From the course: Beginning Blues Keyboard
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Quick IV
- In this example, we're going to make one change in our 12-bar form. We're going to add in something blues players like to call a QuickIV. Now up to now, you've been playing four bars of the I chord at the top of the form. A variation of that is to substitute a Quick IV chord in bar two. You play one bar of the I chord followed one bar of the IV chord, and then two more bars of the I chord. The rest of the form stays the same. Here's the first four bars of a blues in G with a Quick IV. (playing blues music) Okay, that's the sound. Lets put those thirds and sevenths in your left hand with a simple blues scale melody in your right hand. (upbeat blues music)
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