4 Types of Blues Turnarounds You Should Know

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Tuesday Blues #230 - mybgi.net/2HdTu7K
Blues turnarounds are just plain fun to play and you should definitely have a few in your back pocket.
In this lesson, we're going to zoom out a bit and take a look at 4 types of blues turnarounds that you can hear over and over again in the Blues.
Cool thing is that the basic turnarounds in these categories can serve as a launching pad for your own unique ideas. In the video, we'll embellish a couple of the basic ideas to have some fun with things.
Now, this doesn't mean that these are the ONLY types of turnarounds. If you stumble on one that doesn't fit in these 4 categories, leave a comment and let's collect a cool basket of turnarounds.
Have fun!
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@rogercampana2065 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. I particularly like the, clear and concise music theory background too. You’re a good teacher. Teaching the whole concept not just the “tabs.”

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Roger! Glad it was helpful. Have a great day!!

@Lotus6666bleu 3 ай бұрын

Merci! Ce n'est pas un gros montant, mais je tenais à vous signifier que vos enseignements compte beaucoup pour moi. J'invite tous les utilisateurs de cette chaîne à donner au moins un petit montant. Merci et bravo 🙏👍🙋

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much, I really appreciate that!!

@eriirumor9401 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I have listened to your lesson several times so that the fathomless rules you talking about become true with my Yamaha. Thanks a lot for your kind efforts !!

@vidsforsquids 5 жыл бұрын

That’s a sweet axe - great tone and intonation 👍🏼

@tylerhurd9569 5 жыл бұрын

very useful playing. Most blues guys know probably 2 or 3 of these turn arounds, I like how you showed the ones that included the bass notes to them.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, Tyler. I really enjoy playing the ones that have movement in the bass too. Cheers!

@williamj1813 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John. That was a very helpful lesson Keep up the great work. Much appreciated!!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, William! Really appreciate the comment and glad to know it's helpful to you. Play On!

@roberthouston6562 3 жыл бұрын

You are a gifted teacher. Concise, with just enough theory to help, but not so much that heads go muddy. Keep it up brother.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Many thanks, Robert!

@UnderTheGoldenGate 3 жыл бұрын

Applied this to the piano,thx!. Been playing for years, but this is how you pick up new little ingredients...

@cryptonator1988 4 жыл бұрын

These are some amazing turn arounds.. i need to learn these..

@jonmaclennan 5 жыл бұрын

Nice lesson! Dig the acoustic blues style!

@RobertMJohnson 5 жыл бұрын

John you're a great instructor. Thank you, sir, for your great work and your sharing! Awesome.

@CurtisRadley 4 жыл бұрын

Watching this on my lunch break and now I can’t wait until my shift is over to play some haha. Thanks for the lesson

@MrWinstonABailey 4 жыл бұрын

very elegant articulation of many abstract, but essential concepts. very nice work.

@barbarasandoval2231 3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I have listened to this lesson several times and I really enjoyed you. I am still having trouble but I just keep practicing over&over. Thanks much for your teaching.

@davidsisto7694 3 жыл бұрын

It is a great lesson and promise if you stay at it, you will most certainly see it "all come together". I've been playing for 31 years and Stevie Ray's "Pride and Joy" for over 20 of it and once I learned the exact notes of the turn around, just played it repeatedly until it became something as easy and automatic as any tool you need "right off the shelf".

@rob8482 3 жыл бұрын

That was freaking awesome! WOW, thank you!

@tomekberg9252 5 жыл бұрын

already listened 10 times john, great lesson!

@colemileafplaysfighters6080 4 жыл бұрын

Love Robert Lockwood Jr. Black Spider Blues Turnaround. It's haunting.

@DANTEANDOLINI 4 жыл бұрын

Love the chain lightning blues reverse turnaround

@telboy1966manu 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew Bill Paxton was such a darn good guitarist!! Seriously though, great lesson, thank you

@DavidMFChapman 3 жыл бұрын

Hubert Sumlin had a signature turnaround lick he used a lot. Listen for it in his solo in Howling Wolf’s 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy. Love it!

