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In the 1950s and '60s, young Ruben Santiago Jr. (Marcus Franklin) lives in a lively boardinghouse in the blue-collar town of Lackawanna, New York, with his f...
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Learn the 12 Bar Blues on Ukulele! (Basic to Advanced Riff) Skip the cable setup & start watching YouTube TV today–– for free. Then save $8/month for 4 mos. Backing track and TAB: https://www...
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Playing the 12 Bar Blues on ukulele is fun, easy and super useful in so many different situations. In this tutorial, we'll break down the chords, strumming p...
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Chords for LACKAWANNA BLUES with Key, Capo, Tempo shifter. Play along with guitar, ukulele, bass, piano, mandolin & banjo with 41+ tunings alternatives. Chords: D, G, F, A, Dm.
- 12 Bar Blues Structure
- Adding to The 12 Bar Blues
- 12 Bar Blues in C
Let’s start by looking at a simple 12 bar blues in A. The way it is usually written is something like this – …and in the video I play it through plain and simple, using the chords A = 2100, D7 = 2020, and E7 = 1202.
Now let’s look at each of those chords and see what we can do to them. All of the ideas below are included in the video if you want to see & hear them in action. If you are playing A (2100) with your index and middle fingers, your ring finger is probably already hovering over the open E string, so let’s put it to use. As you strum A again and again...
Now let’s try something similar in a different key – let’s look at a 12 bar blues in C. That’s the same chord sequence as above, but with C,F,G instead of A,D,E. The previous lesson had some variations on C, but for a 12 bar blues there is another which works well, similar to the way we changed the A chord. As you are strumming C (0003), drop your ...
In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at one of the most popular chord progressions in traditional blues music known as the 12-bar blues. The blues are characterized by simplicity, repetition, rhythm, and pure emotion.
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Learn to play blues on the ukulele with my free blues ukulele tab. I have created a 12 bar blues arrangement in the key of A for ukulele players of all levels to learn from. Learn the basic chords, all five pentatonic patterns for A minor, and 3 additional stock blues licks to get you going.
