Sound like a BLUES GUITAR PRO with these ESSENTIAL TURNAROUNDS!

In this lesson, I'll show you 8 essential blues turnarounds to use in your rhythm and lead blues guitar playing. These examples range from simple to more advanced and are crucial to the blues language when playing over a 12-bar blues.

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Table of Contents
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - Example 1 (Basic Turnaround in E)
2:33 - Example 2 (Basic Turnaround Variation in E)
4:09 - Example 3a (Chicago Blues Turnaround in E)
6:23 - Example 3b (Chicago Blues Turnaround in E)
7:04 - Example 4 (Turnaround in E)
8:48 - Example 5 (Single Note Turnaround in E)
11:00 - Example 6 (Delta Blues Turnaround in A)
14:33 - Example 7 (Contrary Motion Turnaround in A)
17:53 - Example 8 (Chordal Turnaround)
20:33 - Conclusion

[chilipeet]

You're the only blues teacher I always jump for... and I'm never disappointed. : )))) Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!

[pierrebrault]

Thank you ! hello from 🇨🇦 Your a very good teacher 🎸

[fredmonstagram]

Pure gold! As were the latest lessons on Hitting the Blues Changes and Secondary Dominant Chords. Patiently waiting for the Jamey Arent "Complete Blues Method" course . . . .

[rafa_guitar]

Thank you Jamey! so cool turnarounds, I will try to incoporate some of them in time.

[streetmansam]

Thank you Jamey, I gotta get these turnarounds nailed!!

[ellenhenderson]

I kinda mastered the first two. These are fun.

[rob]

Man, you are an awesome teacher! Earned my subscription. Damn glad I found your so helpful channel! Carry on, sir!

[skipole]

Jamie, do you have any videos on advanced single note turn arounds in A?

[davidcromwell]

Thanks Jamey - another excellent lesson! The chordal turnaround is tasty.

P.S. A tiny correction, I think: as your tab shows, the second chord in the chordal turnaround is C#m7b5 (or C# half-diminished) rather than Cm7b5 (or C half-diminished) which is what you actually said.

[platosocrates]

Im search for a intro/turnaround I can't figure out 100% and don't find it anywhere. Who knows this? It's the beginning of the song Good Thinking Bad Man from Status Quo. I know the song alright and have the TAB, but not the intro.

[daveylee]

So….. were basic blues progressions set in stone by a musical genius blazing a path, or was it something that someone stumbled upon and said “Hey, that sounds good! I LIKE

[johnh]

*Oh come on, baby don't you wanna go...*