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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Here's Another Mini Guitar Lesson - Here's The Most Popular Jammed To Chord Sequence Ever!!!

By Mike Jones

This weeks article is probably the most popular Jammed to chord sequence ever!!! And it is an absolute must know for ALL guitarists. Its called the 12 bar blues and is the foundation of all blues music.

Here it is in its basic form, in the key of A.

OK, let's take a look :-)

Counting 4 beats to the bar as in 1,2,3,4/1,2,3,4/1,2,3,4 etc etc Play 4 bars of the chord A, then 2 bars of D, back to A for 2 bars then one bar of E, one bar of D a bar of A and finally a bar of E to finish off the sequence making 12 bars in total.

For a great jam with your friends, simply repeat this sequence over and over again in the key of A. You'll sound GREAT - trust me! From now on when you listen to a blues number you will start to pick out the 12 bar blues as it is extremely popular.

I trust you are finding these mini guitar lessons enjoyable and as I have stated before in other free lessons don't panic if you find some of the things hard to understand and put into practice. My full audio video course contains absolutely everything you need to know, structured in a chronological order using secret methods that have taken me over two decades to perfect, it will take you from beginner through to great guitar player in the shortest possible time.

Now we've had a go at the 12 bar blues we will keep on the theme and introduce one of the many variations of a 12 bar blues.

For this example we'll work in the key of A (major). It incorporates the use of 7th chords which sound cool in this context.

The sequence goes like this I A I D I A I A7 I D I D I A I A I E7 I D7 I A7 I E7 I

I A I = 1 bar of A (major) - I D I = 1 bar of D (major) etc

A7 is played - 6th string not used, 5th string open, 4th string2nd fret, 3rd string open, 2nd string 2nd fret, 1st string open.

Next is the D7 chord - we do not use the 5th and 6th strings, the 4th string is played open and play the 3rd string on the 2nd fret. Play the 2nd string on the 1st fret and to finish off ply the 1st string on the 2nd fret.

Here's E7 - 6th string is open, play 5th string on the 2nd fret, 4th string open, play 3rd string 1st fret and 2nd and the 1st string are played open.

You can practise your soloing over this great little sequence and jam along to your hearts content.

Next is a cool little tip that will make your 12 bar blues even more bluesy...

So again we will take the key of A and substitute the D chord and E chord for a D9 (D9th) and E9 (E9th). The D9th chord shape is played like this:

6th string not used 5th string 5th fret (second finger) 4th string 4th fret (first finger) Strings 3, 2 and 1 are all played at the 5th fret using your 3rd finger.

Now to play the E9 chord simply slide the chord shape up two frets so the 12 bar blues sequence is played like this:-

lAlAlAlAlD9lD9lAlAlE9lD9lAlE9l

Use this 9th chord to create a real bluesy chord sequence.

Have fun. - 18758

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