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Try the "Land of A7" Trick & Get a Free Blues Course

The Land of A7 is one of my favorite ways to add movement to a blues chord vamp. Two alternating shapes on the D and B strings, just walking up the neck, and any of those voicings can substitute for a straight A7 chord.
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