Here is a slower set of playalongs for the C 12 Bar blues. Grab your guitar and get rocking.
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II-V-I in G Major (A1)
Two Five One Pattern for Jazz Guitar.
This is a core two five one pattern in G major. Based on strings 4, 3, and 2, it is relatively easy to play on the guitar and very, very versatile. Get this one down and experiment a lot.
Copy the image or click to get pdf of score/tabs.
Enjoy!
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Lester Young Solo – Fine and Mellow – Transcription
This is the perfect blues chorus. Well, for Fine and Mellow, that is. It’s perfect. And it can’t really be notated, you have to listen, or you won’t play it correctly. As is often the case, it’s not so much what you say, but how you say it. He’s got some choice verbage, too, though.
Check it.
Written for Gtr, transpose accordingly.
Click here or the image above for pdf of transcription.
Listen to whole track on Youtube.
Starting at solo. Youtube. Lester actually starts a few seconds after this clip starts, but just to set you up a little, I link here.
Here is the complete show. It’s great!
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Wardell Gray Solo One O’Clock Jump
Ashamed to admit it, but I just really started listening to Wardell. He is the perfect blend of my favorite saxophonists. Lester, Bird, Stitt, and his own thing.
Anyway, this is a perfect swing meets bop chorus on the One O’Clock Jump. A twelve bar blues. Basie plays the first few choruses in F Major, then modulates straight to Db for the horn solos. Pretty cool. Have fun with this. Listen to the track to get the articulation.
This is written for Guitar, transpose accordingly.
Click image or here for pdf.
Youtube might still have it.
Enjoy!