Blues in the key of G. 2 2
In book six, you already transposed some riffs and 3 3
patterns in blues scale to the key of G. 4 4
What we're going to do now is change some of the new left hand patterns and 5 5
right hand riffs to G. 6 6
A couple of good reasons to do this now. 7 7
One is that G is one of the easier keys to learn the blues in. 8 8
A few easy keys, C obviously, F isn't too hard. 9 9
G is particularly easy, and everything fits well under the fingers. 10 10
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Also the riffs still look a lot like the riffs in C. 12 12
So you can easily transpose them. 13 13
So in C 14 14
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in G 16 16
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In G 18 18
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In G 20 20
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So you can see they're very similar. 22 22
C Blues scale, 23 23
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G Blues scale, 25 25
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Apart from the seventh, they both look identical. 27 27
So another good reason is that if you're playing blues 28 28
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in C and someone's singing along, but 30 30
it's not in their pitch, then you can change to G because it's 31 31
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It's quite a different tonality, so the G might suit where the C won't. 33 33
Now let's get started and find the three blues chords in G. 34 34
In C, the three blues chords were the 35 35
[MUSIC], 36 36
one, four and five. 37 37
C, F and G. 38 38
G it's going to be the same so 39 39
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One, two, three, four is the same 41 41
fifth is D so it's G, C, and D. 42 42
On the next page we're going to transpose a straight eight boogie to the key of G. 43 43
Try the left hand so just. 44 44
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Looks exactly like the, except for the seventh. 46 46
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Down to the C. 48 48
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Now let's find the right-hand chords. 50 50
So on the following page, it'll say G red position. 51 51
Nice D chord below middle C. 52 52
And C, middle of the seven. 53 53
And D backwards, remember the F sharp. 54 54
Back to C. 55 55
Let's put them both together. 56 56
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We can double up. 58 58
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