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Blues rhythm number three.
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Blueberry Hill Rhythm.
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This rhythm is a lot easier
than it first seems.
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Difficult to describe on paper,
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but once you watch the video you'll
hopefully be able to pick it up.
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It's a rhythm known as 12/8 time or
triple feel.
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This means that the basic rhythm
comes in groups of three notes.
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So in 12/8 time, there are four of
these groups of three beats per bar.
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So the right hand will be playing 12
beats per bar, four groups of three.
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So try the right hand
now with the C chord.
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So 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Four groups of three.
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The left hand is going to play
a three-note pattern which you'll no doubt
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recognize.
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Now like the twist rhythm,
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three notes of the left hand match
three notes of the right-hand chord.
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Just basically two C chords.
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So C chord in the right hand at middle C.
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Two octaves left so
you get a nice deep bass sound.
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Same chord, three notes of C.
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Okay, now there's two
ways to attempt this.
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You can look at the sheet
music on the page and
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follow it very carefully,
very slowly, and count out the beats.
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1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.
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1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
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Or if you sing the left hand bass pattern,
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sometimes it's easier because you'll
know the pattern in your head.
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Then you're going to transfer what
you're singing into your left hand.
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And now you want to transpose the pattern
to the chords of F and G, and
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you'll have the three main chords for
Blueberry Hill.
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So this time instead of moving up to F and
G in the right hand, move down to F and
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G because you're down an octave
below that in the left hand.
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So, C.
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Now move the right hand down to F,
and up to F in the left hand.
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Back to C.
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G, go down below middle C to G.
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Up to G on the left hand.
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Down one to F.
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Back to C.
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As an added touch, you can bounce onto
the middle note in the left hand.
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