Conclusion
Exercises
Ex. 1 Warm up with the train rhythm from Week 1 and C major scale from Week 2.
Ex. 2 Practice playing each lick from ’12 Bar Blues Foundation’ individually
Ex. 3 Practice playing ’12 Bar Blues Foundation’ all the way through
Ex. 4 Practice playing ’12 Bar Blues Foundation’ over the backing track
Ex. 5 Practice ‘Simple Blues Lick’
Ex. 6 Play ‘Simple Blues Lick’ over backing track
Ex. 7 Improvise using notes from ‘Simple Blues Lick’ over backing track
Goals
- Get comfortable recognising a 12 Bar Blues progression
- Play '12 Bar Blues Foundation' over backing track
- Play ‘Simple Blues Lick’ over backing track
- Improvise using notes from ‘Simple Blues Lick’ over backing track
Listening Homework
These are all songs that feature a 12 bar blues chord progression:
‘Bright Lights Big City’ - Jimmy Reed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9xXchxodYg)
‘All My Love in Vain’ - Sonny Boy Williamson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bj5Wi0MbUg)
‘Juke’ - Little Walter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soXfp6Xx2VE)