Intermediate Blues Guitar Mastery Course - Rock Like The Pros

Intermediate Blues Guitar Mastery Course – Expand Your Blues Vocabulary, Soloing, and Style Ready to take your blues playing beyond the basics? The Intermediate Blues Guitar Mastery Course is designed to help you strengthen your rhythm, scales, phrasing, and soloing while exploring several different styles of blues guitar. You'll begin with straight blues in A, working through multiple rhythm pieces that help you improve your groove, timing, and feel. From there, you'll develop your lead playing with the A minor pentatonic scale, the A blues scale, scale sequences, and complete blues solos that put those ideas into a musical context. As the course progresses, you'll move into blues in E, learning new rhythm pieces, scales, and solos in another essential guitar key. You'll then expand into country blues, major pentatonic sounds, jazz blues, and slow minor blues, giving you a much broader understanding of how blues techniques can be used across different styles. Rather than focusing on only one type of blues, this course helps you connect rhythm guitar, scales, improvisation, and soloing. You'll learn how familiar blues concepts can sound completely different depending on the groove, key, and musical style. Whether you want to become a stronger blues guitarist, improve your lead playing, or develop skills you can carry into rock, country, jazz, and other genres, this course gives you a practical path toward more confident and expressive guitar playing. VIDEO SAMPLE - LESSON 1 Course Breakdown: Lesson 1 – "Walking the Dog Blues" – Straight Blues in A Lesson 2 – "Ridin' in My Pickup Blues" – Straight Blues in A Lesson 3 – A Minor Pentatonic Scale Lesson 4 – A Blues Scale Lesson 5 – "Stealing Home" – Blues Solo in A Lesson 6 – "Coyote Pass Blues" – Straight Blues in A Lesson 7 – A Minor Pentatonic Scale Lesson 8 – A Minor Pentatonic Sequence: Groups of 4 Notes Lesson 9 – "Cut the Cake" – Blues Solo in A Lesson 10 – "Why Can't You Be True" – Straight Blues in A Lesson 11 – "Don't Kick My Dog" – Straight Blues in E Lesson 12 – "Magic City Blues" – Straight Blues in E Lesson 13 – E Minor Pentatonic Scale Lesson 14 – E Blues Scale Lesson 15 – "Ghost Rider" – Blues Solo in E Lesson 16 – Getting Started with Country Blues in A Lesson 17 – "Lexington Bluegrass" – Country Blues Lesson 18 – Major Pentatonic Scale in A: Position #1 Lesson 19 – Major Pentatonic Scale in A: Position #2 Lesson 20 – "Bucking Bronco" – Country Blues Solo in A Lesson 21 – "Shooting from the Hip" – Jazz Blues in A Lesson 22 – "Anabelle" – Jazz Blues Solo in A Lesson 23 – "Under the Neon Lights" – Slow Minor Blues in G What You'll Learn: Strengthen Your Blues Rhythm Playing – Develop better timing, groove, and feel through straight blues progressions in A and E. Master Minor Pentatonic Scales – Build greater confidence using the A and E minor pentatonic scales for lead guitar and improvisation. Expand into the Blues Scale – Add classic blues notes and sounds to your solos with the A and E blues scales. Develop Scale Sequences – Learn how to move beyond simply playing scales up and down by practicing four-note sequences. Play Complete Blues Solos – Apply your scales, phrasing, and techniques through structured solos in different keys and styles. Explore Country Blues – Discover how blues techniques combine with country and bluegrass-inspired sounds. Learn the Major Pentatonic Scale – Work with two positions of the A major pentatonic scale and expand your lead guitar vocabulary. Explore Jazz Blues – Experience a different side of blues through jazz-inspired rhythms and soloing. Play Slow Minor Blues – Develop expression, control, and feel through a slower minor blues approach in G. Play Blues in Multiple Keys – Become more comfortable working in A, E, and G instead of staying in a single key. Become a More Versatile Guitarist – Develop techniques that can carry over into rock, country, jazz, and other guitar styles. Course Contents: Step-by-Step Technique Lessons – Work through progressively challenging exercises designed to improve your fundamental guitar technique. Stretching and Warm-Up Guidance – Learn how to prepare your hands before practicing. Picking Technique Instruction – Develop better coordination and control with your picking hand. Progressive Finger Exercises – Practice multiple combinations that target dexterity, independence, accuracy, and strength. Full-Fretboard Exercises – Learn to move your exercises up and down the neck and across all six strings. Review Lesson – Bring the exercises together and reinforce the techniques you've developed throughout the bootcamp. Meet Your Teacher: Terry Carter is a San Diego-based guitarist, ukulele player, surfer, songwriter, and creator of Rock Like The Pros, Uke Like The Pros, and Terry Carter Music Store. With over 25 years as a professional musician, educator, and Los Angeles studio musician, Terry has worked with greats like Weezer, Josh Groban, Robby Krieger (The Doors), 2-time Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin (Calling All Dawns), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses), Grammy-winning producer Charles Goodan (Santana/Rolling Stones), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Along the way, Terry has written and produced tracks for commercials including Discount Tire and Puma and TV shows including Scorpion (CBS), Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet), Trippin', Wildboyz, and The Real World (MTV). He has also self-published over 25 books for Uke Like The Pros and Rock Like The Pros, filmed over 30 ukulele and guitar online courses, and has millions of views across his social media channels. In addition to his professional career, Terry received a Master of Music in Studio/Jazz Guitar Performance from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University, with an emphasis in Jazz Studies and Music Education. He has taught at the University of Southern California, San Diego State University, Santa Monica College, MiraCosta College, and Los Angeles Trade-Tech College. Join the Intermediate Blues Guitar Mastery Course today and expand your rhythm, scales, soloing, and blues vocabulary while becoming a more versatile and confident guitar player! Take your blues playing beyond the basics and start exploring new sounds, styles, and techniques across the fretboard! NOTE:  This is a digital course hosted on Rock Like The Pros. After you place your order, we'll set up your account (if you don't already have one) and grant you access to the course. Then, you'll receive an email confirming your login details and how to get started. Your course includes video lessons, downloadable PDFs, and backing tracks — accessible anytime on the Rock Like The Pros website or app. Questions or need help getting in? Just reply to your confirmation email and we'll take care of it.