The Blues: Harmonic Variations (Part 2) 30 Blues Grooves: The Jazz/Swing Groove 31 Jazz Example 1: New Chord Changes 31 14 The Jazz Discipline/Intervallic Root 5th Approach 32 Jazz Example 2: Intervallic ROOT/5th 32 15 Jazz Chromatic Approach 33 Jazz Example 3: Chromatic Approach 33 16 The Ray Brown Style 34 Jazz Example 4: Ray Brown Style 34 17 Your First Jazz Experience 35 Freddie (Changes) 35 Blues Rhythm (Part One): The 8th Note Triplet 36 TRIPLET WARMUP RIFF 36 18 TRIPLETS: C MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE 36 19 Blues Rhythm (Part Two): The Shuffle Rhythm 37 TableTable ofof ContentsContents && CDCD TrackTrack ListList Blues Grooves: The “Flat Tire” Groove 38 In The Style Of “Everyday I Have The Blues” by B.B. King 38 20 CONTENTS PAGE CD TRACK Blues Grooves: Shuffled 8ths 39 Introduction Inside Cover 1 In The Style Of “Blues In G” by B.B. King 39 21 Tuning Notes 2 Blues “Shuffle” Articulation 39 The Fingerboard 4 The Albert King Style 40 Blues Bass: Basic Rhythms 5 In The Style Of “Laundromat Blues” by Albert King 40 22 Application: Chord To Chord Movement 6 The T-Bone Walker Style 41 Getting Started: A Blues Education 8 In The Style Of “Stormy Monday” by T-Bone Walker 41 23 Getting Started w/ Dominant Theory 11 Blues Groove: The Double Shuffle 42 The Three Basic Chords 12 In The Style Of “T-Bone Shuffle” by Buddy Guy 42 24 The 12-Bar Blues Form 12 The Jerry Jemmott Shuffle 43 The Blues: Musical Variables 13 In The Style Of “That Will Never Do” by Freddie King 43 25 Blues Theory Application: The Raw Material 14 Blues Grooves: The 12/8 Groove 44 The Blues: Harmonic Variations (Part 1) 15 Reading 12/8 Time 44 Blues Bass Profile: Willie Dixon 16 In The Style Of “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan 44 26 Blues Grooves: The “Walking” Groove 17 In The Style Of “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan 45 27 Walking Blues Example 17 3 Blues Theory: The Use Of Blue Notes 46 Building Vocabulary: Line Approaches 18 Blue Note Etude (legato “swing” 8th feel) 46 28 PATTERN ONE: THE MAJOR TRIAD 18 Tone Sets: “Blue Note” Tone Sets 47 PATTERN TWO: THE “BOX PATTERN” 18 BLUE NOTE TONE SET BLUES 48 29 MAJOR TRIAD APPLICATION 19 4 Blues Technique: The Use Of Slurs 49 “BOX PATTERN” APPLICATION 19 5 Double Stops: 10th Intervals 51 PATTERN THREE: THE MAJOR 6 ARPEGGIO 20 Ron Carter Style: Double Stop Blues 52 PATTERN FOUR: THE DOMINANT 13 ARPEGGIO 20 BLUES FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALONE 52 30 MAJOR 6 ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 21 6 Slurred Speech Shuffle 53 31 DOMINANT 13 ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 21 7 Slurred Speech Shuffle: The Three Chords 54 PATTERN FIVE: THE MIXOLYDIAN 22 In The Listening Room: THE SHUFFLE RHYTHM 55 PATTERN SIX: THE DOMINANT 7 ARPEGGIO 22 Beyond The Shuffle: R&B Blues Styles 56 MIXOLYDIAN SCALE APPLICATION 23 8 In The Style Of “If You Love Me Like You Say” by Albert Collins 56 32 DOMINANT 7th ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 23 9 Jerry Jemmott’s Funky Bass 57 PATTERN SEVEN: THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE 24 In The Style Of “Funky” by Freddie King 57 33 PATTERN EIGHT: THE CHROMATIC SCALE 24 Double Stops: Guide Tone Intervals 58 MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE APPLICATION 25 10 Guide Tone Double-Stops (ala Chuck Rainey) 58 34 “CHROMATIC” SCALE APPLICATION 25 11 “Fat Albert Bass” Blues 59 The Albert Collins Jump 26 In The Style Of “I Want You So Bad” by B.B. King 59 35 In The Style Of “Don’t Lose Your Cool” by Albert Collins 26 12 Roscoe Beck Style: Two Hand Chord Voicings 60 Walking With The King Of Kings 27 THE BETTER MOUSETRAP: “WIDE” VOICINGS 61 36 In The Style Of “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” by B.B. King 27 13 In The Listening Room: 12 BAR BLUES SONGS 62 Quarter Note Blues Style: Dominant Bass