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Figure 5-4 is a simple pick-strum pattern that’s used in many folk blues and
country blues songs. This notation mixes single notes (which appear with
normal, rounded noteheads) and rhythm slashes (with the narrower, elongated
noteheads).
Playing common pick-strum patterns
Most strumming patterns in blues are either all strums or a pick-strum combination,
and which approach you use depends on the instruments in your
ensemble at the time. A pick-strum approach is good for solo playing or if
you’re the only rhythm instrument, because the bass notes fall on different
parts of the measure than the chord parts.
Track 7
C
C7
F
Fm
76 Part II: Setting Up to Play the Blues TEAM LinG
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
T 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 2 2 2 2 2 2
B 3
3
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2
1
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
1
1 1 1 1 1
3 3 3 3 3
Figure 5-4:
A bass-andchord
pick-strum
pattern for
country
blues.
C A7 Dm G7 C C7 F Fm C
0 0 0 0
1 1 2 2
0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2
3 0
1 1 1 1
3 3 2 2 0 0
0 0 0
3
0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
2 2 3 3 3 3
1 1
0
1
0
2
3