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Blues Box Practice Sessions
Working on this page! Beginner Box Practice Session 1
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12 Bare Blues Primer
The vast majority of contemporary blues music is based on what is termed a 12-bar format. That is, the main body of a song follows a set pattern of chords over 12 bars of music that is repeated over and over. Some songs may have several different patterns to give them a bit of variety, but the guts…
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Finding The Key Signature
A Key Signature tells us what originating tone a song is to be performed in. There are 12 tones of equal value. Imagine tones as blocks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The distance between each tone is called a half-step interval. Since there are 12 tones in music, there are…
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The Blues Turnaround
The basic turnaround I’m about to show you is a universal generic turnaround and can be applied to many situations. It’s perfect for the beginner, but once you play it a few times you’ll want to add or modify it some to personalize it a little more. When I say it’s generic, I really mean…
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Free Blues Guitar Lessons: 12 Bar, Licks, Songs
Sign up for our free blues guitar newsletter and I’ll send you free blues guitar lessons that are exclusive to the newsletter. Enter your name and e-mail address below to begin receiving issues: Free Blues Guitar Lessons Include… The free blues guitar lessons that you’ll discover with our newsletter include the following topics: Blues Progressions…
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“Mr. Conductor Man” by Big Bill Broonzy
Difficulty: Intermediate Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 – August 14 or 15, 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the 1930s and 1940s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues…
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“Baby, Please Don’t Go” by Big Joe Williams
Intro Verse 1 Guitar Solo Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Baby Please Don’t Go” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Baby Please Don’t Go” (Power Tab)
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“All My Love In Vain” by Robert Johnson
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate
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What Is Blues Improvisation?
A majority of blues guitar solos are improvised. An improvised solo is not pre-written. It’s composed at the time of performance. The “Blues Improvisation” course will show you how to perform your own improvised blues leads. In the video below I explain a little about “what is improvisation”:
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How To Play A Blues Turnaround
In music, the V-IV-I turnaround, or blues turnaround is one of several cadential patterns traditionally found in the twelve-bar blues, and commonly found in rock and roll. Most turnarounds can also be used as intros or endings. This is because the turnaround in bars 11 and 12 takes us back (turns around) to the start of…