Lesson Files

12 Bar Blues Picking Example

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Nice Example of playing with thumb and fingers for a Bluesy Rhythm

It starts of basic and adds a little more each time.

12 Bar Blues Shuffle

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Classic Blues Shuffle

Once you have this, try and stat it on the 5h fret, remember, everything moves up 5 frets, even the open frets.

12 Bar Blues Strum

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Nice 12 Bar Blues example using a chord shape that moves up the neck, subtly changing as it goes.

See 12 Bar Blues Strum Chords for the accompanying fretboard diagram.

12 Bar Blues Strum Chords

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Chords used for 12 Bar Blues Strum.

Not much of a sequence for the B7 chord as the notes that you might use are not easily available.

3 Notes Per String Exercises

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Exercises to get your fingers moving fluidly within one of the '3 notes per string' scale shapes.

Use alternate picking throughout and take care to follow the recommended fingering.

3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - 11th Chords

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This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

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To extend the chord to include the 11th interval, simply add the triad that would start from the 5th interval, 1,3,5,7,9,11.

3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - 13th Chords

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This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

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To extend the chord to include the 13th interval, simply add the triad that would start from the 9th interval, 1,3,5,7,9,11,13.

3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - 7th Chords

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This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

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To extend the chord to include the 7th interval, I simply add the triad that would start from the 3rd interval, 1,3,5,7.

3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - 9th Chords

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This Lesson File extends 3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads.

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To extend the chord to include the 9th interval, I simply add the triad that would start from the 5th interval, 1,3,5,7,9.

3 Notes Per String Shape 1 - Triads

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Showing how you can play the chords from the Major Scale using 3 Notes Per String Shape 1.

Major Scale Chord Formula will help if you do not know the chords yet.

3 Notes Per String Shapes

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Diagram of the shapes created when applying the '3 notes per string' concept to the major scale.

7th Chords - 4 Types

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There are four types of 7th chords

• Major 7th
• minor 7th
• Dominant 7th
• minor Major 7th