Putting It All Together
In this video, we put everything together and play over the changes in a 12-bar blues.
Discuss this tutorial here.
0:15 The chord transitions in a 12-bar blues are:
- I7 ↔ IV7
- I7 ↔ V7
- V7 → IV7 (but practice in both directions!)
1:24 My sample solo. 1:51 An analysis of the solo.
Some of the techniques used:
- strong/weak chord tones are emphasized to make the sound of a chord
- chord tones are constrasted to emphasize chord changes
- melodic lines consisting of only chord tones are used to make the sound of that chord
- chord tones are held for longer and/or growled for emphasis
- motifs are repeated and constrasted to highlight chord changes
4:20 It's important to practice common chord changes in all 12 keys. For example:
- I ↔ IV ; I ↔ V ; IV ↔ V (using major and/or dominant and/or minor chords)
- vi ↔ I
- ii-V7-I
- iii-VI7 ; ii-V7
