BrianKay
Blues Newbie
Hello!
So, I'm a relative beginner and working my way through Griff's "How to Jam the Blues Alone" course, as well as nerding out big-time on his one-off video "Blues Song Form Elements". I'm basically looking for a little feedback on whether I'm understanding "feel" rightly. In the latter video he mentions that there are three options for feel: straight blues (which would have a count like "one-and-two-and-three-and-four", yes?), shuffle (which would have a count like "one-and-uh-two-and-uh-three-and-uh-four-and-uh", yes?), and slow blues (which is just a slow shuffle, right?).
If I'm right about that, it seems like most of the licks in at least the first half of How to Jam the Blues Alone are in shuffle feel, yes? I just want to make sure I'm not counting wrongly! Also, is this an indication that most blues really are in the shuffle feel? For some reason I find the shuffle much harder to count!
Thanks for any reality checks with anything I've said!
Truly,
Brian
So, I'm a relative beginner and working my way through Griff's "How to Jam the Blues Alone" course, as well as nerding out big-time on his one-off video "Blues Song Form Elements". I'm basically looking for a little feedback on whether I'm understanding "feel" rightly. In the latter video he mentions that there are three options for feel: straight blues (which would have a count like "one-and-two-and-three-and-four", yes?), shuffle (which would have a count like "one-and-uh-two-and-uh-three-and-uh-four-and-uh", yes?), and slow blues (which is just a slow shuffle, right?).
If I'm right about that, it seems like most of the licks in at least the first half of How to Jam the Blues Alone are in shuffle feel, yes? I just want to make sure I'm not counting wrongly! Also, is this an indication that most blues really are in the shuffle feel? For some reason I find the shuffle much harder to count!
Thanks for any reality checks with anything I've said!
Truly,
Brian