EP268 – how to play in twelve bars ?

[Stefano]

Hi All,
I wonder how to play this blues in a twelve bars frame.
The second part is twelve bars long unlike the first one that is, maybe I’m wrong, 13, plus a measure of intro.

I’d like to play all the song and once played the second part turnaround restart from somewhere at the beginning and keep on playing.

Thanks a lot in advance and have nice playing!
(I apologize for the bad English is not my mother tongue)

Stefano

[charjo]

Hi Stefano,
The first two bars are a turnaround intro. The next 24 bars are two rounds of a 12 bar blues.
Playing an E based phrase in bar 26 makes the piece feel finished, you need a B7 related phrase to make the song go around again. Maybe a hammer-on 0 to 1 on the G string with a walk up 0-1-2 on the A string to a B7 chord to finish the bar. Now you are ready to start again on the low E on the second half of the first beat in bar 3.
Hope that works for you.
John

[Stefano]

Hi John,
thanks a lot for the prompt answer!

I was missing that the intro is two bars long… I’m sure I’m missing a lot of other things!
I gave it a try and it sounds good, I have to work on it to be in time and to not drift away from the right play in the measure.

Another bar that is making me crazy is bar 11, very often I play it out of time, I need to exercise a lot.

Thank you very much.
Have good chords!

Stefano.

[charjo]

I wouldn’t be too literal with that timing, it’s kind of strange. Look at it in terms of the 4 beats. The first figure fills the first beat, the 16th note rest and second figure fills the second beat, the 1/8th note and 1/8 note rest is the third beat and the triplet figure is the 4th beat. Just make the phrase fit within those beats and it should be fine.
John

[Stefano]

Yes it is what I’m trying to do:
I play along with a drum shuffle metronome that I’ve found on youtube and sometimes I go out of the bar.

Many thanks
Stefano.

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