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12 Bar Blues Using Major Chords
The vast majority of contemporary blues music is based on what is termed a 12-bar format. That is, the main body of a song follows a set pattern of chords over 12 bars of music that is repeated over and over. Some songs may have several different patterns to give them a bit of variety, but the guts…
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12 Bar Blues With Barre Chords
For those of you who can play barre chords, they will open up a whole myriad of variations of the 12-bar chord pattern for you to try. First, try playing the same progression using the following barre chords at the 5th and 7th frets;
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Common Variations of 12 Bar Blues Chord Progressions
The 12-bar blues is one of the most popular chord progressions in popular music, including the blues. The blues progression has a distinctive form in chord structure and duration. It is, at its most basic, based on the I-IV-V chords of a key. The 12 bar blues progression is the foundation of the blues. The…