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Thanks to everyone that came out today - sorry our jokes were lame, Brian made up for it with some killer material for you to work on.

Notes

- Be able to play a 12 bar progression:

I = the "one" chord
IV = the "four" chord
V = the "five" chord

I   | I   | I  | I
IV | IV | I  | I
V  | IV | I  | V

- Think chord stabs, short and punchy!
  
   Remember, we're not going to use full strumming with these small chords.

- From the first grip shown below, we can get a total of 7 chords (see grips below).

   Practice the grips until you can comfortably grab each form.

- Using the major triad, play through the blues using just that grip.

  You must know where the root is to move from the I to the IV to the V chords.

   In A, the root is under your ring finger, 7th fret, D root is on the 12th fret,E root on the 14th fret.

- When you can play through the blues with the major triad, try it with the other grips.

   Again, just one at a time.

- When you can do this, start making it more interest by combining grips.

   Major Triad with 7th chord, 7th chord to 13th chord, etc.

- At this point, take it as far as you want to go with grip changes.

   Be careful, as we discussed, you can sound too busy if you don't watch it.

- Practice these ideas over a Blues in A

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Thanks again and see you at the next workshop!





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