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"Turn forthe Worse," a common 16-bar progression with a four-bar intro, features a stralght eighth
rock feel. There are many variations of 16-bar blues progressions. When soloing over a 16-bar progres-
sion you have to take a different approach than you would over a 12-bar progression. Not only does the
progression stay on the lchord (in this case, A7) for six bars, as opposed to four in a 12-bar blues, the
next chord is a V chord (E7) instead of a lV chord (D7). Therefore, the lines and phrases you play over
the I chord must lead to the V chord. After two bars of the V chord (E7), the progression returns to the
I chord (A7) for two bars and then goes to the lV (D7) chord for two bars. There is no V-lV progression
as there is in a 12-bar blues; instead there is one bar of the I chord followed by one bar of the V chord,
concluding with two bars of the I chord. lf this sounds confusing just look at the chord chart for the tune
and I think you will understand the 16-bar progression a little better. You could also think of it as four
groups of four-bar phrases With the first four bars consisting of the I (A7) chord. The second four bars
consist of two bars of I and two bars of V. The third phrase is made up of two bars of I and two bars of
lV. And the final phrase consists of one bar of l, one bar of V, and two bars of I before the whole progres-
sion repeats. One key to being able to play well over 16-bar progressions and other extended forms (like
24- and 32-bar progressions) is to learn to feel music in four-bar phrases. You can start by learning to feel
when the chord changes occur in a 12-bar blues. One of the best ways to do this is to just play a 12-bar
blues (like "Texas Shuffle") with a metronome or drum machine and see if you can change chords at the
right time. You could also play along to recordings, but the idea is to learn to change chords at the right
time on your own. Joining a blues band and playing a lot of rhythm guitar would do it also. Once you can
feel where the changes are in a 12-bar blues learning extended forms is easy. You simply add phrases
to the 12-bar form (progression) that you already know well. This will be discussed in a little more detail
in Chapter 5. Here's a look at the rhythm chart for "Turn for the Worse."

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