Here’s a quick little lick to play in an E blues. it sounds good when played over an A7 chord before returning to the E or E7 in a 12-bar blues. I like to use a hybrid picking technique by always picking up on the open high E with my ring finger.

Here’s a nice minor blues progression that every player should know. It’s shown in A, but can easily be transposed to other keys.

Here’s a lick that every blues player needs to have in their bag of tricks. The “1″ refers to the first note in a I-IV-V blues progressions. In this case, the key of A. When you play the A note (5th fret, 1st string), you immediately slide up to the A note on the B string (10th fret). It’s not as easy as it looks.