0:00:05.006,0:00:07.229 Hi, how you doin'? Justin here. 0:00:07.229,0:00:11.414 In this lesson today, we're going to be checking out [br]a traditional 12 bar blues, 0:00:11.414,0:00:15.175 using a chunka chunka rhythm.[br]Now a chunka chunka rhythm is just a word 0:00:15.175,0:00:19.337 that my teacher taught me to describe[br]this shuffle which we talked about earlier, 0:00:19.337,0:00:23.500 where we talked about like strumming it,[br]now we're doing like a proper 0:00:23.500,0:00:27.752 12 bar blues style.[br]So let me just play it for you first once through. 0:00:27.752,0:00:30.796 I'll play it in a medium up tempo[br]just so it doesn't take too long 0:00:30.796,0:00:34.441 but we're going to be taking through it nice and slowly.[br]So this is what it sounds like. 0:00:34.441,0:00:35.620 3, 4, 0:00:35.620,0:01:05.932 . . . 0:01:05.932,0:01:10.452 That's it, straight ahead 12 bar blues. [br]You can hear chunka chunka 0:01:10.452,0:01:13.352 chunka, chunka,[br]is where you get that little rhythm from. 0:01:13.352,0:01:16.969 So it's pretty straight forward.[br]The big thing that you have to deal with here 0:01:16.969,0:01:19.790 is that you're playing two strings at a time.[br] 0:01:19.790,0:01:22.092 Now we're going to start off by going to a close up of this 0:01:22.092,0:01:26.225 in just a second, but we're just going to be using[br]one finger. It's going to be on the note E, 0:01:26.225,0:01:29.425 and we're going to be playing two strings[br]on this very first chord. 0:01:29.425,0:01:34.155 It's going to be an A chord. We're going to be playing[br]the open A string, which is the 5th string. 0:01:34.155,0:01:37.498 Hopefully you know that by now, because[br]you know your open string note names, don't you? 0:01:37.498,0:01:41.740 And also the 4th string, which is the one with the note E, 0:01:41.740,0:01:44.329 1st finger playing the 2nd fret of the 4th string. 0:01:44.329,0:01:49.550 and we're going to play those two notes (plays)[br]then again (plays) 0:01:49.550,0:01:52.956 and then our 3rd finger is going to go down[br]on the same string 0:01:52.956,0:01:56.551 as the 1st finger[br]and your plucking the same two notes. 0:01:56.551,0:02:00.293 So remember while we're on the A chord,[br]which is the first thing we're going to look at 0:02:00.293,0:02:04.219 in a second on the close up, you just[br]want to be playing the 5th string 0:02:04.219,0:02:08.299 and the 4th string, and you're going to be using all 0:02:08.299,0:02:12.247 down picks for this whole exercise. [br]OK, let's go to a close up. 0:02:14.720,0:02:19.171 So here we go, here's the 1st finger[br]in the 2nd fret of the 4th string 0:02:19.171,0:02:23.902 and we're going to be playing[br]the open A string and this note (plays) 0:02:23.902,0:02:27.859 and the 1st finger kind of lifts up a little bit[br]to make sure those other strings 0:02:27.859,0:02:31.514 underneath it are a bit muted.[br]It doesn't really matter so much on acoustic guitar 0:02:31.514,0:02:35.533 but maybe on electric guitar it will make a difference,[br]so you might as well get in a habit of muting 0:02:35.533,0:02:39.029 those strings as well while you're at it.[br]So you're going to do two picks on this 0:02:39.029,0:02:40.829 . . . 0:02:40.829,0:02:43.400 then your 3rd finger is going to go down two frets further 0:02:43.400,0:02:47.121 which is 4th fret on the same string[br]that your 1st finger is on, 0:02:47.121,0:02:49.287 which is of course the fourth string. 0:02:49.287,0:02:51.085 . . . 0:02:51.085,0:02:56.395 Then we go back again, 1st finger (plays),[br]3rd finger (plays). 0:02:56.395,0:03:00.362 1st finger, 3rd finger down. (plays) 0:03:00.362,0:03:03.218 Now I just played one bar, so the count for that will be 0:03:03.218,0:03:09.281 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:03:09.281,0:03:11.465 So that will just be one bar. 0:03:11.465,0:03:13.614 If you look at the sheet music for this,[br]you will probably notice 0:03:13.614,0:03:16.860 that we do 4 bars of A, maybe you will even remember 0:03:16.860,0:03:19.999 the sheet music for this,[br]from playing the 12 bar blues 0:03:19.999,0:03:21.912 with a shuffle rhythm before, with the strumming. 0:03:21.912,0:03:25.117 Hopefully you remember at least the pattern,[br]the order of the chords. 0:03:25.117,0:03:28.671 If not, you need to check out the sheet music[br]on the web site, then get back to here. 0:03:28.671,0:03:33.160 So here we go. Now we're going to do this A chord[br]for 4 bars. So we have 0:03:33.160,0:03:37.807 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:03:37.807,0:03:42.358 2nd bar and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:03:42.358,0:03:46.755 3rd bar, and 2 and 3 and 4, 0:03:46.755,0:03:52.504 and 4th bar, and 2 and 3 and 4 and. 0:03:52.504,0:03:56.494 Now we go to the D. What we're going to do,[br]is simply move our 1st finger over, 0:03:56.494,0:04:00.519 like toward the ground one string,[br]and the note the 3rd finger will go on 0:04:00.519,0:04:03.026 will also move toward the ground one string. 