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Growing up in Kentucky, Jim Duff counted the legends of traditional Country music as his heroes. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt made a huge impact on the young songwriter and helped shape his sound. He dreamt of a life performing. However, music was not his only talent and life took him in another direction for a while.


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Monday, April 9, 2012

GuitarPlayer: Blues Turnarounds

IN THIS LESSON WE’LL BE LOOKING at blues turnarounds, or “turnbacks” as they are sometimes called. Turnarounds normally occur in bars 11 and 12 in a standard 12-bar blues, and having a few good ones under your fingers is invaluable for jam sessions, solo playing, or writing tunes in the blues idiom. This month’s examples would work best using a fingerstyle or hybrid picking technique. Let’s have a look.

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GuitarPlayer: Blues Turnarounds

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