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1.
Basic Bends (#13)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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One of the most important aspects of playing the blues is bending. Bending occurs when you finger a note, pluck it, and then either push it up towards your head, or push it down toward your toes. The more you bend, the high...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157723 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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Basic Bends (#13)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Another classic bend is to bend the D up two frets to the E (which is the key of the tune). Often, you want to play the note that is the key of the tune (in this case, E), and instead of just playing the E, you can pluck a D ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157723 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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Basic Bends (#13)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In measure 9, we simply use the same bend from measure 1 (the A bent up to the B), but we are doing it an octave higher. Even though its the same bend, it sounds a little bit different - partly because it's higher in pitch, ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157723 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In this lesson, we'll cover some different aspects of playing a walking bass line with some chords on top. We'll look at some of the details of how to play the bass line itself, and then cover a few comping ideas with the ch...(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Let's just look at the first 2 measures of a G blues for now and get really in-depth. The first thing we need is a bass line. Our chord progression here is: <b>G7 - C7 - G7</b>. Usually, for a bass note on the first beat, ...(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now, we need some notes to put on top of our bass line. Commonly, we can use just the third and b7 of our chord to imply the harmony. A common rhythm is to play the chord on the first beat, and on the upbeat of the second, ...(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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OK, so now we've got a walking bass with some chords. It almost sounds like two guitarists playing at the same time, which is good, but it doesn't sound that hip. It'd be nice if we could imply some sort of percussive beat....(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Now, our blues is actually in 12/8 time, which means there are really three eighth notes in a beat as in:<p>
<b>1</b> - 2 - 3 - <b>2</b> - 2 - 3 - <b>3</b> - 2 - 3 - <b>4</b> - 2 - 3<p>
So far, all our comping on the off be...(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Walking Bass Lines with Chords (#21)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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So now let's re-visit our example from page 1. By now, the bass line for the first two measures should sound familiar, and so should the chordal ideas on top. All I've done is mixed and matched some of the different chordal...(more)
Blues · Advanced · 153319 Hits · 4.08 / 5 (119 ratings)
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Blues Turnarounds (#25)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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The turnaround in a standard 12-bar blues tune happens in mms. 11-12. For an E Blues, this means playing E7 in the 11th bar, and a B7 at some point in the 12th. These turnarounds are shown here as solo blues guitar pieces, ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 145199 Hits · 4.40 / 5 (131 ratings)
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