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12 bar shuffle/blues progression
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I / / / I / / / I / / / I7 / / /
IV / / / IV / / / I / / / I / / /
V7 / / / IV / / / I / / / V7 / / /

All examples are in Key of A

Here are some positions for I, IV and V7

I IV V7
5)-----5------3A------5----------------
6)-----5------3B------5B---------------
7)-------------------------------------
------------3L------5L---------------
9)-----5-------------------------------
10)------------------------------------


or here
I IV V7
5)-----10-----10------12---------------
6)-----10B----10------12---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-----10L-----------------------------
9)------------10------12---------------
10)------------------------------------


or here (D -> C# on 9th required)
I IV V7
5)-----2------1-------3----------------
6)-------------------------------------
7)-------------------------------------
-----2R-----1R------3R---------------
9)-----2------1L------3L---------------
10)------------------------------------


or here (D -> C# on 9th required)
I IV V7
5)-----8------7-------9----------------
6)-------------------------------------
7)-------------------------------------
-----8R-----7R------9R---------------
9)-----8L-----7-------9----------------
10)------------------------------------


or here
I IV V7
2)-----5L-----3-------5----------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-------------------------------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----5------3B------5B---------------
7)------------3-------5----------------
-----5-------------------------------


or here
I IV V7
2)-----10-----10L-----12L--------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-------------------------------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----10B----10------12---------------
7)-----10------------------------------
------------10------12---------------


or here
I IV V7
2)-----5L-----3-------5----------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-----5------3C------5C---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----5------3B------5B---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------


or here
I IV V7
2)-----10-----10L-----12L--------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-----10C----10------12---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----10B----10------12---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------


Experiment with different picking patterens instead of chords
Example patteren (bar count below)
2)-----------10-------10-------10-------10-------10~~~~-
3)------------------------------------------------------
4)------------------------------------------------------
5)------------------------------------------------------
6)--------------10B------10B---------10B---10-----------
7)----/10~~~~------10-------10----10----------10--------
------------------------------------------------------
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Or when playing chords only.
Approach from above or below when changing chords.

Example I to IV

5)-----5---4A--3A---------------------
6)-----5---4B--3B---------------------
7)------------------------------------
---------4L--3L---------------------
9)-----5------------------------------
10)-----------------------------------


Example I to V7

5)-----5---5A 4A--5------------------
6)-----5---5---4B--5B-----------------
7)------------------------------------
-------------4L--5L-----------------
9)-----5---5--------------------------
10)-----------------------------------


Example V7 to I

5)-----5---6---5----------------------
6)-----5B--6---5----------------------
7)------------------------------------
-----5L-----------------------------
9)---------6---5----------------------
10)-----------------------------------
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Bengt Erik

Bengt,
Just what the doctor ordered for that Rock and Roll illness. Thanks,
Steve

Great stuff here Erik; and thanks for all you do pal>bang up job.
Ricky

Ricky
Getting feedback like that from the man that has the best resource of steel-tab on the net is just........... I don't have words. Thanks.

Made my day

I believe 1 hour of sharing knowledge equals 14days of sitting by myself trying to figure it all out. So hopefully someone can get more time to play instead of going crazy trying to figure out how play this wonderful instrument.

Here is just a few more I, IV, V
Key of A
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I IV V7
4)-----5------4R------6R---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----5------4-------6----------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-----5------4-------6----------------
10)------------------------------------


I IV V7
4)-----11R----10------12---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----11-----10------12---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-----11-----10------12---------------
10)------------------------------------


one other position for the I chord is here.
I
4)-----7C------------------------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----7B------------------------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-----7-------------------------------
10)------------------------------------


I IV V7
4)-------------------------------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----5------4-------6----------------
7)-------------------------------------
-----5------4R------6R---------------
9)-----5------4-------6----------------
10)------------------------------------


I IV V7
4)-------------------------------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----11-----10------12---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-----11R----10------12---------------
9)-----11-----10------12---------------
10)------------------------------------


I IV V7
2)-----5L-----4L------6L---------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-----5------4R------6R---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----5------4-------6----------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-------------------------------------
10)------------------------------------


I IV V7
2)-----11L----10L-----12L--------------
3)-------------------------------------
4)-----11R----10------12---------------
5)-------------------------------------
6)-----11-----10------12---------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-------------------------------------
10)------------------------------------


Play the 3rd string instead of 6th string for another voicing

Play the 4th string instead of 8th string for another voicing

Play the lowered 2nd string instead of 9th string for another voicing


Example I to the IV

4)----------5-----------3~~~~~~--4~~~~~~--5-----5--4-----5--6-----7--8-----9--10~~~~~~-
5)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)----------5-----------3~~~~~~--4~~~~~~--5-----5--4-----5--6-----7--8-----9--10~~~~~~-
7)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----5-----------------3~~~~~~--------------------------------------------------------
9)-------------------------------4~~~~~~--5-----5--4-----5--6-----7--8-----9--10~~~~~~-
10)------------5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . .
Try sliding some/all of the notes from 5th to 10th fret.


Cool Turnaround I to V

4)-----5---5---6L----------------------
5)-----------------5~~~~~~-------------
6)-----5---5B--6B--5B~~~~~-------------
7)-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
9)-----5---5L--------------------------
10)------------6---5~~~~~~-------------


Another Example I to IV
2)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)-------------------------------------------------------4~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------
4)----5~~~~~~--5~~3-----------------------4R~~~~~--4R~4--------------------------------
5)-------------------3A----------------------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------
6)----5~~~~~~-----------3~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~--4~~~~~~--------------------3~3B~~~~----------
7)----------------------------------------------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9)----5~~~~~~-----------------------------4~~~~~~--------------------------------------
10)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . .
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(I am not sure, but do some of these voicings sound like it was played on C6)
I only have a S10 E9-tuning

Bengt Erik<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by BENGT ERLANDSEN on 21 November 2000 at 01:13 PM.]</p></FONT>