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John Hatcher5th September 2013Thanks, Janice and welcome to GMC!
Janice5th September 2013This is my first lesson here on GMC. You explain things very well, John. Thanks for the great lesson!
Javier Aviles15th June 2013Hey John, wellcome to Gmc!
Dieterle15th June 2013Hello John !
Sometimes it is Good to start with the Roots , Again.
So i will do it !
wollace0313th June 2013Welcome Jphn! I am very excited about learning some acoustic blues!! thats another great bonus here at gmc. good to start with the basics!
- John Hatcher13th June 2013
Thanks Bogdan and Darius. I muddled my way through the blues for years just knowing this pattern. Cool thing is, when you tweak it you can get some really cool sounds.
Darius Wave13th June 2013good to have some basics to learn the blues. Very useful for the beginners
Bogdan Radovic12th June 2013Welcome to GMC John!
Very cool lesson - this is one of the first rhythms which really made me start learning guitar. I still use it when composing songs and jamming, very versatile!- John Hatcher12th June 2013
Thanks Kristofer. Great to be here!
Kristofer Dahl12th June 2013Welcome to GMC John - this could be the start of something big and important at GMC!
Don't miss john's intro thread.
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Hello GMC!
In this lesson, I will walk you through the iconic 12 bar blues progression in the Key of E. You are going to learn the chords, rhythm and technique to play a sweet 12 bar blues rhythm part.
Contents
- Introduction
- Beat by Beat Lesson on Bars 1 - 4
- The Shuffle Rhythm
- Palm Muting
- Staccato Playing
- Examples of Bars 1 - 4 at Various Tempos
- Locking in with the Metronome
- How to Play Bars 5 - 8
- How to Play Bars 9 - 12
- Example Played at 80 bpm
- Example Played at 90 bpm
- Example Played at 100 bpm
Remember...
Any time you learn anything new on the guitar, it can be frustrating. The road to success on the guitar is paved with patience and determination. My biggest guitar tip is to stay focused with your practice and resist the urge to get ahead of yourself. Go slowly and perfect the part in front of you before moving on to more advanced material.
Guitar phenom, Steve Vai said it best:
"Play slow and perfect – that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso."
If you push through the frustrating points and really focus on practicing, you will get better. So, don't get discouraged if things don't happen automatically. Remember, that even the guitar legends struggled with this same stuff when they were starting out.
Stick with it, you can do it!From this course:
- Expanding 12 Bar BluesLEVEL 2Once you have the basic 12 Bar Blues Pattern down, it's time to spice things up a bit. This lesson adds a short call and response lick and introduces the turnaround using the 12 Bar Rhythm in E.
- Quick Change BluesLEVEL 3Get even more mileage from the 12 bar blues progression by changing one bar! Here we take a look at a laid back acoustic 'quick change' blues in A.
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