Constant Bass Line in the Key of E
To use the constant bass line style in the key of E the following three bass lines are featured. This time it is necessary to finger the note B on the second fret of the fifth string for the duration of the B chord.
The E constant bass lines are used in conjunction with notes from the open positions of the following E scales.
E Minor Pentatonic Scale (Open Position)
B Blues Scale (Open Position)
Vibrato
Another popular guitar technique used frequently throughout all forms of Blues guitar is vibrato. Vibrato is another technique controlled with the left hand finger which is fretting the note. This technique involves moving the string rapidly back and forth in the direction of the adjacent strings as the left hand finger is fretting the note.
Vibrato is applied to some of the notes in the following example. Vibrato is indicated by a wavy line above the note.
The next example is typical of a constant bass line lick in the key of E. Several techniques introduced in the previous lessons are incorporated into the lick.
Turnaround Licks
A turnaround lick is a common lick that is often played at the end of a Blues progression to "turn the progression around" back to the beginning. There are many variations on this familiar sounding lick, some of which will appear throughout this book.
This first turnaround lick is in the key of A, the second in the key of E.
A turnaround lick is used at the end of the following eight bar Blues progression in E.
A turnaround lick is used at the end of the following eight bar Blues progression in E.
