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WEEK 1
Welcome to week 1 of your level 2 ukulele course. This week you will explore how to play the 12 bar blues with additional blues tones to really get your rocking. Remember to tune up and warm up with some stretches before you begin and have fun!
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This is a Finger Gym exercise to help strengthen your fingers for playing. You will need this PDF for the first 5 weeks of the course at different speeds starting off nice and gently at 60BPM.
The 12 Bar Blues in A explores 7th chords in the key of A with the 1-4-5 which gives you A7, D7 & E7. You will try strumming the sequence 3 ways:
1. Calypso Strum
2. Chuck Strum
3. C-A-G-E Finger Picking
You will also explore a few different ways to add turn arounds including a triplet pattern.
1. Calypso Strum
2. Chuck Strum
3. C-A-G-E Finger Picking
You will also explore a few different ways to add turn arounds including a triplet pattern.
The 12 Bar Blues is a great way to take the C, F & G chords to the next level and works great with tonnes of songs. If you are left handed please click the button that states 'LEFT' otherwise you can ignore this one and select the other option for right hand players.
The key to getting that shuffle sound is to play a 2 bar pattern with a slight delay on the adding the relative minor notes on beats 2 & 4. Are you are keen to explore the theory behind then you need to understand the relationship between relative major & minor scales.
This 12 bar pattern works well with Hound Dog, originally recorded and released by BIG MAMA THORNTON in 1952 and made famous a few years later in 1956 by ELVIS. The song was originally written and produced by song writing partners, Lieber & Stoller. Apparently it only took them 15 minutes to write this song!!!
The key to getting that shuffle sound is to play a 2 bar pattern with a slight delay on the adding the relative minor notes on beats 2 & 4. Are you are keen to explore the theory behind then you need to understand the relationship between relative major & minor scales.
This 12 bar pattern works well with Hound Dog, originally recorded and released by BIG MAMA THORNTON in 1952 and made famous a few years later in 1956 by ELVIS. The song was originally written and produced by song writing partners, Lieber & Stoller. Apparently it only took them 15 minutes to write this song!!!
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AUDIO TRACKS
The audio play along tracks are a great way to help with home practice.
12 Bar Blues - Straight 8 & shuffles example
12 Bar Blues full track - All examples as shown on worksheet
Download the tracks below to help with home practice offline.
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