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Chapter 7: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues
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Rhythm figures can be as simple as a quarter-note chord strum, an eighthnote
boogie pattern, or a wild hybrid containing everything but the kitchen
sink, as evidenced by the complex, integrated rhythm work of Magic Sam,
Freddie King, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Figure 7-21 is a 12-bar blues that uses chords, single-note bass runs (to bring
you in and out of those chords), and single-note riffs that go into flights of
blues fancy.
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E7
A7
E7
3
3
T
A
B
0 0
0 0
1 1
0 0
2 2 2 2 4 2
0 0 3 4 4
2 2 2 2 4 2
0 0 3 4 4
0 0 0 0
0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0
1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0
A7
3
2 0 0
2 2
0 3 4
2 2 2 2 4 2
0 0 3 4
2
2 5 4 2 2
0 3 4
E7
B7
3
3
0 0
0 0
1 1
0 0
2 2 2 2 4 2
0 0 3 4
2
2 5 4 2 0 1
0 4
1
4 4 1 1 4 4 4 1
2 2
A7
E
3 3 3
B7
Figure 7-21:
A rhythm
groove over
a 12-bar
blues in E.
2 2 2 2 2
0 0 3 4 3 4
3
0 0 0
4 4 3 3 2 2
0 4 3 2
3
0 2 0
1 2 1
0 4
0 1 2 2
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