Rhythm figures can be as simple as a quarter-note chord strum, an eighth-note boogie pattern, or a wild hybrid containing everything but the kitchensink, as evidenced by the complex, integrated rhythm work of Magic Sam,Freddie King, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Figure 7-21 is a 12-bar blues that uses chords, single-note bass runs (to bringyou in and out of those chords), and single-note riffs that go into flights ofblues fancy.

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TAB

3

E7

0 00 01 10 02 2 2 2 4 20 0 3 4 4

3

A7

2 2 2 2 4 20 0 3 4 4

E7

0 0 0 00 0 2 0 0 0 2 01 1 2 0 1 1 2 01 1 2 0 1 1 2 02 2 2 20 0 0 0

2 0 02 2

0 3 4

A7

2 2 2 2 4 20 0 3 4

3

22 5 4 2 2

0 3 4

E7

0 00 01 10 02 2 2 2 4 20 0 3 4

3

22 5 4 2 0 1

0 4

3

B7

14 4 1 1 4 4 4 12 2

3

A7

2 2 2 2 20 0 3 4 3 4

3 3 3E

0 0 0

4 4 3 3 2 2

0 4 3 2

3

B7

0 20

1 21

0 1 2 20 4

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Figure 7-21:

A rhythm

groove over

a 12-bar

blues in E.

135Chapter 7: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues