Not only are blues guitar licks iconic in their own right, being able to play them is often any aspiring guitarist's ticket to graduating to challenging rock riffs and a wide variety of other genres. By learning to play blues scales on the guitar you will unlock a wide range of new ideas for the future, whether you choose to keep it simple and bluesy, or look to learn country blues, blues rock, or use what you learn to inspire different licks across the other genres you enjoy playing.