Here’s the next pattern which mixes things up a bit more: So here we play ( 1 +, 2, 3 +, 4) and for the next bar ( 1 + 2, 3 + 4 ) The Hat sign signifies a downstroke whereas the V in the next bar shows an upstroke The second bar you play off the beat on the ‘+’ so 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + The first bar uses crotchets and we simply play a G major chord with a downstroke on every beat. What we’ll do is learn basic strumming first on the beat and then off the beat: The G major in the second bar is a dotted crotchet ( 1 1/2 beats long) The first symbol is a quaver rest (rest for 1/2 beat), second symbol is a quaver (1/2 beat), 3rd note is a crotchet (1 beat long), 4th note is a crotchet rest (1 beat rest). Let’s remind ourselves first of a few of the symbols (you can click on the pictures for a bigger version) This will keep pushing your playing abilities, and as a beginner there are not many better ways of forcing yourself to change chords. I’d thoroughly recommend using a metronome regularly. This is important especially if you are playing off the beat, as you’ll need references to the start of each beat Remember to count in your head or out loud + tap your feet to keep rhythm. When you are learning strumming patterns, riffs or solo’s, it’s important that you can split up bars into segments to work out whether to play down/up strokes and whether they are on or off the beat. Next blog will look at varying the rhythms within each bar! Practice these at various speeds with a metronome □ This provides you with another variation and choppy feel. Pattern 3 is based on the triplet quaver structure of 3 notes per beat but the + is a rest. ** this is stated by the triplet 8th note feel sign at the top left hand side** Each beat has 1 note lasting 2/3rds of the beat (1 and the +) and the 2nd note on the ‘a’) Pattern 2 we’ve got a traditional ‘shuffle’ feel where each beat is split up into triplet quavers (1 + a, 2 + a, 3 + a, 4 + a). (the arpeggios are Major 6, Major and descending major bass line at bar 12 of each pattern) So using these new rhythms in conjunction with various arpeggios will give you more options/variety.īelow I’ve got 3 basic 12 bar blues progressions in A Blues. This blog (and the next one) will help beginner bass players to really start to mix up your 12 bar blues patterns with different rhythms. Just to let you know i’ll be eventually adding some audio clips/ videos but they’ll be uploaded to my blogger page soon (wordpress charge for mp3/ video uploads) Thanks for taking the time to read my blogs □ Feel good about posting comments / questions, any other subject matters that people would like me to blog on.
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