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Uploaded by on Aug 31, 2008

Twelve bar blues songs are very popular in American music and require learning basic drum beats. Learn more about learning 12 bar blues drum beats with tips from a drumming instructor in this free music lesson video.

Expert: Colby Wahl
Contact: www.colbywahl.com
Bio: Colby Wahl has been playing the drums for 27 years and currently teaches at the Sea Sharp Music Academy in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

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  • @pgc6265 you could call this BLUES! yes its kind of a funk groove, used a lot in blues (rock) too.

    think of 'crossroads' by cream for example. Or a lot of seasick steve songs like 'You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks'.

  • @pgc6265 A "Twelve bar blues" isn't a beat or a groove! It's a song form that consists of three four bar phrases based (mostly) on the I, VI and V chords of the tonic key. You can put a twelve bar blues in any rhythmic context and it won't cease to be a "Blues". He obviously hit the form and the changes. Stop thinking as "Just the drummer" and be a musician.

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  • @pgc6265 Well... It IS expervillage

  • all you tossers that come on here complaining....spend your time more wisely making your own videos...the guy is trying to help. And I CAN sing and play the blues to this

  • "jazz, rock n roll, you name it, it's got the blues in it at one point or another...." .... ummm, i'm sorry, what did you just say to me!? i'm sorry, i didn't see "expertvillage" when i clicked the video... my bad, ill be seein you

  • feels pretty hiphop to me

  • Not Blues!!!

    Source:

    Black from the south.

  • He's pretty much playing the hi hat part on his bass.. what a fail

  • ahahahahah and this is an expert village!? ahahah

  • Shit you drum sounds awful...i'm a beginner and my drum sounds better than yours...

    learn how to tune it first and maybe after that, you can give someone an advice!

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