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The Blues Jam Session Guide for Beginners Online
The Blues Jam Session Guide for Beginners Online
CHAPTER 2 Pushing Forward! – The Fundamentals
Section 1 Make-or-break: bending!
Lesson 3 Let’s try different bends
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A cornucopia of bends!
Lesson 4 Start with a bend... and this is it
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2-1-4Say it with a bend, and this is it!
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Lesson 5 Bending this is it
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2-1-5Bend to tell a good story!
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Section 2 The break - at the heart of blues
Lesson 1 Let’s learn some breaks
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2-2-1Let’s pull an awesome break!
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Lesson 2 Soloing during a break
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2-2-2Solo your heart out during the breaks!
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Lesson 3 Break and solo
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2-2-3Multitasking: break and solo!
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Lesson 4 Let’s try a song starting with four breaks!
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2-2-4Start with four breaks!
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Lesson 5 Up the ante with more difficult breaks
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2-2-5Now these are breaks!
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Section 3 To turn around or to finish, that is the question
Lesson 1 A different turnaround
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2-3-1Turn it around!
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Lesson 2 Using a turnaround to end
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2-3-2Finish it!
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Lesson 3 Ending on a jazzy note
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2-3-3Jazz it up!
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Lesson 4 Make some “noise” after the ending
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2-3-4-①All’s well that ends well! -1. Warbling
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2-3-4-②All’s well that ends well! -2. À la “this is iiiiiiiiit”
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2-3-4−③All’s well that ends well! - 3. À la “this is it”
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Section 4 More blues phrases for everybody
Lesson 1 Warbling 2.0
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2-4-1Get their attention!
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Lesson 2 Arranged break phrases
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2-4-2Call and response!
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Lesson 3 Phrasing like a drummer
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2-4-3Powerful rhythm phrases
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Lesson 4 Arpeggiating
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2-4-4Arpeggiating on the harmonica!
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Lesson 5 Wind instrument-like phrases
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2-4-5It’s like you are in the brass section!
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Lesson 6 Rising and falling
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2-4-6Up and down, and up again!
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