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Learn to play blues guitar.
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Tagged: blues, NOT 12-Bar
This song is fun to play. Its a blues song not in any 1-4/5 format. Its, I don’t know what you call it, but a nice grouping of 7th and Minor chords , that repeats. The song has a chorus, but its the same chord pattern throughout.
Is this type of song called something? And, any know if similar blues songs?
Jeff,
It is still an 8 bar blues in C but it utilizes a whole bunch of secondary dominant chord substitutions and a diminished chord to give the progression all kinds of movement.
John
For some reason the chords remind me a bit of Arlo Guthrie’s “Alices Restaurant”.
Sunjamr Steve
Ive always fancied being on stage singing this and “Lonely Stranger”, dont know how to play either but we all need a dream..right?.
..Billy..
Jeff,
Without being too specific, a lot of Brian’s recent acoustic ‘ragtime’ lessons have this same feel. Whether they are solo pieces (finger-style) or have solos to accompany they to my ear they are remarkably similar. I have fallen in love with this genre. Scope out all of Brian’s ragtime acoustic lessons. You might find something that fancies your interest.
John H from Pittsburgh
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