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Blues From the Woods | Cool Nifty 12 Bar Blues

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Last Updated on May 3, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Hi Folks, today we have some Blues From the Woods. A while ago I was on holiday with my family and we went the to Veluwe National Park. It’s the largest forest area in The Netherlands. While I was enjoying my coffee, relaxing on the couch and fiddling on my guitar I came up with a 12 bar blues, hence the name Veluwe Couch Blues.

Cool Nifty 12 Bar Blues

This 12 bar blues is in the key of E and consists of a lot of hammer-ons and plucking the strings with your picking hand. It has got some really fun elements in it that will ensure you have a good time practicing.

Below are the tabs, and above the video lesson. As always I explain every details slowly and in close up.

Enjoy!

12 Bar Blues Guitar Lesson TABS

Marvelous Major Pentatonic Blues Country Lick

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Last Updated on April 26, 2022 by Klaus Crow

A Marvelous Major Pentatonic Blues Country Lick is heading your way. This blues country, country blues guitar lick is a great one for intermediate and beginner players, because you can split it up into 2 licks and play it slow and fast. Either way it sounds pretty good.

Marvelous Major Pentatonic Blues Country Lick

The lick is played in the key of A and is derived from the major pentatonic scale. The lick runs through 3 or 4 different positions of the major pentatonic scale and includes hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides.

Lick Chords and Progression

The lick can be played over a 12 bar blues in the key of A or a Major key chord progression like the popular I – vi – IV – V chord progression: A – F#m – D – E

A chord progression in the key of A can consist of the following chords. (See video lesson below)

A – Bm – C#m – D – E – F#m – G#dim [ I – ii – iii – IV – V – vi – vii dim ]

Below you can find the TABS and the detailed video lesson for this blues country lick.

Have a great one ya’ll!

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How to Keep Guitarhabits Alive (and Growing)

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Last Updated on April 22, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Dear friends of Guitarhabits,
I am happy to see that a lot of people are enjoying the free quality guitar lessons on Guitarhabits and I really enjoy creating those lessons, videos and guitar articles on the website. It’s a true pleasure.

Who is behind Guitarhabits?

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To keep Guitarhabits alive and growing it is urgent and essential to have a fast website for the audience without the ads getting in the way to maintain its existence within the new Google SEO landscape.

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12 Bar Blues Variation + Exquisite Turnaround

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Last Updated on April 19, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Ladies & gentleman, today we’re going to expand on the easy 12 Bar Blues Shuffle with a Shuffle variation and an exquisite blues turnaround. You’re gonna have a blast!

12 Bar Blues Variation + Exquisite Turnaround

With this 12 Bar blues variation we’re adding an extra finger to the easy blues shuffle and make it feel even more bluesy and alive finishing the riff with a really fun turnaround that will make you look cool to your peers, no matter how old you are ;)

Below you can find the tablature and the video lesson for this little project.