Blues shuffle in A

Note after Note · Level 3 (Late beginner) · study · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

The classic blues-rock pattern: a 12-bar blues where the bass alternates fifth and sixth in a swung “shuffle” rhythm.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Downstrokes only. Keep the index finger on fret 2 and reach fret 4 with the ring (or little) finger. Lightly palm-mute the strings.

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