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I’m now going to show you a chord progression that is probably the most ‘Jammed To’ chord sequence ever created. It’s called the 12 bar blues. This chord sequence is and absolute ‘must know’ for ALL guitarists. It is the mainstay for all blues music.

Take a look at it in its basic form in the key of A.

OK, let’s take a look

We start by counting 4 beats to a bar like this: 1,2,3,4/1,2,3,4/ etc etc… Now start off by playing 4 bars of the A chord, followed by 2 bars of D, then go back to A for 2 bars then play one bar of E, one bar of D, a bar of A and finally a bar of E to finish the progression off. This sequence is called the 12 bar blues with obviously 12 bars in total.

Simply keep repeating the sequence and get you friends to jam along with you in the key of A. It’ll sound great trust me! If you listen closely to a blues number you will probably be able to pick it out as it is a very popular sequence.

I do hope you are enjoying these free mini guitar lessons and as I have said before dont worry if some of this stuff doesn’t make too much sense because in my full audio video program everything will become crystal clear very quickly indeed and will follow a secret structured method that will transform you into a killer guitar player.

Now moving on from the 12 bar blues we will stick with the same theme and have a look at one of the many variations of this classic sequence.

To start off we’ll use the key of A (major) as an example. It uses the 7th chords which sound really cool in this context.

It goes like this: I A I D I A I A7 I D I D I A I A I E7 I D7 I A7 I E7 I

I A I = 1 bar of A (major) – I D I = 1 bar of D (major) etc

A7 is played – 6th string not used, 5th string open, 4th string2nd fret, 3rd string open, 2nd string 2nd fret, 1st string open.

Next is the D7 chord – we do not use the 5th and 6th strings, the 4th string is played open and play the 3rd string on the 2nd fret. Play the 2nd string on the 1st fret and to finish off ply the 1st string on the 2nd fret.

Here’s E7 – 6th string is open, play 5th string on the 2nd fret, 4th string open, play 3rd string 1st fret and 2nd and the 1st string are played open.

You can practise your soloing over this great little sequence and jam along to your hearts content.

Moving on from this is a nice little trick to make your 12 bar blues even more bluesy…

Again working in the key of A we are going to substitute the D chord and the E chord for a D9 (D9th) and E9 (E9th). The D9th chord shape we are going to use is played like this:

6th string not used 5th string 5th fret (second finger) 4th string 4th fret (first finger) Strings 3, 2 and 1 are all played at the 5th fret using your 3rd finger.

Now to play the E9 chord simply slide the chord shape up two frets so the 12 bar blues sequence is played like this:-

lAlAlAlAlD9lD9lAlAlE9lD9lAlE9l

Use this 9th chord to create a real bluesy chord sequence.

Enjoy.

Finding caterers in Essex is not too difficult since there are so many to choose from. Essex has some are the best catering companies in the country, but you can still be disappointed so make sure you take the time to choose the right one. It will definitely pay off on the day.

Hiring the services of a catering company not only means that it takes the stress out of the cooking for you and lets you as the host enjoyed a party just like anyone else, but you can also get some particularly wonderful food.

Planning and organisation of such an event can be extremely overwhelming and time consuming. This is ultimately why many people don’t throw big parties, because they’re scared off by the prospect of an enormous amount of planning and money spent.

Of course, cooking and supplying the drinks and everything else you need for a party is something that you simply cannot do yourself, especially if it is a major business or social gatherings such as a wedding or a major birthday party celebration. Hiring the services of catering company will take off a lot of work and make the whole lot much less stressful for you.

Any good catering company should also have a degree of versatility, ideally being able to do except any special requests which you might have. They should be able to arrange canap?s, deserts, and just about everything else including meals tailored to different times of the day.

Many catering companies are also happy to fulfil any special requests which you might have. This is a great idea since there might be somebody in your party who you want to do something particularly special and unique for.

Someone bring LenDale a towel. I think he might look to conceal his face under one on his trip away from Pittsburgh.

On an evening in which Troy Polamalu went down to a knee wound, Wille Parker and the remaining Steelers running back unit could not manage to get the ball rolling, and Hines Ward managed something he hardly ever does – fumbled in a giant play scenario. Ben Roethlisberger was firm in the backfield, took a few sacks, but in the end engineered yet another game winning drive to help Pittsburgh outlast Tennessee 13-10 in the football inaugural game.

It did not begin well for Roethlisberger and company; Tennessee looked as good as ever and virtually shut Pittsburgh’s rush game down.

Roethlisberger was composed under pressure, though. Sure, he threw 2 picks (Brett Favre does it religiously, yet there are people willing to bow down to him when he enters a room, so get over it).

But he moreover passed for 363 yards, which included 60 yards on his final series of the game.

Pittsburgh’s defensive unit stepped up and executed when the chips were down, particularly when it came to special teams, where a blocked Rob Bironas field goal led to their lone touchdown of the night.

