![]() ![]() A short tour of the UK followed in November and December 1975. Hayward and Lodge wanted to pipe the music into the street, but New York police said they feared a traffic jam. On 10 March 1975 Blue Jays made its debut in the form of a staged playback of the album at Carnegie Hall. The album was recorded in Threshold Westlake Audio Studios in West Hampstead, London. I'm out of this project." So then it became me and John and Tony Clarke, and we made an album called Blue Jays. Mike took me in the other room and said, "I don't want to work with anybody else. Then Tony Clarke and John turned up at Mike's house as well. So I actually went to America to do something with Mike, between the two of us. I was under a lot of pressure from Decca to come up with something to release. Pinder, who had emigrated to the United States, was not happy in England and was determined to return home to California. The tension-fraught recording of Seventh Sojourn and subsequent world tour had left the band exhausted and relationships frayed. It was recorded and released during the Moody Blues' five-year hiatus.ĭuring work on the Moody Blues album that was to follow Seventh Sojourn, bandmates Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge summoned Hayward and producer Tony Clarke out of a recording session to call off the project. More about this in a future lesson.Blue Jays is a 1975 album by Justin Hayward and John Lodge. But if you like your playing to be more colorful you can mix both major and minor. You can use the minor pentatonic scale to play along with all 12 bar blues progressions. Major Blues Chords in A Minor Blues Chords in A Basic Blues Scales. Open position chords are shown in the top row. Start with the open position since it is easier and fuller in sound, then once you have mastered it you can expand to play the other position of each chord. You don’t need to play both positions at once. One position is the open position where chords will have open strings. You will find 2 positions for each chord. Here are the chords needed for each case 1īelow you will see all you need to play 12 bar blues chords in A Major and A Minor So to play any of them you need to know those 3 chords Most common usage of this chord progression is the Major and Minor chord progressions. To play the 12 bar chord progression you need to know 3 chords.Ĭhords 1 4 5 in our example today we will play 12 bar blues chord progression in A major and A minor. To play blues rhythm guitar you need to know the main blues chord progression that’s used in the majority of modern blues music. To play the blues you need to know about Rhythm and Melody But today we will cover the most common style based on popular blues idol guitarists like BB King, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Most common Blues Chord Progression 12 bar blues.īlues, as a music genre, has many forms and styles. Knowledge of how to use chords and scales neck diagrams.Basic knowledge of string names and fret numbers. ![]() (Electric or Acoustic) does not matter at this stage. You need a guitar that you can tune obviously.What do you need to play the blues on guitar? That was just a quick intro to show you how when you get to play the blues you get yourself open to many music genres that will keep your musical horizon filled with almost unlimited ideas and resources. However based on history since year 1900 when the seeds and roots of blues started to grow, blues ingredients deeply influenced all those music genres. Of course later they became something almost totally different and those genres and styles continue to change and evolve. ![]() I did not mention the blues yet because it basically is the essence of all those music genres. Their favorite music genre could be anything from country to rock to R&B to jazz to hard rock and metal to fusion. Many guitar players start to pick the guitar and decide to play mainly to cover the music they love listening to by their favorite bands. Let me start by a quick introduction on why as a guitarist you really don’t want to miss playing the blues. Why playing the blues is very helpful to any guitar player?
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