8-Bar Blues: Inside the Blues Series
Author: Dave Rubin
I must admit, I don’t own a single book by Dave Rubin but I’m definitely going to be checking him out. He has a few books on offer and they mostly get good (although few) reviews. This one caught my attention just because of the title. 8 Bar Blues, now there’s something I bet a lot of us don’t practice as much as we should. It’s not that 8 bars requires a different understanding or anything but if it’s something you don’t do often then the ear tends to want to gravitate to the 12 bars we’re so used to.
It’s a good idea to practice now and then anything that’s not the traditional 12 bar just to keep us on our toes and prevent us from going into autopilot at a gig, potentially landing on some bad notes due to the unexpected chord change. The only thing I can’t be sure of here is whether the CD has solo-less jam tracks to play along with, I get the feeling it does but can’t be sure at this stage, so if any one knows, will be good to hear.
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