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12 Bar Blues Basic Strumming + Triplet Turnarounds

Hi lovely people, I’ve got a 12 Bar Blues Progression for you today with a basic strumming pattern, a basic turnaround and some extra fancy triplet turnarounds to spice things up.

Basic 12 Bar Blues Progression

This 12 Bar Blues shuffle is in the key of E and moves through the following 12 bar chord progression:

/ E7 / E7 / E7 / E7 / A7 / A7 / E7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7 /

The last four bars of the progression function as the turnaround. You can play this by strumming through the pattern / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7 / or finish it with a more enhanced turnaround that makes the progression sound really cool. Eventually you want to learn both. If you’re a beginner just start with the basic turnaround.

Basic 12 Bar Blues Strumming Pattern

For the strumming pattern we play: ↓↓↑↑↓↑ “down-down-up-up-down-up” for each bar / measure throughout the entire progression.

Below there’s a video lesson where I explain the entire 12 bar blues with the strumming patten and different blues turnarounds.

Enjoy!

Easy Basic 12 Bar Blues Shuffle

By Klaus Crow 3 Comments

Hi folks, today we have an easy and basic 12 Bar Blues Shuffle for beginners. This blues shuffle is the ground work for everything that follows. Once you know how to play this shuffle you’ve got the backbone of blues rhythm guitar and you can work your way up to more sophisticated blues shuffles and rhythm techniques.

Basic 12 Bar Blues Shuffle

This 12 Bar Blues shuffle is in the key of A and moves through the following 12 bar chord progression:

/ A / A / A / A / D / D / A / A / E / D / A / E /

You can play this blues shuffle as a rhythm guitar player or record it as a jam track and play a blues solo over it.

Blues Shuffle Strumming Techniques

You can apply different rhythm techniques to the blues shuffle like basic down strumming and muted strum variations to make the shuffle even more dynamic all of which I will explain in the video lesson.

Below you can find the tablature and video lesson for the Basic 12 Bar Blues Shuffle:

Go get ‘m!

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2 – Guitar Lesson

By Klaus Crow 6 Comments

Today I’m going to teach you how to play one of the greatest classics “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” by U2 from the album “Joshua Tree”.

This is one of the easiest songs for beginners. It is a simplified version of the song, but really fun to play. The song contains 3 open chords and a basic popular strumming pattern that you can use for many others songs as well.

How to Play “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

The song contains 3 chords: C – Fmaj7 – G

C = x32010

Fmaj7 = xx3210

G = 320003

Here is strumming pattern you can use to play the song:

↓↓↑↑↓↑ = down – down – up – up – down – up

Watch the video guitar lesson below to learn this beautiful song.

Please share your feedback in the comments below or on Youtube. I read and reply to everyone of them. I’d love to hear from you!

A Horse with No Name – Easy 2 Chord Song

By Klaus Crow 1 Comment

Hi Folks, today I’m going to teach you how to play “A horse with no name” by America. It was the bands first single and also their most popular one.

It’s a delightful song to play in all its simplicity. Once you get the hang of the strumming pattern you really get into the flow and the vibe of the song. You’ll love it.

A Horse with No Name – Easy 2 Chord Song

“A horse with no name” is an easy song that is a must song for beginner guitar players. The song contains 2 chords: Em and D6-9/F#. While the D6-9/F# chord name sounds complicated the chord itself is really easy to play.

Em = 022000

D6-9/F# = 2×0200

Here’s how to read chord diagrams and other chord notation like the one above.

A horse with no name – strumming pattern:

The song has two easy to follow strumming patterns:

Em = ↓↓↑↓↓↑

D6-9/F# = ↓↑↓↑↓↑↓↑

Watch the video guitar lesson below to learn the entire song step by step.

Enjoy!

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