Day 1 | 12-Bar Blues

Day 1 is all about mastering the 12-bar blues foundation, including shuffle rhythms, turnarounds, and simple blues fills.

Challenge for Day 1:

• Record yourself playing a 12-bar blues progression using any of the shuffle patterns, turnarounds, or variations covered in the lesson, and upload your video for feedback.

Day 2 | E Blues Scale and Blues Extension

We focused on learning the E Blues Scale and Blues Extension, and how to use them to create simple blues licks, fills, and more expressive playing over the 12-bar blues.

Challenge for Day 2:

• Practice the E Blues Scale and Blues Extension using triplets, then record yourself playing a 12-bar blues while adding some of the blues licks and fills from the lesson.

Day 3 | Blues Expression

We focused on combining the pentatonic scale, triads, and the 1-4-5 chords to start creating your own blues phrases, call-and-response ideas, and simple improvisation with feeling and intention.

Challenge for Day 3:

• Create your own short bluesy piece by mixing triads, chords, and notes from the pentatonic scale, then record yourself playing it. The goal is not speed or complexity, but expressing yourself and making the guitar "talk."

Day 4 | The 1-4-5 Blues Formula

We focused on making your playing more musical by understanding the 1-4-5 progression in any key, connecting pentatonic scales to chord changes, and learning how to create expressive phrases that follow the music instead of just playing random licks.

Challenge for Day 4 - Choose one of the following:

1. Learn and play the bluesy triad-based lick from the lesson.
2. Play a 12-bar blues using the 1-4-5 progression and add simple pentatonic licks.
3. Move chord shapes and pentatonic scales together across the fretboard and create your own musical phrases.

    

Day 5 | Pick Up & Play

In this lesson, we focused on improvisation. We learned how to identify whether a song is in a major or minor key, choose the correct pentatonic scale, find the key by ear, and start creating melodic solos over real songs and backing tracks.

Challenge for Day 5:

• Choose a song or backing track you've never soloed over before. Figure out: Is it major or minor? What key is it in? Which pentatonic scale fits?Then improvise over the track, focusing on melody, phrasing, and playing with intention rather than speed. Try to make your guitar sing.