[Harp-L] Re: Blues Grooves

[BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx]

Bob, nice to meet you at SPAH!  
 
Yeah, there are those 17 blues grooves you  noted & more (waltz etc...).  
Great list for more  seasoned players but likely too much for a new player to 
deal with.   So if you're a beginner... the four blues styles or 'grooves' 
you need  to be most aware of are:
 
Shuffle
Rumba
Slow Blues
Swing
 
In my experience the shuffle is the most common in a jam situation,  
followed by the slow blues. The other two are also  called fairly often.  Become 
familiar with those  four & you'll be able to make sense of 90+ percent of 
what you are  likely to run into at a typical electric blues jam.
 
Christopher Richards
Twin Tone Harmonica Microphones
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