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# Blues Licks in A
- URL: https://blah.untangleyourbrand.com/blues-licks-in-a/
- Published: 2020-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-20T20:44:39.000Z
- Description: Learning late still counts, and confidence grows the moment you decide to try again.
- Author: Nigel Davies
- Tags: Etc Etc, jazz, purpose

I never learned how to read music and often wonder if it is too late.

I was working on a brand for a music education organisation when I offered to learn the piano and take an exam to gain more insight into the business. It was suggested that I might be a little old and would find it too difficult, so I did not.

I have now started guitar lessons with Lucas Cook, who is unleashing my inner Muddy Waters.

I can already play, but I still want to be able to read music and play the blues. While the blues is free flowing and often improvised, there are still basics you need to understand.

I have been given a few blues licks that work well with Hoochie Coochie Man. Guitar tabs are simpler, but the numbers and marks scramble my mind as I work out which finger, string and fret to play next.

I am not giving up this time.

Already I feel more confident. My fingers fall into place more naturally, I know where to go next and I am becoming better at bends, slides, hammer ons and hammer offs.

It will not be long before I am sat on my porch, drinking and reflecting on my life. I just need to get the porch built, although I am not very good at carpentry and do not intend to learn.

Which new skill do you wish you had learned years ago?