Here’s the first installment of a short series of beginners guide to the 12 bar blues. This one discusses counting through the form and identifying…
During the last two posts (part 13 and part 14) we looked at playing chord tones over a 12 bar blues. Now we’re going to…
In the last two posts we’ve examined playing over changes using root notes, then 3rds and 5ths. That just leaves the 7ths. Firstly a reminder…
Last time we played along with a 12 bar blues by matching the root notes. This time we’re going explore 3rds, and 5ths. We’ll cover…
Last time we looked at the structure of the 12 bar blues, how to count along and where the changes are. Now we’re going to…
In the last post we looked at the notes that make up the I7, IV7 and V7 chords in the key of G. Now it’s…
In the last post we looked at how to build a chord and how we can refer to them based on their scale degrees. We…
A chord is simply a certain number of notes played at the same time. Guitar players do this by strumming, piano players hold down several…
In the last two posts on position playing we’ve looked at some of the positions we can play in. We examined the modes that are…
The last post in this series was an enormous information dump. This time we’re going to play a little and experience the difference between the…