Misc - Fingerpicking Twelve Bar Blues guitar tab
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Fingerpicking Twelve Bar Blues I & II
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Tabbed by:PJVillanueva
In these three examples I've used some pedal point notes.
(Here they are alternatively repeated with chords, although
this technique is also very often used in flatpicking.)
I think this fingerpicking use of pedal point must have its
origin in the piano style of playing.(The same as walking bass)
The best thing is to play the examples slow enough at first so
that you give a little time to your neurons to make new links.
I've learned too that isolating difficulties helps a lot in
making things finally work. Don't think this is too hard a job
at all, even if you are just beginning.Learning to play things
like these has been very rewarding to me and I hope you will
enjoy the experience too.
Fingerpicking Twelve Bar Blues I
*
E7 (I) A7 (IV)
1
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
0H1------2------3------4-----|6------7------8------9-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|0------2------3------4-----|5------7------8------9-----|
E7 (I)
3
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----0- ------ ----0- ------|
|---------------------------|-------3------3------1-H-2-|
0H1------2------3------4-----|1----------1---------1-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------0-----|
|---------------------------|-------2-------------------|
|0------2------3------4-----|0-------------0------------|
A7 (IV)
5
|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ----0- ------|
|----4-/5------4-/-5------4-/5------4-/-5----3----------|
|----5-/6------5-/-6------5-/6------5-/-6-/4------2P0---|
|----4-/5------4-/-5------4-/6------4-/-5-------------2-|
|0----------0---------0-----|----0----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E7 (I) Db7 (VI)
7
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----4- ----6- ----6- ------|
|---------------------------|6------7------8------9-----|
|1------2------3------4-----|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|4------6------7------8-----|
|0------2------3------4-----|---------------------------|
F#7 (II) B7 (V)
9
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|------ ------ ----0- ----0-|
|---------------------------|----0------0---------------|
|3------4------5------6-----|8------6------4------2-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|2------4------5------6-----|7------5------4------2-----|
(First Time)
E7 (I) Bm11 (V)
11
|----0- 0-0-0- 0-0-0- 0-----|0----- ----0- ------ ----0-|
|--0----3-3-3--3-3-3--0-----|-------3B4-0-----------3---|
0H1------4-4-4--4-4-4-/2P0---|1----------2-------/-4-----|
|-------------------------2-|-----------0---------------|
|---------------------------|-----------2---------------|
|0--------------------------|0--------------------------| *
Back to Beginning
(Second Time instead of two previous measures)
E7 (I)
|----0- 0-0-0- 0-0-0- 0-----|------ ----7- ------ ------|
|--0----3-3-3--3-3-3--0-----|0----------7---------------|
0H1------4-4-4--4-4-4--2P0---|1----------7---------------|
|-------------------------2-|0----------6---------------|
|---------------------------|-----------7---------------|
|0--------------------------|-------0-------------------|
Fingerpicking Twelve Bar Blues II
*
E7 (I) A7 (IV)
1
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----0- ----0- ------ ------|
|---------------------------|------------------7--------|
0H1------2------3------4-----|6------7------8------9-----|
|0------2------2------2-----|5------7------7------7-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|0------2------3------4-----|5------7------8------9-----|
E7 (I) E7 aug5
3
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----0- ------ ----0- ------|
|---------------------------|-------3------3------1-H-2-|
0H1------2------3------4-----|1----------1---------1-----|
|0------2------2------2-----|0--------------------0-----|
|---------------------------|-------2-------------------|
|0------2------3------4-----|0-------------0------0-----|
A7 (IV)
5
|------ ------ ------ ------|------ 5---4- 3----- ----0-|
|----4-/5------4-/-5------4-/5------7---6--5--------2---|
|----5-/6------5-/-6------5-/6------6---5--4------0-----|
|----4-/5------4-/-5------4-/6--------------------------|
|0----------0---------0-----|----0---------0------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E7 (I) Db7 (VI)
7
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|----4- ----6- ----6- ------|
|---------------------------|6------7------8------9-----|
|1------2------3------4-----|4------6------6------6-----|
|0------2------2------2-----|6------8------8------6-----|
|---------------------------|4------6------7------8-----|
|0------2------3------4-----|---------------------------|
F#7 (II) B7 (V)
9
|----0- ----0- ----0- ----0-|------ ------ ----0- ----0-|
|---------------------------|----0------0---------------|
|3------4------5------6-----|8------6------4------2-----|
|2------4------4------4-----|9------7------4------2-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|2------4------5------6-----|7------5------4------2-----|
(First Time)
E7 (I) Bm11 (V)
11
|----0- 0-0-0- 0-0-0- 0-----|0----- ----0- ------ ----0-|
|--0----3-3-3--3-3-3--0-----|-------3B4-0-----------3---|
0H1------4-4-4--4-4-4-/2P0---|1----------2-------/-4-----|
|-------------------------2-|-----------0---------------|
|---------------------------|-----------2---------------|
|0--------------------------|0--------------------------| *
Back to Beginning
(Second Time instead of two previous measures)
E7 (I)
|----0- 0-0-0- 0-0-0- 0-----|----0- ------ ------ ------|
|--0----3-3-3--3-3-3--0-----|----0----------------------|
0H1------4-4-4--4-4-4--2P0---|1------8---7---------------|
|-------------------------2-|-------7---6---------------|
|---------------------------|-------8---7---------------|
|0--------------------------|0-------------0------------|
Just in case you need it, this is a list of the chords
that go along the pedal point notes with their names
and composition.
