Having Fun with 12 Bar Blues - Music Theory 

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Great suggestion. We will see what can be done in future.

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We haven’t yet got many blues videos but there are some lead sheet videos

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Thanks. In the first example you could finger the bass line 53212 then back the same way.

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@@MusicMattersGB still watching some of the others....my school wasn't kitchen sink...more dirty bath water....x

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All useful reflections. Obviously I’ve written out a bass simply to give people an idea of how to get going if they’re not sure and of course there are many variations on this well trodden musical path plus options on how to move forwards. The 9th chord issue is certainly one we could include more content on. Enjoy your playing!

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If you have a look around our channel you’ll find plenty of videos on different harmonic progressions.

@@MusicMattersGB you're right. thanks

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We don’t currently have them available but hope to soon.

There are certainly variations on the basic plan.

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It’s really about how melody notes fit the chords and about harmonic rhythm.

@@MusicMattersGB instead of playing 1 1 1 1 , 4 4 1 1 , 5 4 1 1 , I could play another combination of ones and fives and just end on the home key of one to make it all sound natural?

You can play whatever sounds good.

@@andrewwilliams9580 Another common progression is I IV I I, IV IV I I, V V I I.

Indeed

The harp is a wonderful instrument.

The 12 bar blues refers to a series of chords rather than to a scale. There are quite a variety of blues scales.

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Yes.

@@MusicMattersGB non the less I am confused. There are major and minor blues scales. So this would be in the key of a C major blues scale wouldn't it? So would I want to write it lets say in G minor blues I would use Gm7 ? So flatten the b. You are an outrageously good teacher so maybe you could elaborate more on this?

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The 6th is a passing note between the G and the Bb.

you have to think like a guitar player...even most guitar player havnt master master the DOMINANT Pentatonic.. becuase the fingering are sort of wicked ..but once you get it under your fingers..you can use it like a skeleton/stencil to modulate. Use the so call dominant ish mode within the so call exotic scales. I chose to play the so call blues variation 3 ( 3 each passing notes) Notice...the b2...Maj3........maj7..option or passing notes it's optional becuase I might play it or not...depending on the phrasing ans if Im ascending or descending. And it also depend how my hand is position on the fretboard. I can BEND , slide. hammer on or pull off the notes. 1...x...2...x...3.............5............b7...x.....R You can also play it like this 1............b3..3...4.......5............b7...X.....R It's a given...the tritone is optional..between the 4th and 5th so the 5 X 6..the b6 is the option note..if you play MAJOR penta 1......x...2.....x...3............5...x...6...........R eventaully all 7 notes are passing or option notes...however..I'll harmonize accordingly..or stress the Maj3 more or Hammer from the b3 into the 3..or bend the b3 into a Maj3 It's already...a giving I'll play tri tone...as option But I did all this stuff from the moment I pick up a guitar...without any lessons or music theory...simply beucase it was EASY to FINGER as a child. I'll simply...play the A5 ( power chord).....shuffle my pinky to play the 6th and b7 sometimes I'll miss...but it sound cool..play the passing note...between 5 X 6. I simply hammer the b3 into the maj3..or blend b3 into Maj3 and pull off... but once I to the octive,,I'll pull off the b9 into the octive..to the maj6 back to octive....then Hammer the 9th and b10..and pull of to the ocative... I simply Had to move UP a string to play the 4 chord. Then move down a string to play the 5th...or move up 2 frets from the 4th The guitar is tune to perfect 4th or INVERTED 5th A7....D7...E7 It'll sound...country Blues boogie..woogie,.. But my had would make me practice the MAJOR scale and the chords and arpeggios in it ..so my classical or folk finger picking :-( lmao but I dont have hard time playing....dorian b2 or Dorian b2, #4....AND Lyd b2, b7 it's basically the FULL dim H/W..but you can make dominant chord from it. from the lydian DOMINANT b2....( but i can also play the b3.) I can simply use this as a skeleton...to play over anytime of chords. I can also do this,.....R......3...5...b7....b9 ( 3, 5, b7. b9 = full diminished) I can play FULL dim from the ROOT...AND ....from any of the 3, 5, b7, b9 When I play Blues....Im thinking more of TONE CENTER and PHRASING Each chord is it's own TONE CENTER.. I dont really think too much when I improvise...Im using my EARS.. plus im familar with the Backing chords and rhythm I actaully play the 1, 4, 5....using ALL maj7 chord it has a softer sound...I color/choose the modes/NOTES I play accordingly. They can also be INVERTED min chords...it just depends how I play it. These are modes I use to modulated over dominant chords... It dosnt have to sound bluesy ( that's just style) mix mix #2 mix #4 mix #2, #4 Mix b2 Mix b6 Mix b2, b6 mix b2, #4 loc b4 aeo b4 phry b4 dor b4 ion #6 lyd #6 Lyd #5, #6 lyd #2, #6 Lyd #2, #4, #6

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Because it’s in the key of C

Silly me! Thank you very much!

Nothing silly at all. It will clarify the matter for others.