Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...

Figure 1 presents a rhythm pattern for a 12-bar blues shuffle in the key of G, with all of the chords in the I - IV - V ...

That’s because we hit all the important notes from an A7 chord and the ever-present minor pentatonic scale. It’s common in blues to use both the minor ... trick that can help break up pentatonic scale ...

In short, a chord is formed at each step of this scale, and the chords follow a pattern of (from steps I ... worth noting that the standard 12-bar blues chord progression is made up of only ...

The riff combines some simple blues style patterns with single note walk downs and arpeggiated chords. Overall, the riff is pretty easy to play through, but the final section can be tricky as you move ...