Don’t Come Around Here No More
Where are all the guitar parts?! This song replaces the guitar with a sitar part, but don’t worry if you don’t have a sitar, it… Read More »Don’t Come Around Here No More
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The Quarter Note
A quarter note is a note that represents the duration of one beat. In other words, it gets one beat. It looks like this: You… Read More »The Quarter Note
The Half Note
A half note is a note played for twice the duration of a quarter note. In time signatures with a denominator of 4, such as… Read More »The Half Note
How To Play 12 Bar Blues
The vast majority of contemporary blues music is based on what is termed a 12-bar format. That is, the main body of a song follows a set… Read More »How To Play 12 Bar Blues
Blues Jam Cheat Sheet
Fig. 1: Primary Lead Pattern The “R” is the pattern’s root. You can use the root to determine where to play the pattern in other… Read More »Blues Jam Cheat Sheet
Finding The Key To A Blues Song
Lesson Tab: Finding The Key PDF Most of the time a song will begin and end with the chord that is the song’s key signature. Another way to… Read More »Finding The Key To A Blues Song
Fake It Til You Make It
Lesson Tab Download The PDF: Fake It Til You Make It
Blues Vibrato
Fig. 1 Why learn Vibrato? You may already know how to perform a vibrato, but here’s how to do it in the context of the… Read More »Blues Vibrato
Anatomy Of A Turnaround
We’re going to dive deep into what makes a blues turnaround a blues turnaround. Most turnarounds can also be used as intros or endings. This… Read More »Anatomy Of A Turnaround