E Blues Licks by Max Milligan. 

Hardly a day goes by that I don't fall into an E blues shuffle during some stage of my practice routine. As I hear some of your licks come out of my guitar, it has become obvious that your lessons are rubbing off on me! Thanks again Max.

9 years and im only just seeing this. LEGEND!!

Dude. I love you. I've been playing for some 42 years, and your approach helps open a door or two that had been closed off for way too long. Thanks muchly, sir!

I keep coming back to this lesson and I pick up something new every time. Thanks Max!

This is place where I couldn’t play when there is transition of chord but now I know the basics behind it. Incredibly helpful to my guitar journey. 👍

Thank you for giving up your time to share your knowledge. We are so lucky to have the internet combined with kind people like you who are willing to teach. There's no better age to learn guitar than now! I reckon if it wasn't for the internet I would be miles behind the level I am at now, and in such a short space of time. Thanks again

Thanks, I hear guys talk about mixing scales on here but most don’t explain it as well as u did. I also like how u keep playing and then explain a little. Most teachers on utube play a lead then explain for 30mins. As a matter of fact I study this video all the time.

Wow Max, I've been playing for 30+ years. By watching your instructional videos I have gained alot of insight by way of your style and flawless technique. I just want to say Thank You for that. Looking for more !!!

Thanks Max. I anxiously await each of your lessons.

Max you nailed it. I enjoyed your tutorial. Looking forward to more!

Superb lesson Max. A real breakthrough for me. 'Nuff said. Cheers!

Mate.......One of the best tutorials, I have seen. Well demonstrated & explained.

Well done Max. This really takes playing to another level by mixing the scales. Great stuff!!

Finally! Someone explaining that lots of bluesy stuff (even in very traditional blues) is not just the good old minor pentatonic (plus perhaps a flatted 5th) but actually a mixture between major and minor. Well done! Fwiw, I'm a long time guitar teacher and quite some of my students have been amazed at HOW much blues stuff could be "extended", once you bring something else to the table than just the good ol' "blues scale" - which, fwiw, I never exactly believed that it truly existed, simply because most of the great players are mixing stuff pretty much all the time (and even some very old traditional blues singers don't use it much, at least not in the way it's usually taught. Just in case someone's interested, for a nice little "country-ish" touch, I also like to treat blues "modally". I can already hear you folks say "wtf has blues got to do with modes?". Well, try this out: Treat each of the three chords as "mixolydian". Works nicely (on the dominant it'll be country more or less full stop). In a blues in E that'd resolve to: E7: E mixolydian (5th degree of A major). A7: A mixolydian (5th degree of D major). B7: B mixolydian (5th degree of E major). Now if you treat it like that, things may sound strange. I recommend to break all the scales down to a common root, namely E. The result would be: E7: E mixolydian. A7: E dorian. B7: E major (or ionian, to stick with the modal names). Same notes as when you always "think" mixolydian but the "feel" might become a little different (however, once you're familiar with that it shouldn't matter in which way you approach it). It's fun trying that out. Anyway, cheers again for this video, as said, finally someone shows this as I think of it as well!

Brilliant Max. Your tutorials are really helping me increase my repertoire. Cheers.

What a fine tune right there! Great job thanks for this

So cool. And the "backing track" is also very nice.

You’ve convinced me to get a looper with this. Goodgawwwd this is sweet music.

I've always switched between the minor and major pentatonic/blues scale, but it never occurred me that I could play within the B minor pentatonic/blues scale while on the B chord (5th chord) of the blues shuffle. Thank you very much for adding a whole new dimension to my playing. It's been almost ten years since you posted this so I hope you are well.

Great, great. Cn't thank you enough. Been locked within running down scales for years and these licks / switching between scales gave me the juice I've been searching for. Thanks a bunch brother

great licks...I could listen this all day..over and over ... :)

Awesome playing....Keep laying it down as smooth as you do with tremendous finesse....Making sound so good and look sooo easy!!!!

Great job Max! I just subscribed to your channel and look foward to watching the rest of your videos

Seriously amazing, so mad im only finding this video now. Taught me so much in less than 10 minutes. Thank you so much.

Man, i gotta say. I really enjoyed this lesson. Very nice licks and i love the tone of that guitar. I like the way you break up the pattern and show us the notes while the backing track keeps going. For a beginner like me, that made it easy to pick up on it. I did have some trouble seeing what you're doing because of the camera angle, as others already mentioned. Ill be checking out your other video's! Thanks for this one, keep it up! Cheers

Thanks so much for breaking things down to the essence, Max!

Thank's - exactly what I needed a lot of cool blues licks

Hey Max I bought your Clapton and Johnson dvds and they are great! Im forcing myself to learn everything on them cause it will bring me to the level I always wanted to be at. Thank you!

Thank you very much Max - I love the way you teach.

