And unlike the comfortingly predictable 12-bar blues ... Bentonia blues. Several times I realize, as we build upon what sounds like a new pattern, that Holmes has taught me the root riff of ...

Bars 1-end: This tune follows a pretty standard 12-bar blues form. To maintain an even delivery with plenty of attack we’d recommend using down picking when playing the riffs. The open-position ...

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues improv in ... We’re ...

prominent alongside steady rhythm guitars and basslines that almost replicate a 12-bar blues riff. It is a fun display of varying influences and draws back on how rock ‘n’ roll began as a development ...

“Hand to heart, my favorite players were always the ones that had such an identifiable style and wrote songs in that very 12-bar blues framework,” Knowles told Cleveland.com and The Plain ...