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Blues Guitar Institute
Learning THIS makes Acoustic Blues Easier to Play
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Learning THIS makes Acoustic Blues Easier to Play
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![I Stopped Playing Boring Slide Licks Once I Learned THIS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGTb8Yo8IRo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGTb8Yo8IRo/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
I Stopped Playing Boring Slide Licks Once I Learned THIS
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![You’re (Probably) Killing Your Progress on the Guitar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yXXICveM7w0/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yXXICveM7w0/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
You’re (Probably) Killing Your Progress on the Guitar
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![The Lesson that Changed My Playing IMMEDIATELY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DVRUlOB7DwQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DVRUlOB7DwQ/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
The Lesson that Changed My Playing IMMEDIATELY
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![Delta Blues Slide: 3 Tips to Level Up Your Playing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/diOR9DaRms4/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/diOR9DaRms4/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Delta Blues Slide: 3 Tips to Level Up Your Playing
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![Shake up Your Acoustic Blues with Different Rhythm Styles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AwVsbd2hteE/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AwVsbd2hteE/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Shake up Your Acoustic Blues with Different Rhythm Styles
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![Never play wrong notes again](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V6Fo5738o_g/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V6Fo5738o_g/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Never play wrong notes again
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![Two Bluesy Open Tunings Explained: Step-By-Step For Beginners](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiKK5RRRlN8/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiKK5RRRlN8/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Two Bluesy Open Tunings Explained: Step-By-Step For Beginners
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![5 Easy Chord Tricks that Make You Sound Great on the Guitar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GrUDBSuklhE/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GrUDBSuklhE/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
5 Easy Chord Tricks that Make You Sound Great on the Guitar
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![My biggest mistake buying resonator guitar strings](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bwe5-sWdA7c/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bwe5-sWdA7c/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
My biggest mistake buying resonator guitar strings
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![Play Great Blues Rhythms Anywhere on the Neck](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d1FfGadLOyE/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d1FfGadLOyE/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Play Great Blues Rhythms Anywhere on the Neck
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![Baby, Please Don’t Go - Beginner/Intermediate Fingerstyle Blues Lesson](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L3iaddLyGhc/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L3iaddLyGhc/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Baby, Please Don’t Go - Beginner/Intermediate Fingerstyle Blues Lesson
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![Arpeggios Made Easy: Building Blocks of Fretboard Navigation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R65JsVI8Zro/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R65JsVI8Zro/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Arpeggios Made Easy: Building Blocks of Fretboard Navigation
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![Advanced Blues Chords to Level Up Your 12 Bar Blues Rhythms](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5p9OdRH5zs/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5p9OdRH5zs/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Advanced Blues Chords to Level Up Your 12 Bar Blues Rhythms
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![3 Tips for Sweet Acoustic Blues Solos - Down and Out Example](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gVAhXE_uzGE/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gVAhXE_uzGE/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
3 Tips for Sweet Acoustic Blues Solos - Down and Out Example
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![Laid Back Delta Blues](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m323zzqcreQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m323zzqcreQ/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Laid Back Delta Blues
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![Quick Country Blues Fingerstyle Lick](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N8W4HxAOb5g/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N8W4HxAOb5g/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Quick Country Blues Fingerstyle Lick
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![Avalon Blues by Mississippi John Hurt](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JqsxgPPPco0/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JqsxgPPPco0/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Avalon Blues by Mississippi John Hurt
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![The Biggest Mistake Guitar Players Make with Difficult Parts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l53fmovuwKg/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l53fmovuwKg/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
The Biggest Mistake Guitar Players Make with Difficult Parts
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![There’s something different about this one…](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uWg9mBZ4PsQ/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uWg9mBZ4PsQ/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
There’s something different about this one…
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![12 String Piedmont Blues Picking](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JfV8Vi7Ynk4/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JfV8Vi7Ynk4/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
12 String Piedmont Blues Picking
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![Want to Play Bluesy Slide Licks in Open G? Try this Endless Lick Generator](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnofy-g34TM/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnofy-g34TM/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Want to Play Bluesy Slide Licks in Open G? Try this Endless Lick Generator
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![Ragtime Chord Progression](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8EQAVBFeY_U/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8EQAVBFeY_U/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Ragtime Chord Progression
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![Kind Hearted Woman Style Delta Blues](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CUY_Jxw1UyY/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CUY_Jxw1UyY/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Kind Hearted Woman Style Delta Blues
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![Here’s some fun acoustic fingerpicking for you](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/73YNGgcKkWE/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/73YNGgcKkWE/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Here’s some fun acoustic fingerpicking for you
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![Slide Guitar in the Skip James "Crossnote" Tuning](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xp1mpKsJ6rU/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xp1mpKsJ6rU/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Slide Guitar in the Skip James "Crossnote" Tuning
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![Flatpicking the Blues](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wNX26YjJKo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wNX26YjJKo/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Flatpicking the Blues
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![Delta Blues Lesson: 3 Ways to Play with Feeling](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5I7F2elOFDY/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5I7F2elOFDY/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Delta Blues Lesson: 3 Ways to Play with Feeling
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![Dark and Blues in Double Drop D Tuning (DADGBD)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yOLv-qyRKWY/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yOLv-qyRKWY/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Dark and Blues in Double Drop D Tuning (DADGBD)
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![Funky Fingerstyle Blues Groove](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5yKK65HVHHo/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5yKK65HVHHo/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Funky Fingerstyle Blues Groove
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![Which Slide Sounds the Best?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bog2zZX7yps/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bog2zZX7yps/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Which Slide Sounds the Best?
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![3 Ways Delta Blues Made Me a Better Guitar Player](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m3tmBDUBKKk/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m3tmBDUBKKk/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
3 Ways Delta Blues Made Me a Better Guitar Player
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![Get the Ragtime Feel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TfzaPixFZNc/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TfzaPixFZNc/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Get the Ragtime Feel
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![This seems obvious to me now 🤦🏻♂️](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JfQAQ1vD2ZY/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JfQAQ1vD2ZY/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
This seems obvious to me now 🤦🏻♂️
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![Open G Slide Guitar](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8AOYVT7ZvyM/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8AOYVT7ZvyM/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Open G Slide Guitar
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![Play 12 Bar Blues in Any Key with These 3 Easy Steps](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I_g5RDszsD4/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I_g5RDszsD4/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Play 12 Bar Blues in Any Key with These 3 Easy Steps
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![Minor Pentatonic + 1 Note = Blues Scale](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RLWqRsCFN9I/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RLWqRsCFN9I/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Minor Pentatonic + 1 Note = Blues Scale
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![Ragtime Blues in G](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dt6kBQzWAVA/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dt6kBQzWAVA/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Ragtime Blues in G
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![Dropped D Country Blues](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WuOcsMPlFaM/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WuOcsMPlFaM/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Dropped D Country Blues
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![Delta Blues. But Strumming.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nfot7MpQ8LI/mqdefault.jpg 1x, https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nfot7MpQ8LI/mqdefault.jpg 2x)
Delta Blues. But Strumming.
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