Stepping Off The Page: 12-Bar Blues
Happy September, everyone! For all of you teachers looking to incorporate a bit of the blues into your students’ repertoire, here’s a simple way to use the concept of singing “same, same, different” phrases to fit over the 12-bar blues.
This month, everything that you’ll need is in my video and the two pdfs below.
How are you using the blues in your lessons or your personal practice? Gail and I would love to hear from you. Feel free to leave your comments below or at the YouTube link!
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Deanna Witkowski
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Wow! You make it so easy. Thank you, for sharing!
Allen Long
Love these! I start with just bass tones (even very beginners can do this) and then we go to 5th, then triads.
The chord progression in C can be remembered by using
Chicken-Fried C Chord
French-Fried C Chord
Greasy Fried C Chord (unless you are repeating and using a G7 in the last measure).
We also break the blues scale into 5-note blues or 3-note blues groups (bottom 5 of the scale and top 3 or bottom 3 notes of the scale) so the hand can stay in one place if moving is difficult for the student.