Measures 1, 3 & 7 Measure 2
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
E7 (no 5) G |--1- 3 A7 G |--6-- 3
D |--0-- b7 D |--5-- b7
A |----- A |-----
E |--0-- Root E |--5-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
F#m7 (no 5) G |--2-- m3 Bm7 G |--7-- m3
D |--2-- b7 (no 5) D |--7-- b7
A |----- A |-----
E |--2-- Root E |--7-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
Gm6 (no 5) G |--3-- m3 Cm6 G |--8-- m3
D |--2-- 6 (no 5) D |--7-- 6
A |----- A |-----
E |--3-- Root E |--8-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
Abm aug5 G |--4-- m3 C#m+5 G |--9-- m3
D |--2-- +5 D |--7-- aug5
A |----- A |-----
E |--4-- Root E |--9-- Root
Measure 4 Measure 5
E |--0-- 8 E |-----
B |--3-- b7 B |--4-- -5
E7 G |--1-- 3 A dim G |--5-- m3
D |--0-- b7 D |--4-- 6
A |--2-- 5 A |--0-- Root
E |--0-- Root E |-----
E |----- E |-----
B |--1-- +5 B |--5-- 5
E7aug5 G |--1-- 3 A7 G |--6-- 3
D |--0-- b7 D |--5-- b7
A |----- A |--0-- Root
E |--0-- Root E |-----
E |-----
B |--2-- 6
E7/6 G |--1-- 3
D |--0-- b7
A |-----
E |--0-- Root
Measure 6 Measure 8
E |--5-- R E |-----
B |--7-- 6 B |--6-- 3
A6 G |--6-- 3 Db7 G |--4-- b7
(no5) D |----- D |--6-- 5
A |--0-- Root A |--4-- Root
E |----- E |-----
E |--4-- Root E |-----
B |--6-- 6 B |--7-- m3
Ab6 G |--5-- 3 Ebm7 G |--6-- b7
(no5) D |----- D |--8-- 5
A |----- A |--6-- Root
E |----- E |-----
E |--3-- Root E |-----
B |--6-- 6 B |--8-- m3
G6 G |--5-- 3 E dim G |--6-- 6
(no5) D |----- D |--8-- -5
A |--0-- 2 A |--7-- Root
E |----- E |-----
E |-----
B |--9-- m3
Fm aug5 G |--6-- +5
D |--6-- m3
A |--8-- Root
E |-----
Measure 9 Measure 10
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
F#7 G |--3-- 3 B (no 5) G |--8-- 3
(no 5) D |--2-- b7 D |--9-- 8
A |----- A |-----
E |--2-- Root E |--7-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |--6-- 3
Abm7 G |--4-- m3 A (no 5) G |-----
(no 5) D |--4-- b7 D |--7-- 8
A |----- A |-----
E |--4-- Root E |--5-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
Am6 G |--5-- m3 Abm7 G |--4-- m3
(no 5) D |--4-- 6 (no 5) D |--4-- b7
A |----- A |-----
E |--5-- Ro E |--4-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B |----- B |-----
Bbm aug5 G |--6-- m3 F#m7 G |--2-- m3
D |--4-- +5 (no 5) D |--2-- b7
A |----- A |-----
E |--6-- Root E |--2-- Root
Measure 11 Measure 12
E |--0-- R 8up E |--0-- 11
B |--3-- b7 B |--0-- 8
E7 (no 3) G |--4-- 5 Bm11 G |--2-- b7
D |----- (no 5) D |--0-- m3
A |----- A |--2-- Root
E |----- E |-----
B Bend
R Release
/ Slide up
Slide down
H Hammer-on
P Pull-off
~ Vibrato
+ Harmonic
x Mute note
(. Pause
