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12 Bar Blues (basic)

12 Bar Blues Variations • 40s

Learn to co-ordinate fingers 1 and 3 on frets 2 & 4. Get comfortable with holding and strumming the plectrum across two strings. Remember not to remove the 3rd finger after you've played these sets of notes twice.

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    You'll learn how to include the semiquaver rhythms rather than just quaver beats. Your right hand will be playing single strings as well as double stringed strumming patterns.

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