Step Eleven
Funk Blues in A (Bars 101-112)
This a 12 bar blues with a funk style rhythm. Practice until you can play the chords and rhythm correctly. The ( X ) stands for a dead note. This is achieved by releasing your finger pressure off the chord for the duration of a sixteen note.
A7 D7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-3-3-x-3---|
|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-4-x-4---|
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------------|
A7 A7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-x-6---|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----------------------------|-------x-x---x-x---x-----x-----|
|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----5-----5---5-5---5---|
D7 D7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-|-----3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-3-3-x-3---|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-4-4-4-|-----4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-4-x-4---|
|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A7 A7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-x-6---|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---|
|-----------------------------|-------x-x---x-x---x-----x-----|
|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----5-----5---5-5---5---|
E7 D7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5--|-----3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-3-3-x-3----|
|-----7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-x-7--|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5----|
|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-x-6--|-----4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-4-x-4----|
|-7-7-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-x-7--|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5----|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A7 E7
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-x-5---o||
|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-|-----7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-x-7----||
|-----5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|-----6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-6-6-x-6----||
|-----------------------------|-7-7-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-x-7---o||
|-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------------||
Step Twelve
Walking Bass Blues in A (Bars 113-124)
A 12 Bar Blues with a walking bass lines. This is achieved by comping the chords and playing a walking bass line at the same time. The sky's the limit.
A7 D7 A7
E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|---5----------|---3----------|---5----------|---5---------|
|---4----------|---5----------|---4----------|---4---------|
|---5-------5--|---4----------|---5-------5--|---5-------5-|
|-----4--7-----|-5------------|-----4--7-----|-----4--7----|
|-5------------|-----0--2--3--|-5------------|-5-----------|
D7 A7
E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|---3----------|---3----------|---5----------|---5---------|
|---5----------|---5----------|---4----------|---4---------|
|---4----------|---4----------|---5-------5--|---5-------5-|
|-5------------|-5------------|-----4--7-----|-----4--7----|
|-----0--2--3--|-----0--2--3--|-5------------|-5-----------|
E7 D7 A7 E7
E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|---5----------|---3----------|---5----------|---5---------o||
|---7----------|---5----------|---4----------|---7----------||
|---6----------|---4----------|---5-------5--|---6----------||
|-7------------|-5------------|-----4--7-----|-7-----------o||
|-----7--6--5--|-----0--2--3--|-5------------|-----7--6--4--||
Step Thirteen
Country Blues (Bars 125-136)
The Country Blues is almost like the Walking Blues except it uses a root and fifth alternating bass line. The bass notes fall on beats 1 and 3.
A7 D7 A7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---0---0-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---0---0----|
|---2---2-----|---1---1-----|---2---2-----|---2---2----|
|---0---0-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---0---0----|
|---2---2-----|-0-----------|---2---2-----|---2---2----|
|-0-----0-----|-----0-------|-0-----0-----|-0-----0----|
|-----0-------|-------------|-----0-------|-----0------|
D7 A7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---2---2-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---0---0----|
|---1---1-----|---1---1-----|---2---2-----|---2---2----|
|---2---2-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---0---0----|
|-0-----------|-0-----------|---2---2-----|---2---2----|
|-----0-------|-----0-------|-0-----0-----|-0-----0----|
|-------------|-------------|-----0-------|-----0------|
E7 D7 A7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---0---0-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---0---0-----||
|---0---0-----|---1---1-----|---2---2-----|---0---0----o||
|---1---1-----|---2---2-----|---0---0-----|---1---1-----||
|---0---0-----|-0-----------|---2---2-----|---0---0-----||
|-2-----2-----|-----0-------|-0-----0-----|-2-----2----o||
|-----0-------|-------------|-----0-------|-----0-------||
Step Fourteen
Blues Riffs (Bars 137-148)
Practice these blues riffs until you can make them sound like the examples. See if you can come up with your own riffs using the blues scales provided.
Check out the Guitar Encyclopedia at The Guitar Files for examples on bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons etc..These are terms used to describe how to play the note(s).
A7
~ ~ ~
Q E E Q E E E Q E E E S S E W
|-------5h8p5--------|------------------|------*|
|-8b10r========8-----|------------------|------*|
|----------------7b9r|=5----------------|------*|
|--------------------|---7--------5-----|-7----*|
|--------------------|------5-6-7---3---|------*|
|--------------------|----------------5-|------*|
A7
E E E E E S S E E S S E E E E E E S S E S S Q H
|-----------5-------5-|------------------------|----------------*|
|----8----8---8p5-----|-8p5------8----8--------|----------------*|
|-/9---/9---------8---|-----7-/9---/9---7-9p7--|---5h6----5----*|
|---------------------|------------------------|-7-5---7--5----*|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------*|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------*|
A7
~ ~~ ~ ~~
S S S S H E E E Q. E S S E +E S s E s S E S Q
|------5-8-5--10b12==10b12==|=10r-8------------8-|-(8)-----5h7-5h7-5--10-8--*|
|-/5h8----------------------|----------10-8-10---|-----10-------------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------*|
|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------*|
A7
~~
E E S E S E E E S S S E E E E E E E E S E E E E Q.
|-------------------|--------5----5----5-7-|-8-8-5--5----5--------*|
|-------------------|--------5----5----5-5-|-7-7-5--5----5--------*|
|-----5h6---------5-|-6-7-/8---/8---/9-----|--------8-7-5--------*|
|---7-----7---5-7---|----------------------|----------------7-----*|
|-7---------7-------|----------------------|----------------------*|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------*|
Step Fifthteen
Pentatonic Blues Patterns (Bars 149-153)
Here are the 5 blues pentatonic scale patterns that can be played in all keys. Make note of the picking pattern! Practice them until you can play them up to speed.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------5-8-||---------------------------8-10-*|
|---------------------5-8-----||----------------------8-10------*|
|---------------5-7-8---------||----------------7-8-9-----------*|
|-----------5-7---------------||-----------7-10-----------------*|
|-----5-6-7-------------------||------7-10----------------------*|
|-5-7-------------------------||-8-10---------------------------*|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------10-11-12-||
|---------------------------10-13----------||
|----------------------9-12----------------||
|----------------10-12---------------------||
|----------10-12---------------------------||
|-10-11-12---------------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------12-15-*|
|----------------------------13-15-------*|
|----------------------12-14-------------*|
|-------------12-13-14-------------------*|
|-------12-15----------------------------*|
|-12-15----------------------------------*|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------15-17-*|
|-------------------------15-16-17-------*|
|-------------------14-17----------------*|
|-------------14-17----------------------*|
|-------15-17----------------------------*|
|-15-17----------------------------------*|
