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McCartney Sight Reading Etude 7 – Three Key Blues

March 23, 2023 by Paul Wolfe

On this page is the video, pdf and practice track for the Paul McCartney Style Sight Reading Etude 7.

This is a slightly different Etude….it’s just three choruses of the 12 bar quick blues in an uptempo walking pop style. The kicker though is that each chorus is in a different key…and each new chorus is set up by a II7-V7 turnaround in bar 12 of the preceding chorus.

  • The first chorus is in F.
  • The second chorus is in F#.
  • And the third chorus is in G.

One other thing…when I came to film this I decided to constrain myself to 1st Position (so first finger on the 1st fret…and not go beyond the 4th fret).

Here’s the video:

To download the Zipped File that contains the PDF and the 110 BPM practice track from my WeTransfer.com account, click this link:

https://we.tl/t-kyTy2b3aq8

 

 

For more details on my book(publishing around the 26th March) click the link below:

Learning From Paul McCartney Volume 1

The Band In A Box style used to create this bass line is part of a pack of styles that will be available for separate purchase (approx $20) or will be free with the online bonus version of the book.

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