@roberthancock2563 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much,John! Great lesson!!

@markkidd9477 4 жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant.

@troymattingly3071 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds absolutely worthwhile!

@hearpalhere 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

@Lotus6666bleu 3 ай бұрын

Bravo,je suis francophone au Québec. Vous êtes un excellent pédagogue, calme, voix chaleureuse, diction parfaite. J'apprends beaucoup avec vous. Tout est simple sans être simplet.Merci pour votre travail 🙏👍🙋

@danc.2457 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool , good instruct , valuable basic for beginning intermediate ... tx

@johnmacmillan627 8 ай бұрын

John, this is an excellent lesson. It cleared up a lot of confusion for me regarding the theory of the turnaround. Many thanks

@BluesGuitarInstitute 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@xdreadx_5025 2 жыл бұрын

Great teacher I've been watching for a couple weeks now and learned a lot

@dannyhood8857 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. The descending G7, C, E flat7, D7, G cool!

@christianvonmaffei5393 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, very helpful lesson for me 😊👍🏽

@kellywendlandt3940 5 жыл бұрын

That guitar sounds killer. And great lesson. Thanks.

@Azfun6 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool turn arounds, they make blues a lot of fun.

@CalvinEdmonson 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. I will play these until I can do it in my sleep. Take a look at SRV's Rude Mood turn around. It's super cool.

@davidmacleod9313 4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re a great teacher as well as player! Thanks, man!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really happy to have you out there learning along David! Cheers!

@manuelcastillo5999 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect quick lesson, man. Not too slow. Thanks.

@adirondacktrekking1972 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ,these turnarounds are exactly what I’ve been needing to learn ,Boom!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@patsupromajakr8498 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@royspeakman1157 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant !

@jmanzemail 3 жыл бұрын

Having that Vision of being a Teacher/Guitar especially is a BIG ROLE to take on! Much bigger and more important than most people think! You are the FIRST person I could actually sit with and watch and learn because you make it OBVIOUS that YOU REALLY want us to learn this in a NICE and EASY, COMFORTABLE and most of all, ACCESSIBLE way! You are a GREAT TEACHER! I have NO reason to say that other than it's TRUE! I REALLY wish I could get some individualized learning from you! I play by ear and I'm damn damn good, not to brag, but most people see that and hear that when someone plays by ear and they are blown away BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW ONE ACTUAL CHORD, YET I PLAY OVER 60 CHORDS PROBABLY! I MAY HAVE INVENTED THEM ALL, I don't even know! I did it out of NECCESSITY and DESIRE. Passion for LEARNING but having NO TEACHER that could help me really! Wow. You're GOOD! REALLY REALLY GOOD! This is your CALLING! Thanks for putting your life and your heart into this! It's REALLY VERY IMPORTANT! Don't Go AWAY!!!!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Joseph! That's really kind of you and I dig your enthusiasm. Now you got me curious if you did invent any chords 😎

@brigs1370 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when this guy used to chase tornados with Hellen Hunt.

@toolfanaticgodsoftheriff8159 5 жыл бұрын

brigs1370 good one! I saw the resemblance as soon as I read your comment! Good laughs!

@wackyduck3 5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@scenicoversights8572 5 жыл бұрын

Game over man!! Game over!!

@scenicoversights8572 5 жыл бұрын

Tom Cruise's Meaningless character : "Master Sergeant Farell, you're an American?" Bill fucking Paxton's epic reply : "Y no, sir. I'm from Kentucky."

@timothymccaskey4362 5 жыл бұрын

brigs1370: How could Bill Paxton have recently come out with a guitar tutorial when he's been dead for almost two years? And it's Helen Hunt by the way.

@bh8365 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds great. Thanks. Examples went quickly for slow learners (like me). I'll try working on this.

@maureenbachmann1858 4 жыл бұрын

Descending! Thanks!!

@chrismacmanus1609 3 жыл бұрын

I like the last turnaround. Bert Jansch uses it in "Come Back baby". He never considered himself a blues player, but he plays better than most.

