Lesson 36

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Mickey's giving us the Blues....(as Forrest Gump might say) AGAIN!  This time we're using all the runs we've studied so far with the connections of Lesson 35.  It's two full 12-bar choruses.  I've added a rhythm guitar part that I adapted from one of the Bop Blues Progressions we studied in Lesson 21.  I don't think you'll have any problems recognizing it as a close relative to some of your old friends. 

To get the Bounce Rhythm Mickey called for, I raised the tempo to 1/4=160, and ragged the eights.

Mickey wants us to transpose it to all orchestra keys except C.  I'm sure the reason for this is that the Key of C would take us either to the Open Position or the 12th position.  At 12th position, well, it's just too high for a good percentage of our guitars.  In the Open Position, we'd have to modify our fingering.  So...... after you get comfortable with the fingerings per the lesson, you might want to try this solo from the Open Position that I've included as a Bonus TEF.

How are we coming along with our Standards Notebook?  As a Bonus TEF I'm adding an old favorite, All of Me, adapted from a guitar duet with rhythm that Larry Kuhns and I arranged years ago.  As a change of pace I thought you might like to hear another lead instrument rather than the clarinet.

Just keep it FUN!