The blues are a unique style of playing guitar that digs its roots deep back into black slavery in America. This unique

form of guitar scales have sense of soul and bellowing sorrow to them, which is why they\'re called the blues. If you want to learn the blues, first you must have a good

foundation in learning the fundamentals in knowing your basic scales as well as chords.

If you want to learn how to execute the blues properly on your guitar, you must already have a somewhat decent background in your major scales and have build certain

dexterity with moving your fingertips around like a sweeping pattern. Practice your speed with all four fingers,

most especially your index and ring finger since they\'re used more in blues progressions.

If ever in doubt and you have an internet connection, check net for a pattern on how to execute the blues scale.

If you\'re having trouble knowing what you\'re looking for, a scale is basically a progression of single string plucks on your guitar that usually starts from the bass strings and

ends with the higher string. If you know the pattern already, do so first in the regular sweeping pattern then alternate by inverting it as you climb up to the high bass

strings.

The blues may seem completely improvised at a listen, and in fact - it is, but no matter how improvised it follows a rigid timing that demands not only accuracy, but also a

knowledge of how to branch out riffs. As you gain speed, you\'ll get the general feel of it and you\'re on your way to

improving.

It\'s amazing that we have internet now, before they had to dig through song books or listen to music and tabulate it by ear - now it\'s easy as a search engine entry. Back then, musicians listened by ear to read their favorite songs, now

it\'s different, with nowadays know-how now you can listen and even watch your favorite songs over cyberspace.

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