3 Blues Guitar Licks TAB

These 3 essential blues guitar licks cover the core vocabulary every rock and blues guitarist needs. From BB King-style bends to T-Bone Walker shuffles to Clapton-influenced phrases, these licks represent different approaches to the blues and will immediately improve your soloing.

About the Solo

Blues guitar vocabulary is the foundation of rock lead guitar. These three licks demonstrate different stylistic approaches — from raw Chicago blues to Texas-style shuffle to British blues-rock. Each one teaches something different about feel, phrasing, and expression.

What You Will Work On

• BB King-style bends — the most expressive technique in blues guitar
• T-Bone Walker shuffle vocabulary — swinging eighth-note phrasing
• Clapton-influenced blues-rock — combining blues feel with rock attack
• Call and response structure — how blues conversation works
• Pentatonic and blues scale usage — the foundation of all three licks

Tips for Learning

• Learn one lick at a time — master each before moving to the next.
• Listen to the original artists — the feel cannot come from tab alone.
• Practice over a backing track in the appropriate key.
• Focus on expression over accuracy — blues is about feel first.