Bass Lessons - Lesson #2 - The Twelve Bar Blues bass tab
TWELVE BAR BLUES: is a pattern of chords which repeats every twelve bars.
This progression is especially useful for the bass guitarist.Twelve Bar
Blues is used in songs performed by; Elvis Presley (Hound Dog, Blue Suede
Shoes, Jailhouse Rock), The Beatles (Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Roll Over Beethoven)
and Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode, School Days). This formula (as seen below)
is based in the key of A.
A
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D A
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E D A E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|>
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|>
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
> = Music Repeat Sign
MUSIC REPEAT SIGN: this indicates that the progression is to be repeated
from the beginning. After the repeat, the progression finishes on the opening
chord (in this case an A chord). Throughout these lessons, this practice
will occur frequently.
EXAMPLE #3
The following example uses a root bass note for each chord. A root note is
the note with the exact same note as the chord, and will always blend well
with the chord.
A
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D A
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E D A E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|--0-0-0-0--|-----------|-----------|>
|-----------|-----------|--0-0-0-0--|-----------|>
|--0-0-0-0--|-----------|-----------|--0-0-0-0--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Guitar Chords
A = X02220
D = XX0232
E = 022100
G = 320002
Finish the progression with an A note held for four counts.
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