John Lee Hooker and Elmore James often 'vamped' on one chord or riff, beginning and ending a song in much the same way. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule and some of these are featured in our extensive catalogue of examples. It sounds more deliberate, rather than just bluffing through and coming up with whatever you fancy (that has its place too, but you know what we mean). There's something compositionally elegant, too, about 'book-ending' a song in this way. You could say it's like starting with an ending!" Sometimes this is called a 'turnaround' - the bit at the end of a 12-bar progression when everything is gearing up to go round again. ![]() "The first thing you often hear on any blues record is a 'taster' of what is to come, courtesy of some fancy or soulful licks.
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