Lesson Block #18:
Boogie Woogie

About This Lesson Block

There are many slightly different versions of the blues form. In this block I will explain some of these variations and we'll look at a blues bassline which has been popular since before the 1930s - the Boogie Woogie.


Lessons in This Block:

blues form variation 1

The simplest variation of the 12-bar blues chord changes.

the boogie woogie blues pattern

A classic blues bassline applied to blues form variation 1.

blues form variation 2

One of the most common and important blues chord progressions.

boogie woogie on variation 2

The most typical version of the boogie woogie bassline.


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