Blues Licks and Turnarounds
129 phrases for the turnaround, the move to the IV and the one-chord vamp
$24.99
Four of Tim’s blues lick packs in one place: 15 chordal jazz blues turnarounds, 27 V-IV-I turnaround licks, ten ways from the I to the IV, and 77 phrases over a static A7. Each comes with Tim playing it on video, the notation alongside and a PDF in notation and tab.
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The moments that shape a chorus
Bar four, the last few bars and the long stretches on one chord are where a blues either moves or waits. These four packs give you specific things to play in each of those places.
Lines and chords
Three of the packs are single-note lines, from bluesy bends to jazzier arpeggios. Jazz Blues Turnarounds adds chord shapes with a melody on top, so you can end a chorus with harmony as well as a lick.
From plain blues to jazz color
The I to IV licks run from plain blues to diminished, altered and tritone substitute sounds, and the turnarounds bring in a iv minor chord and chromatic bass lines. Take each idea as far as your ear likes.
What's inside
- Jazz Blues Turnarounds: 15 chordal turnarounds in B♭, 8-page PDF
- V-IV-I Turnaround Licks: 27 phrases in G at 110 bpm, 13-page PDF
- I to IV Blues Licks: two videos, ten licks from A7 to D7, two PDFs
- Static Dominant 7 Phrases: 77 licks over an A7 vamp, 30-page PDF
- A video lesson for each pack, with the notation alongside
- Notation and tab for every example
A look inside...
Is this for you?
Yes, if…
- You play blues and keep reaching for the same few licks
- You want turnarounds and IV changes that sound intended
- You can learn a line from tab or notation
- You like a big set of ideas to dip into a few at a time
Maybe not, if…
- You are still learning the 12-bar form and its three chords
- You want each phrase explained at length on video
- You want a step-by-step soloing course rather than vocabulary
Where a blues moves or waits...
Some parts of a 12-bar blues matter more than their length suggests. The change to the IV in bar four, the turnaround at the end of every chorus and the long stretches on one chord are where players tend to fall back on the same lick. This collection brings together four of Tim’s lick packs that deal with exactly those places.
What is inside
Jazz Blues Turnarounds gives you 15 turnarounds in B♭, played as chords with melody on top, from the classic 1-6-2-5 to chromatic bass lines and two-note grips. V-IV-I Turnaround Licks is the single-note side of the same job: 27 phrases through D7, C7 and G7 at a swinging 110 bpm.
I to IV Blues Licks makes bar four lean into the IV chord. One video explains the ideas, from companion minors to tritone substitutes, and the other plays ten licks from A7 to D7. Static Dominant 7 Phrases keeps a one-chord A7 vamp moving with 77 phrases, many of them starting before the bar line.
Each pack has its own video lesson and PDF. Take one idea at a time, learn it, move it around and make it yours.
Questions, answered
What do I get in this collection?
Four complete lick packs: Jazz Blues Turnarounds, V-IV-I Turnaround Licks, I to IV Blues Licks and Static Dominant 7 Phrases. That is five video lessons and five PDFs, with 129 licks and phrases in all, in notation and tab.
Do I need to read music?
No, tab is enough. Every example is written in notation and tab, and the videos play with the notation on screen, so you can hear a phrase, see it and follow along at the same time.
Can I buy the packs one at a time?
No. These four packs now come together in this one collection: Jazz Blues Turnarounds, V-IV-I Turnaround Licks, I to IV Blues Licks and Static Dominant 7 Phrases. Each keeps its own lesson page, video and PDF, and all four appear together on your My Courses page.
How do I get the lessons?
At checkout you create a login for Tim's Guitar Workshop, and all four lessons appear on your My Courses page. The videos play on the lesson pages with the notation alongside (they are not video downloads), and the PDFs download from the same pages.
Meet your instructor...
Tim Lerch
Tim has played jazz and blues guitar for more than 50 years. He is a member of the Northwest gypsy jazz group Pearl Django, leads the Tim Lerch Trio, plays in a duo with Jamie Findlay, and is an Emmy award-winning composer.
His teaching comes from the players who taught him. Joe Diorio was one of his mentors at GIT, and he learned his approach to chord voicings directly from Ted Greene. Those ideas run through every lesson in the Workshop.
His books include Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary, Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Phrases and Melodic Blues Guitar Soloing. He has recorded ten master class courses for TrueFire and taught at jazz guitar camps in the US and UK.
- Emmy-winning composer
- Member of Pearl Django
- 50 years performing
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