Rhythm Blues
Playing The Blues Guitar Shuffle Rhythm by Zack Roberts
So you have understood the 12-bar blues or at least the concept of it and you would like to push your blues playing to higher grounds.
Well your in luck my friend!
The better way to invigorate up your playing is to learn the blues shuffle rhythm. I am not sure where the name derives from, but the shuffle is a term used to identify the break down of a beat into 2 components where the first is lengthier than the second.
The blues shuffle rhythm is founded on an eighth note triplet rhythm. A triplet is when you use 3 notes in a given time space instead of two. In a standard 4/4 time signature where there is four quarter notes the eighth notes would be counted as…
1-&-2-&-3-&-4-& … where the &’s are the eighth notes between each quarter. to fill the same time signature with eighth note triplets we’d count as…
1-trip-let-2-trip-let-3-trip-let-4-trip-let … where the trip’s and let’s are eighth notes amounting up to 3 per quarter note. So basically…
1-& = 1-trip-let
The blues shuffle is achieved by playing the first and third notes in a series of triplets. So if the count is…
1-trip-let-2-trip-let-3-trip-let-4-trip-let … then you’ll be playing on all the down-beats or numbers and the let’s. I’ve indicated the notes you should be striking to better exemplify.
1-trip-let-2-trip-let-3-trip-let-4-trip-let.
To hear what the shuffle rhythm really sounds like try listening to Led Zeppelin’s – You Shook Me or Grateful Dead’s – Truckin
I hope this has cleared up any confusion you may have been having about the blues shuffle rhythm
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10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads) $24.98 10 Days Out may well be Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s most important and intriguing album, even though the guitarist is hardly the featured artist on any of these tracks, working instead more as a sideman and facilitator for the impressive cast of venerable blues players who get a chance to shine here. Make no mistake about it, this recording belongs to such senior citizens as Henry Townsend, Etta Baker, Pinetop Perkins, and Henry Gray, and Shepherd’s presence (and the presence of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton) simply helps to focus the attention on these veteran blues players. Shepherd embarked on a ten-day journey into the American South in 2004 with a documentary film crew, a portable recording studio, and Double Trouble as a house band in an effort to catch the blues in its natural habitat of living rooms, kitchens, porches, back yards, and local watering holes, and the performances that resulted are priceless. Here is one-armed harp player Neal Pattman and blind guitarist Cootie Stark turning in a joyous, ramshackle version of “Prison Blues.” A little later, Stark delivers further on a delightful song called “U-Haul,” complete with a marvelous improvised rap over the tune’s run-out coda. Here, too, is the then-96-year-old Henry Townsend turning in a poignant “Tears Came Rollin’ Down.” Etta Baker, then 93, shows that age hadn’t slowed her as a guitarist at all as she delivers an elegant “Knoxville Rag.” Shepherd wisely stays in the background on cut after cut, allowing these amazing musical treasures to unfold naturally and without intrusive elements. There are absolutely no hotshot guitar histrionics anywhere on this disc, which speaks to Shepherd’s sincere vision for this project. He’s after the preservation of blues history with 10 Days Out, and as if to underscore that aim, five of the album’s participants (Neal Pattman, Cootie Stark, Gatemouth Brown, George “Wild Child” Butler, and… |
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10 for 10 Sheet Music: Great American Standards (Easy Piano) $9.5 10 for 10 Sheet Music editions are the smartest, most economical choices for building your music library. Grow your repertoire and have lots of fun playing simplified piano arrangements of timeless standards by legendary songwriters like Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mandel, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Harry Warren, and more. This collection offers pianists an introduction to the Great American Songbook at a price that cant be beat. Complete lyrics are included, and the arrangements are expertly crafted by renowned pop piano arranger Dan Coates to be easily played, yet impressively full-sounding. Titles: Blue Moon * Blues in the Night * Cry Me a River * Dream a Little Dream of Me * Get Happy * I Got Rhythm * I Only Have Eyes for You * Night and Day * The Shadow of Your Smile * They Cant Take That Away from Me. |
