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TEXAS BLUES (Used for Development of Improvising skills)

Description: Printer friendly instructions for playing the Texas Blues - guitar phrasing lessons in generic blues ideal for beginners on guitar.

click to play mp3 file of: [this verse] [all six verses] [backing track]

Verse 2 (using first position blues scale)

e-||-3-3-0-0-3-3-0---0--0-0--0--3-3-0-0-3-3-0--0--0-0--0---
B-||.----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---
G-||-----------------1--1-1--1-----------------1--1-1--1---
D-||.----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---
A-||-----------------2--2-2--2-----------------2--2-2--2---
E-||-----------------0--0-0--0-----------------0--0-0--0---

e--3-3-0-0-3-3-0---0--0-0--0--3-3-0-0-3-3-0--0--0-0--0-----
B------------------2--2-2--2-----------------0--0-0--0-----
G------------------0--0-0--0-----------------1--1-1--1-----
D------------------2--2-2--2-----------------0--0-0--0-----
A------------------0--0-0--0-----------------2--2-2--2-----
E--------------------------------------------0--0-0--0-----

e--3-3-0-0-3-3----2--2-2--0--3-3-0-0-3-3-0--0--0-0--0----||
B--------------0--0--0-0--2-----------------0--0-0--0---.||
G-----------------2--2-2--0-----------------1--1-1--1----||
D-----------------1--1-1--2-----------------0--0-0--0---.||
A-----------------2--2-2--0-----------------2--2-2--2----||
E-------------------------------------------0--0-0--0----||

Chords:

4/4 ||: E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | B7 | A7 | E7 | E7 :||