Hound Dog (Patreon)

Here is a classic rock'n'roll song for the Memphis boy, Mr. Elvis Presley. This jam is based around a 12 bar blues progression and the only little hiccup for beginners will be the E chord. For our more advanced players we will show you how to spicin' up the strum pattern with some mutes and throw some stank on the turnaround with a wicked "snare roll," that is really just us going crazy on the A chord. A major pentatonic will sound great on this bad boy when taking a solo, maybe E mixolydian over the E chord if you are really feeling crazy and somewhat jazzy. Also, when singing you have some lead in lines that can be tricky, so look to change chords on the word "hound," for example. Happy strumming! tenthumbspro.com