![]() This turnaround has two parts working together at the same time. Guitar Tab showing Turnaround 5 containing a moving bass line with a constant high note and string skipping. This is the same note, but sliding into the 5th fret will cause a slight clash before your slide reaches the unison note. The lick ends by playing two notes on the 5th fret of the B along with the open E. While the major 3rd note technically isn’t in the minor key, it adds an interesting flavour to any blues lick. There is a third bar containing a short lead line running up the E Minor pentatonic using the Major 3rd on the G string. This will give the impression that you are accenting the descending changes. A great way to get into this rhythm is to play each triplet three times, then when you have the passage in your mind, skip the middle note. This turnaround has a triplet feel, except we are missing out the middle note. Guitar Tab showing Turnaround 4 containing descending dyads on the B and E strings with a short lead line. This turnaround also has a third bar incorporating a short lead lick descending in the E Minor pentatonic scale with an added Major 3rd note (1st fret of the G). The chord takes the shape of a standard D7 chord but descending chromatically from the 4th fret down to the 2nd, before switching at the end of the second bar to the highest 3 notes of an E Major chord. This E minor turnaround starts with a triplet feel, descending chordal pattern. Guitar Tab showing Turnaround 3 containing descending chords and a lead line from the E Minor Pentatonic Scale with an added Major 3rd. If you are using this turnaround mid phrase, then replace that E chord with the first bar of your next 12 bar cycle. The third bar of this turnaround ends on an E chord, if you are using this as an ending this is a great way to wrap it up. For a real delta blues feel, slide into the first note of each group. This turnaround contains a string skip all the way through, with fretted notes on the G and open notes on the E. This would work great at the end of an acoustic blues. ![]() The triplets in this example are quarter note triplets meaning each three notes will cover 2 beats of the bar as this turnaround is a slower one. Guitar Tab showing Turnaround 2 containing picked notes, string skipping and slides in the key of E Minor. ![]() If you play the initial two notes on the 9th fret with your third finger on the D string and little finger on the G, this will free up your other fingers to play the descending notes as the little finger holds the G in place. The rhythm in the first bar is broken up into triplets, meaning each beat will contain three notes. This first turnaround is in the key of E minor. Guitar Tab showing Turnaround 1 containing picked notes in the key of E Minor. ![]()
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