The Skeptical Guitarist: Blues Guitar from Scratch - Guitar Method

First things first: the venerable Twelve Bar Blues chord progression, the backbone of the blues. You'll learn how to use the 1, 4 and 5 chords to do chordal accompaniment, the Blues Shuffle and the Guitar Boogie in the most common blues keys, A and E.
Then comes blues lead playing and improvisation. The Minor Pentatonic Scale in the Key of Em will be our first concern, with additional notes added as needed. Then we move on to the C-A-G-E-D box patterns that are found up the neck in the Key of Am and learn how to shape-shift. Finally come sections on slide guitar playing in standard, open G and open D tunings. 

Table of Contents:

• Comping for Twelve-Bar blues
  Blues Shuffle in the Key of A
  Swing Rhythm
  Variations
  Blues Shuffle in the Key of E
  Alternatives to the B riff
  Variations
  Syncopation
  Guitar Boogie in E - adding the 3rd
  The Major-Minor ambiguity
  Variations
  Harmonizing the Blues Shuffle
  Chordal comping for Blues in E
  Harmonizing and comping in A
  Blues lead playing Pentatonic Scale
  Em pentatonic box pattern
  Letter names of the notes
  Exercises
  Simple licks
  Extra notes
  Adding the 3rd
  Adding the b5th and the 7th
  Noodling with nine
  Adding the 2nd and the 6th
  Expanded box pattern
  Blues turnaround
  Singing the blues
  Hybrid blues
  Partial chord forms
  Here we go up the neck
  Movable Em box pattern
  Em shape of the Am
  pentatonic scale
  Exercises
  Simple licks
  Extra notesAdding the 3rd
  Adding the b5th and 7th
  Bending the 4th
  Adding the 2nd and 6th
  Double-stops
  Exercises in blues soloing
  Other box patterns
  Gm box pattern
  Dm box pattern
  Shifting between box patterns
  Cm box pattern
  Am box pattern
  Back to the Key of E
  Em box pattern / Em pentatonic scale
  Shape-shifting
  Major Pentatonic Scale
  Key of G
  Examples
  Here we go up the neck
  Keys of A and C
  Keys of D and E
  Slide Guitar
  Standard Tuning
  Am pentatonic scale
  Right-hand muting
  Open G Tuning
  Chords and accompaniment
  Playing lead
  Twelve Bar example
  Open D Tuning