Of course, that play lost them Troy Polamalu, although it only set them back for a minute or two.

If Hines Ward had either fallen down or turned slightly more quickly at the end of his run in the fourth quarter, the game might have ended earlier.

However this was too nice a game to not go to overtime. Both franchises had played their hearts out, both franchises had athletes sidelined to injury, and overtime seemed the only fair way to settle the game.

If, that is, you can call pro football overtimes fair.

After the Steelers won the coin toss, Roethlisberger and the team took advantage of a wheezing Tennessee defense, advancing downfield for 63 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.

Astronomy is an interesting science to many people because it is filled with loads of fun astronomy facts. Everything from the size and temperature of our own star, the Sun, to the make-up of distant planets has been recorded. All of this information can be retold to entertain and enlighten your friends.

The Sun is a great font for astronomy fun facts. Our own star, which supplies us with all our heat and light is between 91 and 94.5 million miles from Earth. It’s not that nobody has measured the exact distance, but rather because the Earth revolves around the Sun in an ellipse, an uneven, orbit, so the distance varies depending on where the Earth lies in that orbit.

The Sun is only an average size star, yet it’s size is another great source of astronomy fun facts. As average as it is, it accounts for about 98% of all the material in our solar system. Even with the huge planet of Jupiter on our side, we’re still a measly 2% of non Sun material.

It would take the diameter of about 100 Earths to measure across this average Sun. The solar winds produced by the Sun extends to about 50 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. In other words, those solar winds reach out about 50 AU’s, with an AU being the distance from the Earth to the sun. That’s quite fantastic, isn’t it?.

What about astronomy fun facts that don’t have anything at all to do with the Sun then? What about our Moon? It’s the only object that man has walked on except the Earth until now. And one man actually travelled to the Moon but has never left it. Dr. Eugene Shoemaker loved the Moon but was not found acceptable as an astronaut. After his death, he was cremated and his ashes were sprinkled over the Moon by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1999.

There are many more astronomy fun facts about the Moon. It’s where what might become the oldest footprint known to man. Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind left a footprint or shoe print in the Moon’s dust that will likely still be visible in 10 million years time.

Many people, in fact about 13% of those asked in 1988, still believed the Moon to be made of cheese. And finally the suits worn by the Moon-walking astronauts weighed 180 pounds on Earth but only 30 pounds on the Moon, because of the reduced gravity on the Moon. Talk about an instant diet, eh?

Astronomy fun facts aren’t limited to our close astronomical neighbours. Looking at stars is like looking into the past. Some of the stars we see today in the night sky are so far away that their light takes a million years to reach us. Some of the stars you see may really be images of stars a million years old that aren’t even there in the present. There are over 1 x 10 ^22 stars in the universe. That’s a 1 followed by 22 zeros. The number is really quite staggering.

There are millions of astronomy fun facts and we could relate them forever. But this article can not. So, please, walk out there and learn about astronomy for yourself.

For some, portrait photography might be a hard job. Here are a few points for those who would like to start up with this amazing area of photography.

Before we start, you need to realise what portraits are. Any photographs that you snap of your family, friends, relatives or teachers can be called portraits. Yes of course, starting off, portrait photography might seem to be rather difficult when compared to standard photography, but as you get more interested in it, it comes more and more easy to you.

What do you call successful portrait photography? It is actually something which builds a kind of great feeling on the watchers. Now, what makes a portrait photograph stand out? It might be due to several elements like the physical scene of the photo, the subject, or it can even be the some other noted characteristics like the background, the light organisation and so on. A portrait always leaves behind some kind of impression on the mind about the person in it, otherwise it cannot be termed as a portrait photograph. Anything can come out to be magnetic in the person being photographed like the mannerism, the attitude, the mood or even a simple look.

It is true that good photography is always about inner skill. Yet good photography can also be learned. The trick is letting yourself go and experiment.

In portrait photography, the photographer is thought to be the leader for that time, and he should be able to bring up a striking difference in his subjects energy. For this, you need to start with a small discourse with the person on any current topics or something which might produce a strong impact so as to create the opportunity to take a perfect portrait photograph. If you can trigger off a change in thinking and mood of a person in a good way quickly then this will allow you to capture some amazing photographs. This is just one way to move your subject into a different feeling space. Of course you do now want to make them angry but you do want to arise within them different feelings so that their expressions become more acute and distinct creating great pics.

Everything depends on you as the photographer to set the scene so an amazing result can be captured. As well as conversation, controlling the natural surroundings can be utilized to create the special outcome in the portraits. To come up with the best snap, it is very important to cooperate with the person and the environment. You should have good interest in people so that the natural expressions of the person can be seen.

The overall thing about portrait photography is to create a overall change in the facial expression and body posture of a person so that their real and more attractive natural looks are naturally revealed.