Blues Guitar Lessons for Beginners [How to Play E Shuffle Rhythm]

This Blues Guitar Lessons for Beginners video by Paluzzi Guitar will show how to play an E Shuffle Rhythm.

Lesson Plan/Guitar Tab
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Blues Guitar Lessons for Beginners Playlist
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Blues Guitar Lessons for Beginners [How to Play E Shuffle Rhythm]
0:00 Lesson Preview
1:00 Lesson Intro
1:14 Bar 1
1:50 Bar 2
2:24 Bars 1-4 (slow review)
3:01 Bars 5-8
3:34 Bars 1-8 (slow review)
4:16 Bars 9-12
5:49 Bars 9-12 (slow review)
6:26 Verse 1 (slow review Bars 1-12)
7:32 Lesson Review

E Blues Shuffle Rhythm Guitar Lessons for Beginners
This ‘E’ Blues shuffle rhythm lesson is a twelve-bar Blues progression played in the Key of ‘E’ Blues. This 12 Bar Blues rhythm guitar lesson will provide a step-by-step approach to learn how to play a 12 bar Blues rhythm progression in 'E' Blues.

How to Play Blues Shuffle Rhythm on Guitar
This 12 Bar Blues Shuffle rhythm guitar lesson for beginners starts with a four-beat ‘E’ Blues shuffle rhythm, with the third finger ‘tapping’ the fourth fret every third beat. The last four beats of Bar 1 feature a three-note riff played on the last three beats in place of the 'E' Blues shuffle. For Bar 2, the last four beats feature a two-note riff played on the middle beats in place of the E Blues shuffle. Add vibrato to the last note played in Bars 2 & 4 of the twelve bar Blues shuffle progression.

For Bars 5-6 of this 12-bar Blues progression, the same 'E' Blues shuffle in Bars 1-2 shifts up one string to play the ‘A’ Blues shuffle rhythm. For Bars 7-8, shift back to the initial ‘E’ shuffle rhythm. Before moving on to Bar 9, practice combining Bars 1-8 of this 12-bar Blues rhythm progression.

Bar 9 of this 12-Bar Blues progression for beginners features a ‘B5’ power chord using the same ‘Walk in the Park’ rhythm (‘down-up... down-up-up-down’) used in both Texas-style rhythm patterns from the previous Blues Rhythm lessons at Paluzzi Guitar. Note how the ‘B5' chord provides more of a ‘Rock-style’ sound when compared to the ‘B7' chords used in the previous 12-bar Blues rhythm progressions. For Bar 10, the chord shift from ‘B5' to ‘A5’ requires only a slight adjustment of flattening the first finger along the second fret. For Bar 11, return to the initial ‘E’ Blues shuffle rhythm.

E Blues Shuffle Turnaround
The ‘B5' chord is used for the turnaround in this 12-bar blues rhythm progression, using all down-strokes to change the tempo (‘1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3') as a way to ‘lead-in’ or ‘rev-up’ into Verse 2. Beginners should practice combining Bars 11-12, then combine Bars 9-12 together before attempting to play all twelve bars of this 'E' Blues shuffle progression together.

How to Play 12 Bar Blues Shuffle Progression in E
At the end of Verse 2, the Ending section is played at Bar 12 in place of the turnaround. The x’s represent either a palm-mute or a rest in between strummed chords. Before attempting to play the complete two-verse progression, practice combining Bars 11-12 of Verse 2.

Texas Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson for Beginners
The ‘Texas Blues Rhythm’, the ‘Alternate Texas Rhythm’, (previous lessons) and the ‘E Blues Shuffle’ progressions are all in the Key of ‘E’ Blues. To add variation to an ‘E’ Blues rhythm, all three progression can be played together in succession within the same arrangement.

Paluzzi Guitar
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