elements we have learned throughout the course!

15:01 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

25

Gospel Blues - Lead Practice Session

Time for our last practice session!

10:36 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

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Lance Ruby

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  • Playing since 2000
  • 159 lessons at JamPlay
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Guitarist and educator Lance Ruby recently opened his teaching studio in Fort Collins, Colorado after earning his Masters of Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado studying with Steve Kovalcheck. A Utah native, Lance completed his Bachelor’s degree in Guitar Performance from Utah State University studying with Corey Christiansen.

Guitarist and educator Lance Ruby recently opened his teaching studio in Fort Collins, Colorado after earning his Masters of Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado studying with Steve Kovalcheck. A Utah native, Lance completed his Bachelor’s degree in Guitar Performance from Utah State University studying with Corey Christiansen. While in Utah, Lance co-founded the soul/funk band Danger 5 and has continued in this project with lead singer Dani Armour. Since moving to Colorado, he joined the Fort Collins based blues fusion band, Musketeer Gripweed. He is a member of the New Orleans funk group Crescent City Connection. Lance has toured with the Randy Burghardt Band, along with Jackson Taylor and the Sinners.