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Foden's hit the Blues...

The latest musical video presentation from the Foden's dup of John Barber and Andy Scott look at overcoming the Blues...

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  Andy Scott joins John Barber to explore the Blues...

Foden's have released the third and final video in their popular series of video presentations hosted by John Barber and Andy Scott.

Grants for the Arts

Produced courtesy of an award to Foden's from Arts Council England through its 'Grants for the Arts' for their three year strategic music and audience development plan 2016-2019, it tackles the thorny question of improvising on the familiar, but crucial structure of 12 bars blues.

...it tackles the thorny question of improvising on the familiar, but crucial structure of 12 bars blues4BR

Go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DALAWLdNseI&feature=youtu.be

Previous video in the series have covered 'How to Improvise' and 'Style, Feel and Groove'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t307w5RNqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maLx3_ZVIKU

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