Supplement 2 The Old Man

Lesson 4/44 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Fingerpicking Guitar Licks

Supplement 2 The Old Man

Supplement Number Two is a twelve bar blues progression in the key of G Major.

12 Bar Blues in G

The Old Man – Analysis

Bars one to four use some of the G chord licks played in Lesson Three.
Bars five and six are variations on the examples we found in Lesson Four, C Chord Licks.
Bars seven and eight are the same as bar three and four. Refer to Lesson Three, G Chord Licks for the very same lick.
In Lesson Five, D Chord Licks, Example Nineteen you will find a similar lick to bars nine and ten.
The final two bars introduce your first turnaround in the key of G. A turnaround is a common lick found at the end of a blues progression.

Chord shapes used in "The Old Man".

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Supplement 2 The Old Man