March 27, 2022 by Klaus Crow
Hi amazing people, today I’ve got 12 Bar Blues Riff / Lick with a blues turnaround for you on the table. It’s it’s raw, groovy and in your face. This is a real nice complete riff blues progression to play on your porch while enjoying the sunset with a cold beer.
12 Bar Blues Riff / Lick + Turnaround
This 12 Bar Blues is in the key of G and moves through 12 bar chord progression. The riff contains hammer-ons and a cool technique to give the blues some extra oomph.
The chord progression is as follows:
/ G7 / G7 / G7 / G7 / C7 / C7 / G7 / G7 / D7 / C7 / G7 / D7 /
A second guitarist could literally play this chord progression while you’re playing the 12 bar blues riff or you could record the progression on your phone and play the riff over the progression.
If you want to know how to play the chords for this progression check out How to Play and Apply Dominant 7th Chords
Below you can find the Tablature and video lesson for this 12 Bar Blues Riff:
Have a great one!
Klaus,I am finding your lessons to be enjoyable and helpful in my guitar journey! They seem to be at the perfect easy/challenging level for me to be able to enjoy and learn from. Thank you so much for your help! Cliff Carbaugh, Bangkok, Thailand.
Hi Cliff, I try to mix up my lessons between beginner and intermediate level, so I’m happy to hear it’s just at the right level.
Thanks for your feedback. It’s good to know that I’m on the right track.
Say hello to the people in Thailand! 😊👍
Took quite a time to get it right but sounds good when getting it all down.
These lessons are good practices for learning and flexibility for the fingers.
Thanks Klaus.
Hi Stuart, Thanks for trying. Yes indeed they are great for improving
your dexterity. The barring techniques, hammer-ons and movements across the fretboard will make sure of that. ;)
Have a great one!
Greetings Klaus,from Westminster,Cal. Just wanted to say thank you so much . Your lessons are very helpful. I look forward very much to your email lessons. I love blues/rock lead guitar and your lessons have been extremely helpfull. I wish you the best and continued success, sincerely William McManus