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The Ace
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The Ace
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 11/27/03
Posts: 802
10/09/2004 10:48 pm
Well I can give you some, but I don't really know what style your into.

There's tons of variations on the 1-4-5, in the key of C that would be Cmaj., Fmaj., Gmaj. So I'll give you say... a twelve bar blues (but this one isn't bluesy) -
Cmaj. - 4 bars
F maj. - 2 bars
C maj. - 2 bars
G 7 - 1 bar
F maj. - 1 bar
C maj. - 2 bars

Now take that same progression and make all of the chords dom. 7th chords, and you have a 12 bar blues shuffle, or whatever you wanna call it, and that is bluesy.

Now take the last one (with all 7th chords) and make them all minor 7th chords. Now you have a cool minor blues situation.

Here's one you'll most likely come across in Jazz (key of C) -
D min 7th - 1 bar OR 2 beats
G 7 - 1 bar OR 2 beats
C maj.7 - 2 bars OR 1 bar

Heres a cool one for a kind of flamenco-es progression (but it isn't true flamenco) -
A minor - 2 bars
D minor - 2 bars
A minor - 2 bars
E maj.- 2 beats
F maj.- 2 Beats
E maj. - 1 beat
F maj.- 1 beat
G maj. - 1 beat
F maj. - 1 beat
E maj. - 1 bar

Ok that last one may seem confusing, but it is really just open to extreme variation, especially if you are playing in a guitar duet, or going solo. Experiment with it to find timing you like.

That should give you some preogressions to chew on. I'll give some more later, but that should do for a little while.
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