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First things first: the venerable Twelve Bar Blues chord progression, the backbone of the blues. You'll learn how to use the 1, 4 and 5 chords to do chordal accompaniment, the Blues Shuffle and the Guitar Boogie in the most common blues keys, A and E.Then comes blues lead playing and improvisation. The Minor Pentatonic Scale in the Key of Em will be our first concern, with additional notes added as needed. Then we move on to the CAGED box patterns that are found up the neck in the Key of Am and learn how to shapeshift. Finally come sections on slide guitar playing in standard, open G and open D tunings.Table of ContentsComping for TwelveBar bluesBlues Shuffle in the Key of ASwing RhythmVariationsBlues Shuffle in the Key of EAlternatives to the B riffVariationsSyncopationGuitar Boogie in E adding the 3rdThe MajorMinor ambiguityVariationsHarmonizing the Blues ShuffleChordal comping for Blues in EHarmonizing and comping in ABlues lead playing Pentatonic ScaleEm pentatonic box patternLetter names of the notesExercisesSimple licksExtra notesAdding the 3rdAdding the b5th and the 7thNoodling with nineAdding the 2nd and the 6thExpanded box patternBlues turnaroundSinging the bluesHybrid bluesPartial chord formsHere we go up the neckMovable Em box patternEm shape of the Ampentatonic scaleExercisesSimple licksExtra notesAdding the 3rdAdding the b5th and 7thBending the 4thAdding the 2nd and 6thDoublestopsExercises in blues soloingOther box patternsGm box patternDm box patternShifting between box patternsCm box patternAm box patternBack to the Key of EEm box pattern / Em pentatonic scaleShapeshiftingMajor Pentatonic ScaleKey of GExamplesHere we go up the neckKeys of A and CKeys of D and ESlide GuitarStandard TuningAm pentatonic scaleRighthand mutingOpen G TuningChords and accompanimentPlaying leadTwelve Bar exampleOpen D Tuning
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