Line Ideas 28 ACKNOWLEGEMENTS/ABOUT THE AUTHOR 63 CONTENTS PAGE CD TRACK The Blues: Harmonic Variations (Part 2) 30 Blues Grooves: The Jazz/Swing Groove 31 Jazz Example 1: New Chord Changes 31 14 The Jazz Discipline/Intervallic Root 5th Approach 32 Jazz Example 2: Intervallic ROOT/5th 32 15 Jazz Chromatic Approach 33 Jazz Example 3: Chromatic Approach 33 16 The Ray Brown Style 34 Jazz Example 4: Ray Brown Style 34 17 Your First Jazz Experience 35 Freddie (Changes) 35 Blues Rhythm (Part One): The 8th Note Triplet 36 TRIPLET WARMUP RIFF 36 18 TRIPLETS: C MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE 36 19 Blues Rhythm (Part Two): The Shuffle Rhythm 37 Blues Grooves: The “Flat Tire” Groove 38 In The Style Of “Everyday I Have The Blues” by B.B. King 38 20 Blues Grooves: Shuffled 8ths 39 Introduction Inside Cover 1 In The Style Of “Blues In G” by B.B. King 39 21 Tuning Notes 2 Blues “Shuffle” Articulation 39 The Fingerboard 4 The Albert King Style 40 Blues Bass: Basic Rhythms 5 In The Style Of “Laundromat Blues” by Albert King 40 22 Application: Chord To Chord Movement 6 The T-Bone Walker Style 41 Getting Started: A Blues Education 8 In The Style Of “Stormy Monday” by T-Bone Walker 41 23 Getting Started w/ Dominant Theory 11 Blues Groove: The Double Shuffle 42 The Three Basic Chords 12 In The Style Of “T-Bone Shuffle” by Buddy Guy 42 24 The 12-Bar Blues Form 12 The Jerry Jemmott Shuffle 43 The Blues: Musical Variables 13 In The Style Of “That Will Never Do” by Freddie King 43 25 Blues Theory Application: The Raw Material 14 Blues Grooves: The 12/8 Groove 44 The Blues: Harmonic Variations (Part 1) 15 Reading 12/8 Time 44 Blues Bass Profile: Willie Dixon 16 In The Style Of “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan 44 26 Blues Grooves: The “Walking” Groove 17 In The Style Of “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan 45 27 Walking Blues Example 17 3 Blues Theory: The Use Of Blue Notes 46 Building Vocabulary: Line Approaches 18 Blue Note Etude (legato “swing” 8th feel) 46 28 PATTERN ONE: THE MAJOR TRIAD 18 Tone Sets: “Blue Note” Tone Sets 47 PATTERN TWO: THE “BOX PATTERN” 18 BLUE NOTE TONE SET BLUES 48 29 MAJOR TRIAD APPLICATION 19 4 Blues Technique: The Use Of Slurs 49 “BOX PATTERN” APPLICATION 19 5 Double Stops: 10th Intervals 51 PATTERN THREE: THE MAJOR 6 ARPEGGIO 20 Ron Carter Style: Double Stop Blues 52 PATTERN FOUR: THE DOMINANT 13 ARPEGGIO 20 BLUES FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALONE 52 30 MAJOR 6 ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 21 6 Slurred Speech Shuffle 53 31 DOMINANT 13 ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 21 7 Slurred Speech Shuffle: The Three Chords 54 PATTERN FIVE: THE MIXOLYDIAN 22 In The Listening Room: THE SHUFFLE RHYTHM 55 PATTERN SIX: THE DOMINANT 7 ARPEGGIO 22 Beyond The Shuffle: R&B Blues Styles 56 MIXOLYDIAN SCALE APPLICATION 23 8 In The Style Of “If You Love Me Like You Say” by Albert Collins 56 32 DOMINANT 7th ARPEGGIO APPLICATION 23 9 Jerry Jemmott’s Funky Bass 57 PATTERN SEVEN: THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE 24 In The Style Of “Funky” by Freddie King 57 33 PATTERN EIGHT: THE CHROMATIC SCALE 24 Double Stops: Guide Tone Intervals 58 MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE APPLICATION 25 10 Guide Tone Double-Stops (ala Chuck Rainey) 58 34 “CHROMATIC” SCALE APPLICATION 25 11 “Fat Albert Bass” Blues 59 The Albert Collins Jump 26 In The Style Of “I Want You So Bad” by B.B. King 59 35 In The Style Of “Don’t Lose Your Cool” by Albert Collins 26 12 Roscoe Beck Style: Two Hand Chord Voicings 60 Walking With The King Of Kings 27 THE BETTER MOUSETRAP: “WIDE” VOICINGS 61 36 In The Style Of “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” by B.B. King 27 13 In The Listening Room: 12 BAR BLUES SONGS 62 Quarter Note Blues Style: Dominant Bass Line Ideas 28 ACKNOWLEGEMENTS/ABOUT THE AUTHOR 63