Music Theory Study 6 - Beyond 12 Bar Blues

Join me for our sixth lesson on Music Theory for the Blues Harmonica Player, where we explore how to deal with non-12 Bar Blues Changes. In this lesson we cover Chord Voicings, 12 Bar Blues, 8 Bar Blues, 16 Bar Blues, 20 bar Blues, 24 Bar Blues and how to figure out and deal with songs that are outside the standard form. For your convenience I've pulled some of the audio from the video examples and saved them as MP3s for you to practice with on your own. I hope you enjoy and get as much out of this lesson as I did!

Videos Include: Section 1 – Standard 12 Bar Blues: Introduction to Music Theory Study 6; Chord Scales and Chord Voicing Options; Chord Arpeggios, Chord Fragments and Stylistic Approaches; Example 1.1 - Long Changes; Example 1.2 - Quick Change; Section 2 – 12 Bar Blues Variations: ; Example 2.1 - No IV Chord (Bars 5 and 6)'; Example 2.2 - IV Chord in Bars 1 and 2; Example 2.4 - Bar 9 Options: Long V (Bars 9 and 10); Example 2.5 - Bar 9 Options: ii-V-I; Example 2.6 - Bar 9 Options: Flat-VI Chord; Example 2.7 - Turnaround Options: None; Example 2.8; Turnaround Options: All of Bar 12; Example 2.9 - Turnaround Options: I-IV-I-V and Overuse of Root Note; Example 2.10 - Turnaround Options: I-VI-II-V; Section 3 – 8 Bar Blues: ; Example 3.1 - 8 Bar Blues: Key to the Highway; Example 3.2 - 8 Bar Blues: Walkin’ By Myself; Example 3.3A - 8 Bar Blues: Just Your Fool (Verse); Example 3.3B - 8 Bar Blues: Just Your Fool (Bridge); Example 3.4 - 8 Bar Blues: It Hurts Me Too; Example 3.5 - 8 Bar Blues: Nobody's Business; Section 4 – Other Forms: ; Examples 4.1 to 4.4 - 16, 20 and 24 Bar Blues; Section 5 – Transcribing Chords: Transcribing and Soloing to Key to the Highway Chord Changes, Part 1; Transcribing and Soloing to Key to the Highway Chord Changes, Part 2; Transcribing and Soloing to Stormy Monday Chord Changes, Part 1; Transcribing and Soloing to Stormy Monday Chord Changes, Part 2; Final Words of Advice from John Garcia