Blues in the key of D – jam track lesson – lesson 5: shape 5.
This is the fifth lesson in the D Blues Scale guitar series. Including audio (jam track), scale diagram and instructions.
Instructions
The D Blues scale can be used over the whole track. But as mentioned in previous lessons, over the IV chord (G7) the C note is advised to avoid. And, over the I chord, F is advised to bend.
Lesson 5 focus on the shape 5 of the D Blues Scale, played in 7th position.
The shape 5 cover five frets and include the root note (D) trice.
If you remember shape 4 and shape 1 from lessons 4 and 1, you could merge all three and by that covering 5th to 13th fret.
Explanations
Chords and structure - This blues jam track is structured as a 12-bar song with the following progression:
12-bar structure chords in each chorus.
D7
D7
D7
D7
G7
G7
D7
D7
A7
G7
D7
A7
Each bar last for four seconds. The complete structure is played three times (notice that in the last repeat, the A7 in the 12th bar is replaced with a D7) and the repeats starts over at 00:52 and 1:40.
Lessons overview
D Blues Scale guitar series include these lessons:
