Standard Blues Progression Using 7th Chords
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to play along with a blues progression using a popular dominant 7th chord pattern. There are 3 types of… Read More »Standard Blues Progression Using 7th Chords
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to play along with a blues progression using a popular dominant 7th chord pattern. There are 3 types of… Read More »Standard Blues Progression Using 7th Chords
Let’s take a shuffle rhythm in 12/8 time but, instead of playing full chords, we are going to use two note power chords. One note will be the… Read More »The Basic Blues Shuffle Rhythm
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