Avaloa5th September 2013Thx! I love this kind of Blues Rhythm!
Hajduk5th September 2013Love learning these blues rhythms, thank you
SteveGuitar5th September 2013Great one John! This one goes straight into my Bookmarks, Thanks!
Headbanger5th September 2013cool
John Hatcher6th September 2013Avaloa, Hajduk, SteveGuitar, Headbanger: Thanks so much! I'm glad you like the lesson!
wollace036th September 2013great lesson! good way for me to get more into the blues..
- John Hatcher7th September 2013
Thanks wollace03. glad you're getting into the blues. it can be addicting!
Darius Wave7th September 2013Good series of some blues basic John! I think those would be very usefull!
- John Hatcher7th September 2013
thanks darius, it's so easy to forget about the basics.
Ken Nielsen18th September 2013Thanks John. Love the blues and picked up on this right away. Thanks for reminder to work with metronome too. So True!
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Whiskey In The Jar
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What's Up GMCers!
THE PROFESSOR Laying down a sweet blues groove, as John does in this lesson, is all about the chord changes and harmony you have under your fingers. If you aren't comfortable with 7th and 9th chords, at least in the beginning, then all the groove in the world won't help you lay down a convincing blues progression.
Getting a handle on building, gripping and playing 7th chords for guitar, as well as 9th chords for guitar, will give you enough harmonic ammunition to outline and color any blues tune you’re jamming over.
In this lesson I'll show you how to play another iconic form of blues progression called Quick Change Blues. This is based around the familiar 12 bar blues pattern, but with one simple tweak.
And, we're going to start using some more melodic approach and chord movements in our blues to break that shuffle rhythm a bit.
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1 Introduction
2 Bars 1 - 4
3 Explanation of Bars 1 - 4
4 Bars 5 - 8
5 Explanation of Bars 5 - 8
6 Bars 9 - 12
7 Explanation of Bars 9 - 12
8 Summary
Things to Keep in Mind
Respect the groove! Once you learn this piece, focus on locking in with the beat. Most guitarists want to skip right past rhythm guitar work and get right to learning lead parts. I get it, but you have to learn to play in time. No shortcuts here. So, fire up your trusty metronome and put in the time.
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