Turnarounds

Lesson 2/70 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Blues Rhythm Guitar Method
Turnarounds

Turnarounds

A turnaround is a two bar phrase which can be found at the end of each verse in the vast majority of Blues songs. Turnarounds usually begin on chord I in bar eleven of a 12 bar progression and move to chord V in bar twelve. A turnaround has the effect of finishing a verse while setting the progression up for the start of the next verse. Here is an example of a turnaround. first by itself an then at the end of a 12 bar progression.

This is a variation on the previous turnaround. Instead of playing two notes together, the same notes are played consecutively, alternating between the third and fourth strings.

Now listen to the effect when the turnaround is added to a 12 bar Blues progression.

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1- 7th Bar Chords, Rhythm Techniques 2- Rest 3- Triplets, Key of E 4- The Mixolydian Scale 5- The Bar Chord 6- The Blues Scale 7- Shuffle Riffs, Ties 8- Rhythm Notation 9- The Pentatonic Scale 10- Bar Chord Blues 11- Open String Riffs 12- LESSON SEVENTEEN 13- Root 5 Bar Chords 14- INTRODUCTION 15- Changing Between Shapes 16- Minor Chords 17- Moveable 7th Chords 18- More on 7th Chords 19- LESSON SIXTEEN 20- Turnarounds 21- LESSON THIRTY FOUR 22- LESSON THIRTY THREE 23- Shuffles in The Key of E 24- Moveable Shuffle Variations 25- Moveable Shuffle Patterns 26- Basic Chords 27- More on Turnarounds 28- 12 Bar Blues 29- Staccato, Key of A 30- Key of G 31- Shuffle Variations 32- New Strumming Patterns, Key of D 33- Two Note Chords 34- LESSON TWENTY FIVE 35- 7th Chords 36- Note and Rest Values 37- 7th Chord Review 38- The tie 39- Learning the Notes 40- The Hammer-on 41- Root 5 Seventh Chords 42- Eighth Note Rests 43- Key of E 44- Chord Diagrams 45- Chord Progressions 46- C Major Scale 47- The Up-Strum 48- The A Chord 49- Chord Charts 50- Key of A 51- Major 7 Progression 52- Root Six Major Bar Chord 53- Staccato 54- Minor Bae Chords 55- Summary of Chords 56- Dotted Notes 57- Key of D 58- Percussive Strumming 59- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard 60- Easy Read Rhythm Notation 61- Step One 62- The shuffle 63- Step Two 64- Fretboard Diagrams 65- Step Three 66- Tablature 67- Left Hand Technique 68- Tablature Symbols 69- Notes on the Sixth String 70- Technique

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