Robert, I had a look at the blues pattern and sorry for a beginner question:

I‘m a little bit confused with the 15 bar pattern or 14 bar pattern (without the pick-up notes)?

Pick-up notes      E  E  E  E

                           A  A  E  E

                           B  B  E  E

                           E  E

I haven‘t seen it before. 2 times the B chord instead of B  A  E. Could you explain this pattern? I would be glad.

Thank you, Birgit

Thanks for the feedback!

I am not sure what you are asking though. The track is a 12 bar blues. Remove the last 2 bars from what you wrote and you have it. Sometimes a blues tunes stays on the V chord on bars 9 an 10. Sometimes they go to IV chord on bar 10. Sometimes, a tune doesn't go to the V chord on bar 12 either. These are variations you may run into, so it's good to be aware of this. It doesn't really change the situation that much for the lead guitarist, generally speaking.

Maybe you are thinking about the ending. I added an ending lick on those last 2 extra bars. It's just a way to end the song. The progression is still 12 bars, but a common way to end a song like this is to some kind of ending lick on 2 extra bars, but that only happens when we end the song.

Robert, all clear now! The two extra bars: I didn’t realise that this is the added ending lick, but I learned a lot thanks to your detailed answer. Sorry that I was too blind to see it.

Again thank you for the new sweet and bluesy solo.

Birgit

@bluesiline, I really like the question you posed to Robert. I thought it made perfect sense to ask. And all the better that you are ready to ask a question when you don't understand something.  It's back to that Zen thing where they strive for retaining a "beginner's mind.". It's not that you are a beginner but that you are willing to look at every item and make the inquiry.  Cheers!