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Boogie Woogie

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Improvisation
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Swing rhythm: The sign is very common in blues/jazz music and means that pairs
of quavers are played in a long-short triplet pattern. The first note of each quaver pair lasts
about twice as long as the second to give a swinging hump-ty dump-ty rhythmic feel. The
small grey notes shown below are optional; include them as a musical/technical variation.
Boogie Woogie
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G7 C7
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G7
D7 C7 G7 D7
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The 12-Bar Blues
The tune Boogie Woogie is, like most blues music, based on a structure of 12 bars. There are many different
variations of the famous 12-bar chord sequence, but the most common and basic one is shown here. Improvise
over this sequence using the G blues scale, shown below.
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Trad. American
The G Blues Scale 30
G
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C
C C
F
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The grid below shows the scale in two
octaves (Lower octave notes are grey).
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Boogie Woogie

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Higher extension note
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