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12-Bar Blues Drum Trading - 8 Bars - No Metronome - 110 BPM

Drum Trading: this Basic 12-Bar Blues track at 110 BPM removes both drums and metronome so you can stretch your internal time across longer 8-bar exchanges.

Intermediate 12-bar loop
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Chord progression

F7 I7
F7 I7
F7 I7
F7 I7
Bb7 IV7
Bb7 IV7
F7 I7
F7 I7
C7 V7
Bb7 IV7
F7 I7
C7 V7

How to practice

  1. 1 Try to keep the same pocket from one entrance to the next instead of resetting.
  2. 2 Make the 8-bar shape audible in your phrase design.
  3. 3 Use repeated rhythmic ideas to stabilize the time.

Suggested scales & modes

  • F blues scale
  • F minor pentatonic
  • F Mixolydian

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Use the live player to loop the progression, change tempo, and play with piano, bass, and drums.

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