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One of the most fundamental chord progressions that has shaped a near-endless number of songs in genres ranging from blues to jazz, rock, bluegrass, and beyond is the 12 bar blues. It’s a song form that is deeply rooted in American, and now world, music culture, and is an essential chord structure that every musician should know and explore.

When learning how to play electric guitar in the classic country style, it’s important to focus on and incorporate several critical techniques into your playing to truly capture the aesthetic and authentic sound of the genre. There are four approaches, in particular, that should be utilized. They are hybrid picking, alternate picking, pedal-steel-inspired bends, and double-stops.

Saturday, September 24, 2022, Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, and ArtistWorks harmonica instructor, Howard Levy, will be the featured soloist in the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra’s first concerto performance of the fall season.