IFR Blues Mastery Course
Even if you are a complete beginner to the blues, this course will give you everything you need to truly master blues harmony and enjoy improvising over the blues. Learning to play the blues will enrich every aspect of your playing, and it will give you countless opportunities for creative jamming with other musicians.
IFR Blues Mastery Course
- Do you wish you could jam with other blues musicians and improvise effortlessly?
- Does blues music touch something deep inside you, making you want to play it yourself?
- Do you struggle to make sense of blues harmony with its "different" sounding scales?
Get the help you need to start jamming!
Playing and improvising over the blues is one of the great pleasures of modern music. And it’s absolutely available to you right now. All you need is an organized path that introduces you to this beautiful art form in a complete, step-by-step way.
Even if you are a total beginner to the blues, this course will enable you to truly understand blues music and enjoy improvising over the blues. You’ll learn to improvise over a wide variety of blues chord progressions. And you’ll learn to understand the chords and scales used in the blues so you can play confidently with other blues musicians.
Learning the art of the blues
In IFR we believe that the musicians who follow their own imagination are the ones who change the world. In this course you won’t just be learning to copy someone else’s “licks”. You’ll be learning to play your own original solos and melodies over any style of blues.
The journey is divided into 18 lessons with more than 200 jam tracks. Here are some of the things you’ll learn along the way:
- A deep understanding of the 12 bar blues chord progression, broken down into easy steps.
- Mastering the chord and scale alterations that define the blues sound.
- How to integrate "blue notes" and the blues scale into your musical vocabulary.
- A deep dive into the minor blues.
- Understanding blues poetry and using this form to create powerful solos.
- Many rhythmic styles including Chicago blues, New Orleans blues, R&B funk blues, Latin blues, rock blues and more.
- The jazz player's blues, with complete analysis of all chord substitutions.
- Special song forms like the 8 bar blues and 16 bar blues.
Backing tracks in all 12 keys
Every lesson in this course comes with backing tracks in all 12 keys. If you’re a beginner, you can learn the blues in the keys you’re most comfortable with. If you’re more advanced, you can target the keys you especially want to work on. Every step of the way you’ll be improvising your own solos over backing tracks in a wide variety of great blues styles. And every jam track includes special versions for bass and piano so you can practice playing the bass lines and chords yourself.
Here are a few samples of the music you’ll be improvising over:
Country folk blues
1960s R&B/funk blues
Electric minor blues
A complete blues education
This course gives you the foundation for a lifetime of creative improvising over the blues. There is a LOT of material here, and I encourage you to really take your time and enjoy each moment.
A deep understanding of the blues will enrich every aspect of your playing, adding a whole new dimension to your music. And learning to play the blues will give you countless opportunities for creative jamming with other musicians.
"Improvise for Real removes all the music buzz language and lays the landscape for me to see my path by sound and navigate with ease"
– review by Michael Feegrade — Hawaii, USA
Get this course free with your membership!
When you join, you’ll have complete access to our entire library of video courses, audio courses, jam tracks, and ear training lessons. Everything works together as one unified method to help you master the art of musical improvisation.
Your membership is completely risk-free. Explore everything IFR has to offer, and if you don’t feel it’s the right fit within your first 30 days, just send us an email and we’ll refund your payment in full — no questions asked.