Jazzin' the Blues in G. 2 2
What we're going to now is transpose the same exercises you did at the start of 3 3
the book in the key of C to the key of G. 4 4
The reason is that G is the second easiest key to play the blues. 5 5
And also it's far enough from C that if you're accompanying someone singing, 6 6
and C doesn't suit their voice, G may well do so. 7 7
So in C, you learned the three left-hand blues voicings, 8 8
C7, F7 middle, G7 backwards. 9 9
And you learned the C blues scale. 10 10
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Then you learn some riffs and some patterns, and 12 12
you're now going to do the CM in the key of G. 13 13
First two pages will give you the new chords and the blues scale. 14 14
Following pages will give you the CM patterns you learned for 15 15
C, but transposed to G. 16 16
So let's find the three chords for G. 17 17
The three basic blues chords in any key are I, IV, and V, 18 18
the three major chords in the family chords. 19 19
So in G that's G, I. 20 20
One, two, three, four, C, and D. 21 21
And as with C, the root position triads don't sound very bluesy, so 22 22
we have to find some interesting voicings. 23 23
For G7, we're going to play a seventh, third and the sixth of G. 24 24
There's G, seven to the left, third, four, five and the sixth. 25 25
You can see that's a chordal, voicing, so a gap, two and a gap, one, two, one, 26 26
two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 27 27
Easy way to remember that chord and find it quickly is to remember that ship and 28 28
instead of going the G and trying it, just go to that seventh first. 29 29
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The C7 chord, you're going to find something equally bluesy, 31 31
but close to that, so that we don't have to move around too much. 32 32
So, there's C. 33 33
Let's play the third, the seventh, and the ninth. 34 34
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And that's the C. 36 36
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For the D, just play the root, the third and the seventh. 38 38
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Sounds okay down there. 40 40
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Now for the right hand. 42 42
We're going to need to learn the G blues scale. 43 43
On the page, you'll see I've written it just around middle C. 44 44
We're gonna play it one octave up. 45 45
So as to not interfere with the left hand. 46 46
So just follow the keyboard diagram to begin with. 47 47
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Back to G. 49 49
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And there's several ways to memorize this scale. 51 51
One is, to form a blues scale, you play a minor 7. 52 52
So there's G minor 7. 53 53
You add the fourth and the flattened fifth. 54 54
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Okay. 56 56
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You could also just look at the shapes. 58 58
So there's two black keys [SOUND] and two white keys. 59 59
[SOUND] One in the middle. 60 60
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All right. And then the seventh back to the G. 62 62
So, blues shapes. 63 63
It also looks very like the C blues scale. 64 64
So there's the C blues scale. 65 65
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See the way you're going to the right-hand side of the two white notes, and 67 67
you've got those three notes together. 68 68
[SOUND] So you get the seventh back. 69 69
The only difference is that the seventh in C is black, and the seventh in G is white. 70 70
If you notice that shift, 71 71
in C it was this, and in G it is this. 72 72
So now you just start practicing over your three left-hand chords with this scale. 73 73
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Don't try anything tricky. 75 75
Just play the scale up and down. 76 76
Get used to it, get used to doing both hands together. 77 77
Following pages have all the riffs you have learned in C but 78 78
transposed to the key of G. 79 79
You've got your three note patterns. 80 80
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You've got five note patterns. 82 82
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You have your slides. 84 84
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You play over two octaves. 86 86
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You've got your two octave patterns. 88 88
So you remember in C. 89 89
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So in G, that's. 91 91
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So just keep experimenting until you can play all the riffs as well as you can play 93 93
them in the key of C. 94 94
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