Down Up Dick
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Well, I've been workin' on the blues for the past week 'er ten days, and I've noticed that blues music uses the (I, IV, V chords in A and E a lot). At least my blues music does. So, since I already knew the A family of chords, I'm brushing up on them, and, now, I'm whacking away at the E family.
The E7, A7, B7 chords aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. I've been skipping the E chord for three years now. E natural is a finger splitter, but the others I've already used lots. I'm learnin' E natural too in case I wanna use it.
The twelve bar blues is a piece of cake; I've been playin' it for years on my harps. The 16 bar is more difficult to learn because the chord positions change from tune to tune. The 8 bar changes even more than the 16 bar. One has to learn each song's chord position every time he/she works on a new song. But I guess that's how most songs are. Anyway, they're not as easy as 12 bars are.
I've been bending notes in some of my fingerpicking. It's really a gas! It sounds so cool.
The only downer with blues is the words. I really don't care for most of them. I usually whistle my blues or change the words to suit my taste.
Well, that's it! Now I'd like to hear what you're working on. I think it would be very interesting to know what others are doing.
Don't be bashful; I'm really interested . . . ld:
The E7, A7, B7 chords aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. I've been skipping the E chord for three years now. E natural is a finger splitter, but the others I've already used lots. I'm learnin' E natural too in case I wanna use it.
The twelve bar blues is a piece of cake; I've been playin' it for years on my harps. The 16 bar is more difficult to learn because the chord positions change from tune to tune. The 8 bar changes even more than the 16 bar. One has to learn each song's chord position every time he/she works on a new song. But I guess that's how most songs are. Anyway, they're not as easy as 12 bars are.
I've been bending notes in some of my fingerpicking. It's really a gas! It sounds so cool.
The only downer with blues is the words. I really don't care for most of them. I usually whistle my blues or change the words to suit my taste.
Well, that's it! Now I'd like to hear what you're working on. I think it would be very interesting to know what others are doing.
Don't be bashful; I'm really interested . . . ld:
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