Welcome to The Yardbirds – Got To Hurry: Rhythm & Variations
If this is your first time through the course, begin with Part 1 below. If you’ve already started, pick up where you left off with the next incomplete lesson.
How to Use This Course
Work through the lessons in order. This course starts with the main rhythm guitar part from “Got To Hurry,” then expands into different voicings, inversions, rhythmic approaches, and blues rhythm variations you can use in other songs.
Take your time with each part. The goal is not just to learn one rhythm figure, but to understand how dominant 7 chords, chord tones, inversions, double stops, jabs, syncopation, and space work together inside a blues progression.
Use the PDFs and backing tracks as you go. Start with the slower track when needed, then move toward the original tempo as the groove feels more relaxed and consistent.
Lesson Plan
- Lesson 1 covers the primary blues rhythm part on the original recording.
- Lessons 2–7 demonstrate additional parts and voicings and approaches.
- 7 PDFs — 1 complete tabbed-out rhythm part for “Got to Hurry,” plus 6 chord and inversion reference PDFs.
- 2 custom backing tracks — one at the original tempo, one slowed down for focused practice.
- Techniques and vocabulary applicable to any 12-bar blues or shuffle in any key.
Practice Tips
Listen closely to the space between the notes. This course is as much about restraint, feel, and part-building as it is about chord shapes.
Once a variation feels comfortable, try moving it into another key or applying it to a different 12-bar blues or shuffle progression. That is where the material starts becoming useful beyond this song.
Let’s get into it!
Shane
