EXAMPLE6 blues

Here’s an example of how tapping can provide a chord accompaniment for a 12-bar blues. The first 12 bars are played using tapped double-stops, which follow what should be familiar chord shapes. The second 12 bars show how you can move the tapped notes to play different voicings. Finally, the third 12 bars demonstrate how a simple tritone can be moved to play all the chords in a blues progression, while the fretting hand provides a walking bassline.