12 Bar Blues
12 Bar Blues is a pattern of chords which repeat every 12 bars. There are hundreds of well known songs based on this chord progression, i.e., they contain basically the same chords in the same order. 12 Bar Blues is commonly used in Rock music and is the most common progression in Blues music, as well as occurring frequently in Funk, Soul and Jazz.
The following example is a typical example of a 12 Bar Blues bass line. It is played as a shuffle, which means a constant stream of swing eighth notes. Shuffles are very common in both Blues and Rock. It is common to play most of the notes on the beat staccato even though it is not notated. The expressions used in a bass line are often left up to the individual player.
Class Sessions
1- The Triplet
2- The Eighth Note
3- Scales
4- Understanding Chords
5- Understanding The Fretboard
6- Quarter Note Rhythms
7- Articulation and Feel
8- Sixteenth Note Rhythms
9- Slapping and Popping
10- More About Scales and Chords
11- INTRODUCTION
12- The Hammer-on (H)
13- 12 Bar Blues
14- Approach to Practice
15- Five Patterns For Arpeggios
16- Minor Chords
17- Playing in all Keys
18- Alternate Picking
19- Movable Fingering Patterns
20- Chord Symbols
21- The Slide
22- Learning the Notes
23- Syncopation
24- Bass Guitars
25- Seventh Chords
26- Root Notes
27- Applying Scale and Chord Formulas
28- Minor Scales and Keys
29- Notes on the Bass Fretboard
30- Amplifiers
31- Chords I, IV and V in all Keys
32- Passing Notes
33- How to Read Sheet Music
34- The Chromatic Scale
35- Strings
36- Left Hand Fingering
37- How to Read Music
38- Music Notation
39- Playing Position
40- The Right Hand
41- The Left Hand