@chrismacmanus1609 3 жыл бұрын

Or, I should say a similar turnaround.

@nicksonthevet 4 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, thanks for the lesson, Greetings from Tanzania East Africa

@tone-glide2402 5 жыл бұрын

good stuff! Thanks!

@WWLaidback 2 жыл бұрын

0:34 turnaround 1 3:20 turnaround 2 5:33 turnaround 2a 7:06 turnaround 3 8:04 turnaround 4

@FeketeLamour 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed, thanks!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@RobertWhitfield 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson and info.

@goodtimes54 5 жыл бұрын

love the stuff

@raymondwilliams4346 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video. Thanks.

@maryfredriksz 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for your very good lessons. I am working on it. Oegstgeest Holland

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mary!

@the9barbluesband140 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Quick and easy. Cheers, maha.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@davidcollinsfool 3 жыл бұрын

Best lessons on KZfaq bro!!

@anthonysacco4596 3 жыл бұрын

yyepper, like the way you communicate ! "That's rare in this industry!"

@donaldhatcher8179 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John. Well done and you made it easy to understand.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donald - cool last name :)

@paulhayes2758 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, thank you so so much! ⭐️

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Paul!

@paulcasilio1119 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Thank you. I know turnarounds, but getting the classes or types is extremely helpful.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Cheers, Paul!

@bogoto2112 Жыл бұрын

Realy nice ! Thanks from Mont-Tremblant Québec...

@BluesGuitarInstitute Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bruno! Cheers!

@kieranroberts9119 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best video I've found to explain turnarounds great mate Thankyou 👍👍

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Glad it helped Cheers!

@heavymandrilrock 5 жыл бұрын

Fabuloso!!! Gracias John!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Adan! Always happy to see a comment from you!

@corytrees3797 2 жыл бұрын

I dig the last one, nice. I just learned the sweetest turn around in e. Digging your lessons

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@kenstrohan5089 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool lesson:)!

@JoeBanjo88 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Thank you

@OneDrunkWizard 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool video. Terminology on point and very helpful.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful, thanks Kyle!

@flamencoprof 5 жыл бұрын

I have an old LP of Mr. Johnson, but it took me decades to realise how good he was. Some familiar sounds in this very clear and well-done tutorial. I seem to do better watching fingers and listening than interpreting tabs or (shudder) all those little golf clubs. :-) Guess I'll have another go at it now.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks and I agree. I didn't realize how difficult his style is until I really listened. Very nuanced playing and that, to me, is part of the magic. Cheers!

@BAWORBLUES 3 жыл бұрын

Excelent informative and helful. Tx super teacher.🎸

@whiterabbit4479 4 ай бұрын

You are a great teacher.

@josephgenna7983 3 жыл бұрын

Great thanks

@jamesmcloughlin9404 2 жыл бұрын

Sublime stuff John 🙅‍♂️

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, James! Hope all's well with you my friend. Cheers!

@peurehumphrey6568 5 жыл бұрын

Merci pour ces bons plans !

@jesseross6029 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to share something I've been playing around with. It's sort of a simplified version of the descending turnaround you illustrated. 4th string, 5th fret twice, 4th fret twice, 3rd fret twice, 2nd fret once, open, 1st fret once, third fret once. So... Main section: 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 Turnaround: 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 All up and down the 4th string. Simple, fun and awesome sounding!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Jesse! Try plucking your open 1st string right along with these notes, sounds great.

@jesseross6029 2 жыл бұрын

@@BluesGuitarInstitute Another idea I had was to play the open 5th string with this pattern. That also creates a rich, full blues sound.

@virgilrw 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You! 👏👏👏👏👏

@gwag8410 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I see hours of new stuff to work on here, I love learning and I’m 58... great teaching style, pay no attention to the haters, they are jealous.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Hey again, Glen! Thanks man, I appreciate the support and really dig the fact that your learning this awesome style of music my friend!