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10 for 10 Sheet Music: Great American Standards – Easy Piano Book $10 10 for 10 Sheet Music editions are the smartest, most economical choices for building your music library. Grow your repertoire and have lots of fun playing simplified piano arrangements of timeless standards by legendary songwriters like Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mandel, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Harry Warren, and more. This collection offers pianists an introduction to the Great American Songbook at a price that can’t be beat. Complete lyrics are included, and the arrangements are expertly crafted by renowned pop piano arranger Dan Coates to be easily played, yet impressively full-sounding. Titles: Blue Moon * Blues in the Night * Cry Me a River * Dream a Little Dream of Me * Get Happy * I Got Rhythm * I Only Have Eyes for You * Night and Day * The Shadow of Your Smile * They Can’t Take That Away from Me.Arr. Dan Coates Item: 00-38585 UPC: 038081408217 ISBN 10: 0739088963 ISBN 13: 9780739088968 Series: 10 for 10 Sheet Music Category: Piano Collection Format: Book Instrument: Piano Level: Easy Piano Version: Piano Solos |
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100 Hits: Soul CD (Box Set, Import) $21.69 Box Set, Import – 2007 release of a five CD box set featuring vital Rhythm and Blues/Soul hits from a bevy of great artists. It’s just one of a new series of compilations of 100 tracks each that a… |
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100 R & B Soul Grooves for Bass (Qwikguide Series) $7.95 Featured here are classic R&B/Soul bass grooves from the 1940′s -1970′s; Rhythm and Blues bass lines mixing Motown, Memphis (soul/gospel) and New Orleans (funk) feels. 30 examples written in standard bass clef notation and TAB and all are contained on the companion CD with a full rhythm section. The examples will vary from basic to very complex. |
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100 R&B Soul Grooves for Bass [With CD] $9.99 Featured here are classic R&B/Soul bass grooves from the 1940”s -1970”s; Rhythm and Blues bass lines mixing Motown, Memphis (soul/gospel) and New Orleans (funk) feels. 30 examples written in standard bass clef notation and TAB and all are contained on the companion CD with a full rhythm section. The examples will vary from basic to very complex. |
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100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Alto Sax Book and CD $18.95 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor Andrew D. Gordon. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues saxophone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving ones sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale are also explained. Included with this book is a CD with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the saxophone playing along with a rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the saxophonist can play along. |
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100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone $16.09 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor Andrew D. Gordon. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up Blues saxophone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one’s sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale are also explained. Included with this book is a CD with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the saxophone playing along with a rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the saxophonist can play along. An optional MIDI disk in General MIDI format is available. |
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101 Kickin’ Country Rhythm Guitar Runs $14.95 This book/CD set teaches 101 rhythm guitar runs played to 21 popular traditional songs. Included in the collection are up-tempo songs ("Cotton-Eyed Joe"), waltzes ("Knoxville Girl"), minor-key songs ("The Wayfaring Stranger"), train songs ("New River Train"), gospel standards ("Amazing Grace"), blues ("Corrine, Corrina"), and more. Full music charts are included for each song in both standard notation and tablature, and extra lyrics for singers. The stereo CD enables you to "sit in" with a country band that includes a singer, rhythm guitar, and bass. To facilitate learning, each of the 21 songs is performed at two tempos, moderate and slow. The stereo format allows you to hear the rhythm guitar runs clearly isolated on the right speaker. Arranger: Larry McCabe Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate Length: 48 pages |
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101 Tips And Tricks for Blues Guitar $26.67 From tips on performing with a band to improving your tone to copping the essential techniques of the blues greats and beyond, this book is chock full of pointers to help everyone from the beginning student to the seasoned pro. Here, you’ll learn how to: play with the band * become a strong rhythm player * use the full range of the guitar’s natural tone * find the right kind of pickup * and much more. You’ll also learn a multitude of techniques, licks and riffs. The CD includes demonstration tracks. |
