Blues school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

The road to becoming a well-rounded and expressive guitarist begins with mastering the basics. This three-course guitar certificate program provides students with an excellent background in three keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz.

You’ll start the program by learning the techniques and licks of classic blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic Sam in the Blues Guitar Workshop course. You’ll build a foundation in form, control, and harmony, and...

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Guitarists who know the blues have a natural advantage over those that don’t. No matter what style they chose to play â€?jazz, rock, classical â€?having a blues background provides guitarists with a foundation in form, control, feel and harmonies that can be used to advance their playing in any genre of music. Blues Guitar Workshop begins by teaching the 12-bar blues harmony, basic rhythm guitar technique, and the pentatonic and blues scale in the open position up the neck. You’ll learn ...

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A vital aspect to understanding and performing great American music like R&B, gospel, and contemporary rock and pop is to first learn the foundation of this music, which lies in the roots styles of blues and early rock. Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques will help you to develop the fundamental skills necessary to perform stylistically accurate keyboard techniques in the blues/rock idiom, in solo and group settings. Each week you’ll practice a progressive series of techniques at the keyboar...

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Central to the mission of Music Works NW, Private Instruction serves beginners to advanced level musicians, from the very young through adulthood. All are invited to study with Music Works NW’s outstanding faculty. Private, semi-private, and group lessons are available.

Lessons are scheduled for the convenience of students and faculty; lessons may be started any time during the year and tuition will be prorated.

Choosing to take private lessons can lead to an enormous amount of mus...

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Seattle Drum School has expanded its program to include guitar, bass, keyboard, trumpet, saxophone, voice and DJ instruction.

We at SDS, feel there is no substitute for the care and personalized attention available through one on one instruction. In no other way can one’s individual strengths, needs, or particular goals be so effectively addressed.