I've heard gospel songs described as eight-bar blues, but I've never had a good idea of what goes into an 8 bar blues. Is it an exact form, like 12 bar blues? Is it 4/4 with swing eighths and an early turnaround?
I recommend that you check out the entry for "Eight-Bar Blues" at Wikipedia, and then watch Tomo's recent YouTube video on this topic:
Thanks, that is a great lesson, just what I was searching for here!
Is there a 12 bar blues lesson? I can’t find one on YouTube or on here, but maybe I’m missing something. Thanks!
His whole Blues Lessons series is generally based on 12-bar blues and jazz blues.
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Erik Pietsch
That's when you go to one bar but all the pretty girls turn you down so you go to another bar and the same thing happens and after eight bars you have the blues