blues and jazz

I recently put together this Spotify playlist of songs that many people may be surprised to find out use the 12-bar blues structure (or fairly minor variations of it). I left out lots of the early rock era (1950s-1960s) songs that use 12-bar structure, since…

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I just got off the phone with an adult that started learning traditionally and wants to try out SM.  I let her know the various genres we teach, and she let me know she is not crazy about jazz or blues.  I have had another…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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