Here's the performance video and downloadable audio jam track for Beginner Level 3 - Jam track 3.

Aims

• Expand on the 12 bar blues form with the blues riff

• Use the first and third (or fourth) finger to play the riff in 3 positions

• Use 8ths strumming for this riff

This 12 bar blues riff builds on the basic 1 finger A5, D5 and E5 power chords. As the first finger is already in place, we just need to move up two frets and back again to play the riff.

You can count the 8th notes and know which notes land where. The extra note we play with the third finger lands on beats 2 and 4, to a count of:

1 - and - 2 - and - 3 - and - 4 - and

Recommended 12 bar blues song

Johnny B. Goode - beginner acoustic

Click the button below to find Andy's song tutorials for this level of the course.

Songs for Beginner Level 3