0:04:03.026,0:04:04.356 But whenever we change strings, 0:04:04.356,0:04:09.861 we start with just the 1st finger on and that's it.[br]And we do two bars now on the D. 0:04:09.861,0:04:12.675 Of course the strings that we pick have also changed. 0:04:12.675,0:04:15.819 We're now picking the middle two strings.[br]Here we go for the D 0:04:15.819,0:04:21.071 (plays) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:04:21.071,0:04:25.085 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, 0:04:25.085,0:04:30.555 and back to A, and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:04:30.555,0:04:35.353 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:04:35.353,0:04:40.398 1, now to E, we've moved 1st finger up[br]toward the ceiling one string 0:04:40.398,0:04:44.014 so it's now on the 5th string[br]and we're plucking the open E string 0:04:44.014,0:04:47.631 the lowest, fattest, thickest string[br]and this note here 0:04:47.631,0:04:50.299 with the 1st finger.[br]We do 1 bar on E, 0:04:50.299,0:04:57.247 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and,[br]big jump all the way to D, 0:04:57.247,0:05:05.406 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and, [br]1, we're back on A now, 3, and, 0:05:05.406,0:05:11.942 then down to E again, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:05:11.942,0:05:16.258 Now it's really important here, that you[br]keep that 1st finger back in that 2nd fret, 0:05:16.258,0:05:20.925 try to avoid going 1 and 2 and 3,[br]this kind of thing. 0:05:20.925,0:05:26.001 That's really bad form. Try and get those fingers[br]nicely spread out all of the way through. 0:05:26.722,0:05:29.019 So I'm going to play now,[br]once through this whole thing 0:05:29.019,0:05:32.055 really slowly to let you have a go[br]at playing along with it 0:05:32.055,0:05:37.412 Really try to get the feeling for this[br]'chunka chunka chunka chunka'-feeling; the shuffle. 0:05:37.412,0:05:40.398 Because it's an integral part of playing this style. 0:05:40.398,0:05:43.315 Also make sure you are picking just the right strings 0:05:43.315,0:05:46.873 It's kind of difficult sometimes to make sure[br]you're picking the open string, 0:05:46.873,0:05:50.684 as well as the fretted note.[br]And partly this is because your pick hand 0:05:50.684,0:05:53.283 has got quite used to playing where your finger is,[br] 0:05:53.283,0:05:57.486 and suddenly you have to pick on the[br]thick string above, 0:05:57.486,0:06:01.193 physically above the string your finger is on.[br]So this hand is kind of, 0:06:01.193,0:06:03.763 if it's developing a sense of connection[br]with the other hand, 0:06:03.763,0:06:05.673 you're having to break it for this exercise. 0:06:05.684,0:06:12.627 That's why it can be a little bit sticky sometimes.[br]Here we go, nice and slow, 3, 4, 0:06:12.627,0:06:18.484 (plays) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:06:18.484,0:06:23.756 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and, 0:06:23.756,0:06:25.722 here's the 3rd bar, 0:06:25.722,0:06:30.264 2 and 3 and 4 and the 4th bar, 0:06:30.264,0:06:34.963 and 2 and 3 and 4 and now over to D, 0:06:34.963,0:06:40.989 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and the 2nd bar 0:06:40.989,0:06:45.114 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 0:06:45.114,0:06:51.684 back to A and 2 and 3 and 4 and again, 0:06:51.684,0:06:56.842 and 2 and 3 and 4, big jump over to E 0:06:56.842,0:07:05.677 and 2 and 3 and 4, right over to D,[br]2 and 3 and 4 and 0:07:05.677,0:07:10.293 back to A, and 2 and 3 and 4 0:07:10.293,0:07:17.687 and E and 2 and 3 and 4 and, A. 0:07:17.687,0:07:22.907 Always a good idea to finish this blues on an A,[br]it kind of makes it sound finished. 0:07:22.907,0:07:27.509 If you just stop on E, it sounds weird.[br]So the thing you're going for now, 0:07:27.509,0:07:30.838 really trying to make sure that you don't stop[br]in between the chord changes, 0:07:30.838,0:07:35.512 trying to make sure that you pick the right strings,[br]and that you get the groove really nice. 0:07:35.512,0:07:41.178 This 12 bar blues is in the key of A fits perfectly[br]with the A minor pentatonic that we've been looking at. 0:07:41.178,0:07:44.097 If you have a jam buddy,[br]someone you've been doing some practice with, 0:07:44.097,0:07:48.012 one guy can sit down and play the 12 bar blues,[br]and the other guy can muck around 0:07:48.012,0:07:51.388 with the A minor pentatonic scale[br]and make up a solo over the top. 0:07:51.388,0:07:55.773 That's how these two things kind of link together,[br]very, very cool fun. We're going talk about that 0:07:55.773,0:08:00.241 a little bit more later on. For now what you want to do[br]is really work on getting that 0:08:00.241,0:08:03.789 12 bar blues rhythm style properly solid. 0:08:03.789,0:08:06.136 So, I hope you enjoyed that look at the blues 0:08:06.136,0:08:08.822 and I'll see you for another lesson sometime real soon.