Learn a Robert Johnson Blues Lick
Tuesday September 22, 2009
Here's a quick and easy little blues riff (actually a blues intro or "turnaround") played by Robert Johnson that you can learn with the help of an mp3 and tab. Although Johnson recorded this over 70 years ago, it still sounds great today. Learn a Robert Johnson Blues Lick
Comments
Great article! Very helpful for those aspiring blues artists and those just wanting to understand what 12 bars is, particularly with the written examples combined with the sound links.
I | I | I | I | I V | I V | I | I | V | IV | I | I
I-I-I-I/IV-IV/I-I/V/IV/I-I
Here are the I-IV-V groups for other major keys:
A: A-D-E
B: B-E-F#
C: C-F-G
D: D-G-A
E: E-A-B
F: F-Bb-C
G: G-C-D
OR
A: A-D-E
Bb: Bb-Eb-F
B: B-E-F#
C: C-F-G
C#: C#-F#-G#
D: D-G-A
Eb: Eb-G#-Bb
E: E-A-B
F: F-Bb-C
F#: F#-B-C#
G: G-C-D
G#: G#-C#-Eb
Bars 1-4: Tonic (I)
Bars 5-6: Subdominant (IV)
Bars 7-8: Tonic (I)
Bar 9: Dominant (V)
Bar 10: Subdominant (IV)
Bars 11-12: Tonic (I)
A5 A6 A5 A6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 |
D5 D6 D5 D6 | D5 D6 D5 D6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 |
E5 E6 E5 E6 | D5 D6 D5 D6 | A5 A6 A5 A6 | E5 E6 E5 E6 |
Many Thanks!_;)