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6 Cool Guitar Blues Turn Arounds in the key of E

May 2, 2011 By Klaus Crow 22 Comments

Last Updated on May 15, 2019 by Klaus Crow

Photo by Steve Garry
A good blues turnaround is the icing on the cake of every blues progression.

I always beg, borrow, steal and create my own nice sweet sounding turnarounds to add that extra magic when I’m playing a blues song. It’s one of the things that makes the blues sound so cool.

Blues turnarounds are played at the end of a section of a blues progression which then leads to the next section or the end of the song.

To get a good impression of how turnarounds are played listen to blues guitar players like B.B King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton and study theirs.

Tip: Every time you play the blues try to play a different turnaround, so you don’t end up playing the same turnaround ten years from now. It’s easy to fall into that trap. Expand your vocabulary!

Enjoy these 6 turnarounds to spice up your blues:

Have a great one!


BLUES TURNAROUND #1
 
e:-------0--------0--------0-----------------------------| B:-----------------------------0-----3--2----------------| G:----4--------3--------2------1-----3--2----------------| D:--6--------5--------4--------2-----2--1----------------| A:---------------------------------x-3--2----------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------|
 
BLUES TURNAROUND #2
 
e:---------4------4------4---4-------9--10--11-----------| B:-------5------5------5-----5-------8---9--10-----------| G:----/7------6------5-------4-------9--10--11-----------| D:-------------------------------------------------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------| E:-0-----------------------------------------------------|
 
BLUES TURNAROUND #3
 
e:------0-----0-----0------------------------------------| B:----3-----2-----1-------------------3------------------| G:--4-----3-----2-----0h1-------------2------------------| D:-------------------------2----------1------------------| A:----------------------------0-1-2---2------------------| E:-------------------------------------------------------|
 
BLUES TURNAROUND #4
 
e:-------------------------------------------------------| B:----9-------8-------7------5-------6---7---------------| G:------7-------6-------5----7-------7---8---------------| D:-9-------8-------7---------6---x---6---7---------------| A:---------------------------7---x---x---x---------------| E:-----------------------------------6---7---------------|
 
BLUES TURNAROUND #5
 
e:--3b-0---0---------------------------------------------| B:-------3----3p0-----------------------------------2----| G:-----------------3p2p0--2p0-----0h1---------------2----| D:-----------------------------2--------2p0---------1----| A:-------------------------------------------0h1h2--2----| E:-------------------------------------------------------|
 
BLUES TURNAROUND #6
 
e:-------------------------------------------------------| B:------0----0----0----0----0----5--6--7-----------------| G:-------------------------------6--7--8-----------------| D:-------------------------------5--6--7-----------------| A:-------------------------------------------------------| E:---0----4----5----6----7-------------------------------|
 

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Comments

  1. Johnny Lee (No BS Guitar) says

    May 2, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Very cool. You’re right. You can always use a new blues turnaround. They keep any blues from going stale. I do think for beginners trying to practice these that they should get them “installed” into your bag of tricks first, before trying to play a new turnaround every time. I see a lot of guitarists with ADD nowadays and it’s definitely hurting quality. Once you have a few of these down tho, man it gets fun to play them blues. :-)

    ~Johnny

  2. Cameron says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Also makes a great fingerboard exercise to practice in all 12 keys, nice work!

  3. josie says

    May 19, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    I’m sorry but what is a “turn around”?

  4. nick says

    June 24, 2011 at 8:11 am

    I’ve never really played blues (been more of a metal/grunge guy) but now I think I’ll have to reconsider. These are really cool and now I can play them with a more bluesy feeling rather than a straight rock rhythm. Thanks a lot!

  5. jrmy says

    June 26, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    these are interesting

  6. Klaus Crow says

    July 1, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    Hi nick,

    I used to a metal guy too. I spent many hours playing Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura, Death, Metallica, Megadeth and more.

    I just wanna say blues soloing is perfect to mix with metal.

    Okay blues turnarounds ain’t nothing to do with metal but it won’t hurt you either. It will expand your vocubulary and creativity.

    Good luck!
    Klaus Crow

  7. ale says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:01 pm

    YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

  8. Eduardo says

    November 16, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    They are so easy and sound awesome! Thank you so much for these!!!

  9. Aum says

    May 7, 2012 at 10:06 am

    Hey Klaus,

    Great post…But i’m not able to get the 5th one. Any chance of an audio reference? Thanks for these

  10. Klaus Crow says

    May 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Hi Aum,

    I don’t do audio and video at this point of time, but I’ll be sure doing them in the near future.
    I’m working on it.

    Best regards,
    Klaus Crow

  11. Guitar guide easy says

    July 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    One of the coolest “knifs” in the blues is turnaround! This makes blues even more bluesy! Thanks for the lesson, very interesting:)

  12. Robert says

    July 25, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Dude, I LOVE these! Great post. I’ll definitely be trying these out for myself.

  13. Alex says

    July 27, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    does anyone want to play audio sample for these, it’d help out beginners

  14. Nikhil says

    May 4, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    Hi Klaus,

    Great job done with the video lessons. Liked them all.

    regards

  15. Jojo@kw8 says

    October 7, 2014 at 8:41 am

    I always think a good turn around is beautiful. Thanks a lot for this tip. Including all the other helps you published here.They are gold.More power.

  16. Ben jam in says

    October 19, 2014 at 3:35 am

    I learned them all ty klaus!Now in different keys will take a lil more time.

  17. SONU MALIK says

    February 10, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    Dear can you send me the this song’s ring tune in guitar version on youtube.
    The song is jutt and juliet indian movie. challi vangra judai.

  18. Euan says

    February 16, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    yeah i agree

  19. Luke says

    April 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    What guitar (make and model) are you using in this series of videos?
    Nice looking and sounding guitar!

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