@gwag8410 5 жыл бұрын

Blues Guitar Institute John, I love this music, and your teaching style is awesome. I’m really glad I found you man!

@sohailsaha7427 5 жыл бұрын

How are you not the greatest blues teacher on KZfaq?

@michaelslawinski1821 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@antoniusjanisjah9437 5 жыл бұрын

great lessons

@danielcalvo3626 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Daniel! Appreciate you watching and commenting. Play On!

@TimHolman 3 жыл бұрын

Great turnarounds! Nice instruction. 🎸🔥

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks, Tim!

@SketchingRocks 5 жыл бұрын

LUV this THANKS again!!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Hey again, Greg! Thanks for the comment and really glad to hear you dig this buddy!

@themotocrossmodchannelWulfMX 5 жыл бұрын

super stuff, thx!

@4kirin4 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@ronojames4548 4 жыл бұрын

Great practical lesson also contrary motion is what going up in bass and down in treble and vice versa is called.

@user-lb8do4ew6k 4 жыл бұрын

Or counterpoint, you know like what musicians who have gone to places like Berklee & Juliard call it... 😒

@TheHarmonicaBarge 4 жыл бұрын

Great teaching

@b.i.g.brothersinguitars249 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome,

@charlesbaxter5805 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@pierreatecohealth420 3 жыл бұрын

great lesson, well explained

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@davidmacleod9313 4 жыл бұрын

Love all these turn-a-rounds. The one that has that funny word to describe it,..you know with the ascending and descending lines, I seem to want to play a C9 down to a B9 but finger picked but only with the inner 4 strings. I think it sounds real nice. (Would that be a 5 1/2 chord to the 5 chord? Lol Thanks again! You’ve given me some much needed spark!

@davidpatrick1813 3 жыл бұрын

I just come across this gent. Thanks.. I'll try this out with some other things I've been enjoying. I did subscribe and we'll see.. good approach.

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, David!

@jeffreyc.mcandrew8911 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@PedroDiazLand 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for this video. Very nice. But as a recommendation Will be good to ADD the Tabs here in the video!!!

@retrofutur1st 3 жыл бұрын

great youtube rec!

@swazifiction 3 жыл бұрын

There are some really interesting turnaround in Theodis Ealey's work; check out 'all my baby left me was a note, my guitar and a cookie jar'

@viennapalace 2 жыл бұрын

I can't help but think, if poor old Robert Johnson had access to your KZfaq videos, he wouldn't have had to sell his soul... Thanks for another great lesson.

@shanemarcotte2062 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful guitar! And message!

@halcarter1426 3 жыл бұрын

love that Larrivee

@BluesGuitarInstitute 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's been my #1 from the moment we met :)

@lamper2 3 жыл бұрын

Rolling Stone's Little by Little comes to mind with that E one. (not sure if that was the original key)

@tims1348 5 жыл бұрын

You can hear most of these in Eric Clapton's unplugged album. I recognized a lot of these turnarounds!

@MadMarvelTPresents 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing. I learned all the songs on unplugged and I think he literally just took those turnarounds and made a video

@PhillipNeal 4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@snakehips81 4 жыл бұрын

He heard them from Robert Johnson recordings, but they didn't belong to RJ either !

@AdaptivePhenix 4 жыл бұрын

@@MadMarvelTPresents Nope. For all the hype, Clapton plays standard stuff.

@voxsteven 5 жыл бұрын

Helpful , thank you!

@BluesGuitarInstitute 5 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for the comment!

@probtub 2 жыл бұрын

Larrivee yeah!

@ThomasDeLello 5 жыл бұрын

Your #2 "Pedal" turn around can be played at either the 1st + 4th string or the 2nd. + 5th., either way, the fingering juxtaposition remains that same. I use it all the time. I call it the Robert Johnson Turn Around and it is so easy and kool...! Then, as with any turn around, you can apply three different types of triplets, quarter notes or eighth notes and mix them up any way you want to and have dozens of slightly different turn arounds. Multiply that times the four examples shown here and you've got a lifetime supply, bluesman...