Category: Blues Basics

• Double Stop Turnarounds

  4 May 2026Guitar Mojo

  A double stop is a fancy term used to describe the act of playing two notes simultaneously. Imagine it as playing a …

• Blues Jam Cheat Sheet

  11 Mar 2026Guitar Mojo

  Fig. 1: Primary Lead Pattern The “R”  is the pattern’s root. You can use the root to determine where to …

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  How To Play 12 Bar Blues

  28 Feb 2026Guitar Mojo

  The vast majority of contemporary blues music is based on what is termed a 12-bar format.  That is, the main body …

• Blues Chords: Dominant 9th

  9 Jan 2026Guitar Mojo

  All of these chords can substitute any of the I, IV, V chord found in blues. For example, you can …

• Descending Turnaround

  30 Sep 2025Guitar Mojo

  A descending turnaround has a shifting melody that travels down in pitch.