Chords for Blues shuffle in A for beginners

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_ _ _ Hey there, I'm [N] Jamie Anderson and in this lesson, I'm going to teach you a simple blues shuffle in the key of A
The blues is a foundation for so many different genres of music.
This is a really fun riff to know
Not only the cool to know but I'm going to show you towards the end of this video how you put it into songs and use
It as a substitution for chords.
So let's get started
First [B] you want to use your index finger and press down on the [N] fourth string on the second fret
You're going to strum the string above it the fifth string and the fourth string, but only [A] those two
Now don't worry if you can't see really well right now later on in the video.
I'll show you some close-ups
So you want to do that twice? _
Then you want to take your third finger and move it up to [E] the fourth fret
Still on the fourth string and do the same thing two [A] little strums
_ All right, [E] so go back [A] and do it on two again _ and then on four
_ So I'm going to put it together it's two
four
two
Four there you go
So [N] that's one sequence
The next one is going to be on the third string again rocking back and forth on the second and the fourth fret
So now I am playing the fourth string and the third string
I'm only pressing down the third string and I'm staying on the third string to press down.
[D] So it'll be like this
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_ _ _ _ _ All right, are you hearing the blues?
Yeah
_ _ [N] The other sequence is up here the fifth string from the bottom and also playing the sixth string and it sounds like this again
Rocking [E] back and forth on the second and fourth fret _
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Okay
_ [N] Now I'm going to play the whole sequence for you
This is called a 12 bar blues because it's 12 measures and I'll try to include
Somewhere the tab so that you can look up what I'm playing _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So here we go.
I'm going to count out the measures as we go
So we're going to start with the fourth string and also playing the fifth string open above it
Then we're going to go to the third string back to the fourth string and then I'll call out the rest as I play it
Here we go
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one _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Two three _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Four _ _ to the [A] third string one _ _ _ _
_ _ Two _ _ _ _
Back to the fourth string one two _ _ _
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Up to the [B] fifth string one measure
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_ third [B] string one
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_ Finish off [A] with two measures at the fourth string _ _
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_ _ Okay
[N] _ Here's a close-up of the entire sequence starting from the beginning ready and
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one _ _ _ _ _ _
two _ _ _ _ _ _
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Three four _ _ _ _ _
Change one _ _ _ _ _ _ two and _ _ change one
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Two
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_ _ And back to the fourth string
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_ _ _ [Em] Here's what it [N] sounds like a little faster
See if you can play it with me if you can't go back to the version where I'm playing a little [A] slower
So here we go _
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[A] switch
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After the fourth string _ _ _ _ _ up to the fifth string [E] one measure _ _
[B] Third string two measures on the [A] fourth string. _
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How cool is that right?
Do you feel like BB [Eb] King?
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So here's where you can use substitutions [Gb] now
If you're ever playing a song that has an a a D or an E
And you want to give it sort of a bluesy feel instead of playing the chord play one of these sequences
And [C] I'll give you an example.
So if I was going to do [A] hound dog
_ That would be an a chord if it's in the key of a there ain't you ain't [A] nothing but a hound dog _ _ _
Crying all the time
_ _ _ [E] Okay
So that's the chord now if you want to substitute you can use the sequence at the fourth string [Eb] and
It'll sound like this you ain't nothing [A] but a hound dog
_ _ Crying all the time _
_ [Eb] How cool is that right so now I'm going to play all of hound dog here, and you can hear how it all works
You ain't [A] nothing but a hound dog
_ _ Crying all the time
_ _ You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Playing the D substitution
Crying [E] all the time
[A] Back to the a substitution up to the E [E] you ain't never caught a rabbit [B] and you ain't no friend [E] of mine
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[E] How cool is that right [N] now if you want to know more I do teach [G] via Skype
I'll put the address somewhere in this frame, and you can also [B] go to Jamie Anderson calm that spelled J [E] a M IE
Anderson with an O n and right [N] there on the title page is a way to contact me
I'd love to hear from you and while you're up there check out my music.
I've got 11 albums
I've written several hundred songs
And I even do [A] a song with that sequence [N] based on that sequence on my latest album
It's called out of time so hope to hear from you.
Thanks a lot.
Bye.
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