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101 Tips and Tricks for Blues Guitar $9.32 From tips on performing with a band to improving your tone to copping the essential techniques of the blues greats and beyond, this book is chock full of pointers to help everyone from the beginning student to the seasoned pro. Here, you’ll learn how to: play with the band • become a strong rhythm player • use the full range of the guitar’s natural tone • find the right kind of pickup • and much more. You’ll also learn a multitude of techniques, licks and riffs. The CD includes demonstration tracks. |
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101 Tips and Tricks for Blues Guitar (Book and CD) $12.3 From tips on performing with a band to improving your tone to copping the essential techniques of the blues greats and beyond, this book is chock full of pointers to help everyone from the beginning student to the seasoned pro. Here, you’ll learn how to: play with the band become a strong rhythm player use the full range of the guitar’s natural tone find the right kind of pickup and much more. You’ll also learn a multitude of techniques, licks and riffs. The CD includes demonstration tracks. |
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12 Bar Blues Bible $17.99 12 Bar Blues Bible by Andrew D. Gordon Due to the overwhelming demand of my book “100 Ultimate Blues Riffs”, I decided to author another book solely on blues piano/keyboard playing. Most Blues tunes are made up of a 12 bar progression and I thought that a book that show the various types and styles of 12 bar blues progressions would be useful to musicians and students. The book includes over 50 examples that cover a range of styles, (blues, jazz-blues, minor-blues, funky-blues, country-blues, rock-blues, latin-blues, gospel-blues), tempos, rhythms and key signatures. There is a brief description, followed by each of the examples perfectly notated, along with the chord symbols. The latter part of the book contains a chapter on the “Basics Of Blues Improvisation” for anyone who is just starting out in the world of Improvising using the Blues as a starting point. At the end of the CD there are seven jam – along tracks, each about three minutes in length so that you may try out examples in the book or your own improvisational ideas along with a rhythm section of organ, bass and drums. |
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12 Medium-Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes-Eb (Book and CD) $18.99 Created for a wide variety of musicians, 12 Medium-Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes will appeal to both aspiring players and more experienced musicians. Accessible, yet with some challenges, this music was written by world-renowned jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, bandleader, educator, and member of the Yellowjackets, Bob Mintzer. Designed for the medium-easy difficulty level, this book includes:-12 jazz, blues and funk etudes composed by Bob Mintzer in a variety of jazz styles, tempos, and time signatures.-Performance notes/tips for each etude to assist in interpretation and improvisation.-Play-along CD with a stellar rhythm section.-Transcription Exercise-Composition Exercise-Practice Page with scales/chords-All books are compatible and written so they can be performed together-Opportunity to study and learn these skills:-Melodic composition-Improvisation-Sight reading-Motivic development-Scales and chords-Jazz concept-Major and minor blues-Jazz waltz-Slow/Medium/Fast swing-Funky groove |
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12 Medium-Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes: B-Flat Instruments, Book & CD $11.87 Created for a wide variety of musicians, 12 Medium-Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes will appeal to both aspiring players and more experienced musicians. Accessible, yet with some challenges, this music was written by world-renowned jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, bandleader, educator, and member of the Yellowjackets, Bob Mintzer. Designed for the medium-easy difficulty level, this book includes 12 jazz, blues and funk etudes in a variety of jazz styles, tempos, and time signatures, performance notes/tips for each etude to assist in interpretation and improvisation, play-along CD with a stellar rhythm section, transcription exercise, composition exercise, and a practice page with scales/chords. All books in this series are compatible and written so they can be performed together. Study and learn melodic composition, improvisation, sight reading, motivic development, scales and chords, jazz concept, major and minor blues, jazz waltz, slow/medium/fast swing, and funky groove. |