PART 12 COMBINING RHYTHM WITH BASIC LICKS
A few instalments back in Essential Blues Lessons part six, we discussed the idea of combining rhythm with some simple lead passages to get the fingers on our left hand moving.
In this instalment, we’re going to take some of the ideas we discussed in lesson 11 about forming basic licks and combine those with some rhythmic elements. When you compare this with what you were doing back in lesson six, you’ll see how much closer you are to forming a great blues piece.
In this lesson, we’ll look at two 12-bar patterns, both of which have a shuffle feel but contain a different way of playing the rhythmic element. Both examples are in the key of A Minor and utilise lead passages made from notes in the A Minor Pentatonic scale in the pentatonic first shape and second shape.
