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12 bars advice
12 bars advice
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IanSG
3 posts
Oct 06, 2012
9:44 AM
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This has probably been mentioned many times before, so I apologise in advance to those who may tire of the subject.
I want to start playing along to the 12 bar blues, but would like to get some advice from other players please.
For simplicity lets say we are playing 2nd position on a C harp.
So, the first four bars in the structure is the I chord, G in this case. If I am playing along, am I right in saying I do not have to start or stop the bar with a G note, but it is good to include it somewhere in the riff you play? And the same applies for the bars with the C and D chord?
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GamblersHand
389 posts
Oct 06, 2012
12:00 PM
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@IanSG
You're right, the basic answer is that you don't necessarily have to start or resolve your phrasing onto the root note of the chord, nor do you necessarily need to incorporate it into the phrases.
Avoiding the root note simply creates musical tension. It's fairly uncommon not to play any root notes in the first four bars of a 12 bar, but often more frequently done if the feel and scales used are jazzier.
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BigBlindRay
179 posts
Oct 06, 2012
2:05 PM
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Welcome to the forum Ian.
If you want to start jamming to a 12 bar or any I-IV-V blues progression, the best piece of advice I can give you is to get familiar with both the Minor and Major pentatonic scales.
So if you're wanting to jam in G and play 2nd position on a C harp then find a generic backing track (I like using iReal book for iPhone or Android) and simply practice playing your G major and minor pentatonic scales up and down, back to front.
The reason for doing this is that Blues is the only music style that allows the player to play minor over major and vice versa.
Also, the pentatonic scales forego the dissonant notes so in theory, you can never hit a wrong note when working within the scale.....of the scale. Heh heh heh.
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