𝄢 Jamming and Improvising

A quick fun inspiration to jam (optional, if needed)

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"It ain't over till it's over" — @fultonleemusic teaching a stranger how to jam.

More Jamming: Groovebox, Sampling Live, Dancing, Singing.

1, 2, 3 blues jam on guitar

Listen to the Blues ↗

"Call and response like BB King." Play a 3-note pattern to find the notes that sound good, and how to let the music breathe with space.

• Find 3 notes
  • You can use use 1 3 4
  • More:
    • add a blue note: 1/2 step after the 4th
    • add a 5th
    • use a only pentatonic or major scale if you’re looking for more. not required
• Stick to those notes
• Find the important note, the 1 –or root– and go back to it to mark phrases
• Leave some space (silence), and bends
• Repeat
• If in doubt to jam:
  • ask
  • or explain what you’re doing

More Blues Tips:

12 Bar Blues Chord Progression Turn Around Tension and Release

Blues Chords For Riffs

Blues Riff in Minor Pentatonic, by Ricardo Mollo, from Divididos

12 Bar Blues Chord Progression

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7 Easy Blues Bass Line Formulas: The Blues Box. How to improvise with your band, over a chord progression.

More

Beginner Blues Bass “Survival Shapes” (Simple Method for 12 Bar Blues). Learn Shapes! by @BassBuzz

How to Play the Blues on Bass (with tabs and playalong). Learn the Blues Groove! by Yonit Spiegelman

Yonit above teaches 3 ways- beginner, intermediate & advanced

Chord Progression from the Root –1–, to IV and V. Courtesy of BassBuzz.