If you are or can imagine being a long distance runner we can agree that having signs along your route is important for your pacing and keeping your mind on track with your body’s ability to go the distance. Guide tones are the important notes we know work on the given chord. Being able to maneuver through chord changes using guide tones is an important skill to have when creating new melodies (aka improvising). In this lesson I explain where the guide tones are on a 3-chord 12 bar blues. Learning how to connect these notes is only the start of creating lines and ideas so soak them up and apply it to all your other tunes. For more blues examples check out musicians like Sister Rosetta Tharpe or Louis Armstrong. Go and discover these musicians’ music, then look up who they are playing with and branch out from there.