Thank you Max. Im portuguese and im learning how to play blues in my guitar. You inspires me..... Still a long way ahead. Just two months of lessons.

I can hardly believe I've missed this lesson on You Tube for 7 years. There are no doubt some good lessons out there for acoustic blues in the key of E, but this one is down right excellent. Just when I think I've learned most things in the key of E, here comes some more to practice and consider. Again, excellent and thank you Max for posting this!

A great guitar educator and outstanding player.

Lovely, you have a real nice touch on the guitar. Very sweet sound indeed.

I am back again, awesome playing.

I really like your teaching style Max- easy to understand and not patronising. Subscribed

You show a good way to work! I like your lessons,many thanks for sharing! Best wishes from France.

A whole bunch of good licks in your lesson!Well done Max thank you☺

Hi Max, I realise this is quite an old video now but without question it’s the most clear, unambiguous and helpful tutorial on RU-vid.....and I’ve been looking for guitar tutorials for years. Working my way through it, but a massive thank you from me for this excellent content. 👌

Blues licks like these sound best on a great acoustic like the one played here. Thanks, man!

he makes it looks easy...and makes it easy to learn...Thank you !!!

Tabs are a available from my website. These are just free lessons I post when I get a break. Don't get many at the moment. Full on at the moment.

Great blues lick almost a complete tune in itself. Thanks for this lesson. Not easy but I'll get there!

just the way i like it ..finally found you..excellent

Excellent jam

I've just noticed a copy of John Martins solid air amongst your cd's. What an album! Great lesson by the way.

Nice playing and very helpful. Thank you !

Man I love that ! 12 bar blues shuffle in E, but with great style ... 👍

Beautiful playing!

Max Thank you mate, this is the video I've been looking for ! gives me everything I need. Cheers

Super clean playing, sounds nice!

Excellent playing ❤️🎸🎸

Pure awesomeness.

Crazy blues 😍i like it

Very nice thank you for your time and effort to teach others.I really enjoy your playing and explanations....You are great.....

Max :) I love these blues licks that you do on an acoustic. They are very clean sounding and as a beginner I'm learning them now. :)

Awesome playing on a dream guitar !

that was super helpful man! thanks so much!!!! i hate looking at tab, so this is really nice to see

Superb. Many thanks for posting.

Really good lesson! Thank you very much for this!

Like it. I've been playing a few years and it's nice to pick up some new ideas. Like the lick that starts with a bend up to the b7. Also none of that tedious - 'put your index finger on the 1st string at the 8th fret and then .........' .

His guitar is very beautiful and thank you for answering.

Max. Sounds really gr eat. Nice work... hope I can work some o that in the morning. Aussie over and out. And oh yes. God loves you more than you do..

I just love it!

Great lesson. Thank you

Thankyou very much for a great lesson and some sweet playing. Got it - I hope! :)

What a treat !! Thank You so much !!

Such tasty licks indeed! Thanks and great channel.

Olá, estou aprendendo a tocar violão, estou adorando o BLUE....

Superb... just enjoyed it thoroughly 😊

Love that Maton, Max!!

Finally a lesson I can understand , much appreciated (-:

Amazing!

Awesome brother. I love The 12 bar blues do you like have a tutoral for The 12 bar blues comp that you looped sir😊

really good man lovet this and learnt alot

Awesome , learned a lot. Many thanks!

This was brilliant

Amazing video, thank you so much!!

Max, your awesome. I've scoured through a good portion of the comments and have seen the question asked but can't seem to find the answer... I would love to know he chord progression for the rhythm track. I have the beginning shuffle down but get lost with the two chords at the end. Could you please explain that as I don't see it on the tab section on your site. Thanks.

just the lesson I needed. Thanks

Love this video

Very nice !!!!

Awesome Blues.

Great lesson! Thanks.

AWESOME...

Good stuff, thank you.

Great Job man !!!!! thumbs up !

5:42 one of the coolest licks ever

Hi Max Great lesson. Here I am 10 years on.

Maton 808TE guitar, Elixir 11's strings, I use an AER Compact 60 live but this is probably my Roland Cube amp. Boss basic Loop pedal.

Nice sounds

Very Good 😍

Wow....you make it look easy ;)

Grato pela dica...

well done Nice guitar! from japan.

@AcousticMax Hi, many thanks, I'm going to record another solo today for one of my students as a back up lesson so you can join in. All the best. Max

Great lesson***** show us how thats great. Sweet Blues lesson we can take it from here.

Nice sounding guitar

@AcousticMax Thanks, I will try to pick up the licks, (like you said), by ears. Saludos desde Agrentina, I like blues and Tango, my favourite music. Nuevamente, Un gran saludo desde Cordoba Argentina y muchas gracias

Hey thanks, I love that little guitar. :o)

Hi, can you tell me which pedal to buy to make the rhythmic base? Thanks