Blues Songwriting on Guitar (JamPlay)
Hawkeye Herman returns to Jamplay.com with his brand new series on Blues Songwriting! Join Hawkeye as he takes a look at all of the standard blues formats, as well as philosophical and content ideas that apply to all genres of songwriting.
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About this course
Hawkeye Herman returns to Jamplay.com with his brand new series on Blues Songwriting! Join Hawkeye as he takes a look at all of the standard blues formats, as well as philosophical and content ideas that apply to all genres of songwriting.
What you'll learn
- Create endless variations by changing picking patterns and note order
- Play classic blues turnaround in any key
- Transpose the pattern to D and E chords for 12-bar blues
- Create variations using different rhythmic patterns (quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets)
- Use turnarounds as intros, outros, and solo material
Release date: 11/24/2014 • 5h 04m runtime
Sample lessons
12 Bar Blues
The Twelve Bar Form
Other Blues Forms - 16 Bar
12 Bar vs. 16 Bar
Other Blues Forms - Minor
St. James Infirmary
Country Two Beat Rhythm
Stylistic Examples
What's included
53 lessons • 20 charts
Series Introduction
Jamplay welcomes back Hawkeye Herman with his brand new series on blues songwriting!
12 Bar Blues
Any initial lesson on blues songwriting has to involve the 12 bar blues. Hawkeye takes a look at this foundation to blues songwriting, as well as the foundational poetic format of blues songwriting, the AAB format.
12 Bar Blues
Any initial lesson on blues songwriting has to involve the 12 bar blues. Hawkeye takes a look at this foundation to blues songwriting, as well as the foundational poetic format of blues songwriting, the AAB format.
Blues Inspiration, Part 1
What inspires you? How do you GET inspired? How do you write under a deadline? These are all things Hawkeye tackles in part one of Blues Inspiration.
Blues Inspiration, Part 1
What inspires you? How do you GET inspired? How do you write under a deadline? These are all things Hawkeye tackles in part one of Blues Inspiration.
Blues Inspiration, Part 1
What inspires you? How do you GET inspired? How do you write under a deadline? These are all things Hawkeye tackles in part one of Blues Inspiration.
Blues Inspiration, Part 2
In this lesson, Hawkeye gives some more examples of taking a basic idea and turning it into a song.
+ 46 more lessons
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