Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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👉 My full beginner bass course: yeah.bassbuzz.com/blues

Nail the blues in 15 minutes with this no-fluff beginner blues bass lesson. By the end, I’ll have you playing a 12 bar blues, even if you just started playing bass.

I’ll show you two easy “Blues Survival Shapes” that’ll help you get around a blues in any key without getting lost. I’ll show you how you can use those shapes to play blues bass lines ranging from super simple to pro level lines.

Once you’ve got the shapes under your fingers, I’ll unravel the theory behind why they work (without making your brain explode).

Then we’ll walk through the 12 bar blues form, which is crucial no matter what style of blues you want to play. I’ll show you how that fits into a couple popular blues songs.

We’ll pull the shapes and the 12 bar form all together when we play along with Howlin’ Wolf and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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