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Capital City Guitars Blues

mp3: Capital City Guitars Blues
wma: Capital City Guitars Blues
Time/size: 5 mins 35 secs/7.9mb
Acoustic blues jam track: This is a 12 bar blues progression in the key of E.
80 beats per minute/bpm
Backing track instruments: acoustic guitar.
Progression: This is standard blues progression that uses simple Root + 5th to Root + 6th chords.
Suggestions: Start with an E blues scale over this one and keep it simple. Get in the groove of the tune and play with feel.

I will add some blues licks in E that you can play over this track soon.

Chords: The tab for the chord shapes I've used in this progression is shown below. You don't get much simpler than this. Although it's simple, it's one of the coolest chord progressions ever to have been played on guitar.

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|--2--
E|--0--

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|--4--
E|--0--

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--2--
A|--0--
E|-----

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--4--
A|--0--
E|-----

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--4--
A|--2--
E|----

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--6--
A|--2--
E|----

Other notes: This jam track is the first jam track I recorded on the new multi-track recorder I'm using which is a Zoom HD16. It took me far to long to get hold of one of these units. I was lucky enough to get this one from Capital City Guitars (hence the name of the jam track) through their eBay store which you can check out here: Capital City Guitars on eBay. When in Olympia WA, go say hi to Robert at Capital City Guitars.

With the Zoom HD16 I can record with up to 8 inputs going at any one time. This means I'll be able to record acoustic guitars, drums and other instruments with direct input as well as multiple mics set up around the room. It helps get a much better sound when you can use 2 or 3 mics.