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In this lesson, Grammy winning funk and RnB musician Jon Cleary gives us an overview of what it means to play the blues and guides us through the role of the left hand in a 12 bar blues setting.
The 12 bars of the blues tell a kind of story, one that takes you off on a journey and then brings you back home. This 12 bar form consists of three chords, the 1, 4 and 5.
You will learn how to play a blues shuffle, some simple bass line examples, and we will discuss and demonstrate the role of swing feel in our left hand shuffle patterns.
"The blues" is a loose term that has been used to describe many styles of playing. One thing common to most blues styles is the use of "blue notes". This is a form of controlled dissonance, i.e. using notes that sound out of tune.
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