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Blues Turnaround Licks
Blues turnaround licks are played at the end of a 12 bar blues progression as it “turns around” back to the start of the next 12 bars. When soloing over the last 1-2 Bars of a 12 bar blues you can just play minor pentatonic licks however playing a turnaround lick will help to outline the chord changes allowing others to hear where you are in the tune!
In this guitar lesson we will look at some common blues turnaround licks.
Walking Up Chromatic Lick
This simple but effective lick plays the root note of the I chord then walks up chromatically from the 3rd of the I chord to the root note of the V chord. Read More