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Re:12 bar blues ? 13 years 3 months ago #4805

Mike and I worked it out on Monday.
1. Start with the open G chord position, your finger on the low G on the low E string, that's your first base run note. 2. Then you go up to the A string, 2nd fret and play the B. 3. Then you play the 5th fret on the A string for a D note or you can play the open D string.
4. Next you play a E note on the 2nd fret on the D string.
5. End the walk up with a G on the 5th fret of the D string.
6. Then walk it back down with an EDABG.
7. So the bass progression walks up GBDEG and down EDBG
8. An alternative is finish the walk up with an F then down.
9. You can either play the D and G up on the 5th fret or on the open D and G strings but you can use this same progression all the way up the neck and use the exact same finger progression up one string starting on the C for the C bass run and then move that up 2 frets to start on the D for a D bass run and only have the one set of fingerings to learn.
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Re:12 bar blues ? 13 years 3 months ago #4815

Thanks Rick. If I'm ever going to be a guitar player you (and now Dave) will be 90% of the reason I get there. Thanks for showing me and now taking the time to write it down - so when I forget how to play it (next week?) I'll have something to refer to.
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Re:12 bar blues ? 13 years 3 months ago #4853

You are welcome Mike,
As I was telling Steve last night, your dogged pursuit of excellence is making me better.
Rick
PS- I posted!
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Re:12 bar blues ? 13 years 2 months ago #4875

12 bar blues in A flat. Quick 4. How it's done. Great cover of the old Willie Dixon song made famous by Howlin' Wolf. Fabulous blues bass player/singer, too. An all but forgotten remnant of the 1960's british blues craze. Still gigging to this day.



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Re:12 bar blues ? 13 years 2 months ago #4879

So confused.....fretmentor needs to teach me how to fiddle.
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