Inserting A BRIDGE

[Ken]

Hi
I’ve written a boogie style tune. It’s a 12 bar thing in E following a 12 bar blues progression.
I’like to insert a bridge or a break of some sort to add a little extra flavour to the tune.
Open to any suggestions, the simpler the better, as I am simple guy.
Thanks

Ken F

[San Luis Rey]

Hey Ken,
This is probably too simple but you could go from the 5 (B 7th) chord (bar 12) back to the A then the A 7th to E repeat that and then finish on the 5.
Mike

Mike

[Ken]

Thanks, worth a try, I like simple

Ken F

[sunjamr]

I might Google “interludes for 12 bar blues” or something like that.

Sunjamr Steve

[Ken]

Thanks Steve worth a try

Ken F

[Richard G]

Hi Ken, I’ve just learned EP472 which is a 1,4,5 12 bar blues piece in E Maj. I’ve added a ‘bridge’ or middle eight (in its simplest form) which allows me to repeat the verses again to extend the piece and add some colour etc.

In this case after the second verse turnaround I added 2 bars each of 4,1,4,5 chords,
eg: A\\\ | A\\\ | E\\\ | E\\\ | A\\\ | A\\\ | B7\\\ | B7\\\
which then brought me nicely round to begin the verse again.

Hope this helps, I’ll post this lesson shortly.

Richard

[Ken]

Thanks Richard this sounds interesting and another good idea

Ken F

[Mark H]

It really depends on the overall effect you’re trying to get but another idea might be to pivot around the relative minor of the root chord, which since you’re in E would be C#min

For example, totally off the top of my head, 8 bars:

C#min – G#min – A – E
C#min – G#min – F# – B7

… and back into the main 12 bar sequence. Might work better for a waltz than a boogie though 😉

Here’s a boogie idea that might work better:

C#min – C#min – A – A7
C#min – C#min – F# – B7

For the last chord instead of the B7 I’d smash a B#5, a.k.a. B augmented, for max shove into where you’re going next, back to the I chord E

[Ken]

Thanks I appreciate your input and I’ll give that a shot

Ken F

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