In this 12 bar blues there is an eighth note lead/melody line against a steady quarter note bass line. It also has a traditional blues intro/turnaround and some walking bass lines. As always, play slow at first until you are comfortable with the individual bass and melody line. Then you can gradually pick up speed. PDF link and video below.
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Simple Acoustic Blues Solo #3 Bass and Melody
This 12 bar blues solo will have a very basic separate bass and melody line. It’s just a straight quarter note bass line (sometimes referred to as “dead thumb”) with a two note, repetitious, quarter note lead line. The purpose of this solo is to get a feel for for playing independent lines with thumb and fingers. This might be too easy for some folks and challenging for others. Download the PDF below and follow the notation and/or tab slowly. Check out the video for a little extra insight.
Simple Acoustic Blues Solo #2
This is another acoustic blues post showing how to make some music when it’s just you and your guitar. This is a lot like the first one with some added concepts. The first one we followed the 12 bar blues progression, played a chord and answered with a riff. This is the same idea only instead of using only the E minor pentatonic scale I’ve made use of the chord tones for each chord. There is also a basic blues intro and the ending is a little fancier. PDF link and video below. Enjoy!