12 and 8 Bar Blues

A study of the form with examples of “Top and Bottom” parts, turnarounds, endings, quick changes, using a capo for blues and much more.

Also included are six mp3 backing tracks:

Tracks 1-4: 12 Bar Blues in A

• Version 1 – bottom part no quick change
• Version 2 – Bottom and simple top part no quick change
• Version 3 – Bottom and complicated top part no quick change
• Version 4 – Bottom and simple top part with quick change

Tracks 5 -6: 8 bar blues in A

• Version 1 – Someone Elses Fool changes
• Version 2 – Key to the Highway changes

Some lesson material from “Expanded Blues Guitar” by Mark Wein

Copyright © 2014 by Mark Wein