12-bar minor blues

In its most basic form, it's a chord progression that lasts twelve bars, with three four bar lines. The chords are all dominant 7ths, and they are the I, IV and V of the key. That would be A7, D7 and E7 in the key of A. * When you add a shuffle rhythm, there is no argument – this is the most common blues form.

The 12-bar blues (or blues changes) is one of the most prominent chord progressions in popular music. The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phrase, chord structure, and duration. In its basic form, it is predominantly based on the I, IV, and V chords of a key.

The major third the fifth. And the lowered. Seventh. So if we were playing a 12 bar blues in c. Our one chord would be a c7. Our iv chord would be at f7. And our v chord would be a g7.

12-bar is a prominent chord progression often used in rock and roll. I Feel Good by James Brown and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley are all song examples of 12-bar blues progressions. Other examples include Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Hound Dog by Elvis Presley and Ball and Biscuit by the White Stripes.

There are a number of similarities between the minor blues progression and the major blues progression: They both are 12 bars long. Both feature the I, IV and V chords (although the numerals are lower case in the minor blues progression). The blues scale can be used to solo over both progressions.

What is the blues? The blues is a form of secular folk music created by African Americans in the early 20th century, originally in the South. Although instrumental accompaniment is almost universal in the blues, the blues is essentially a vocal form.

Blues songs are lyrical rather than narrative; blues singers are expressing feelings rather than telling stories. The emotion expressed is generally one of sadness or melancholy, often due to problems of love but also oppression and hard times.

For the first of these, you just take the 12 bar blues and extend the first 4 bars of the progression for another 4 bars. So instead of playing 4 bars of the I chord, in this form of the 16 bar blues you play 8 bars of the I chord. You then work through the rest of the 12 bar blues progression as normal.

Greenblatt defines two blues scales, the major and the minor. The major blues scale is 1, 2,♭3, 3, 5, 6 and the minor is 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5, ♭7. The latter is the same as the hexatonic scale described above.

In the Major Blues scale, we only use one “blue” note, the Eb, whereas in the Minor Blues scale, we use 3 blues notes. In the Major Blues scale, we add the E natural to the scale, which is the major 3rd of a C major chord. This gives the scale a “bright” or “happy” sound compared to the Minor Blues Scale sound.

: a feeling of sadness or depression. I've got (a case of) the blues.

Metre, rhythm and tempo If asked to discuss these elements remember that: blues is usually in 4/4 time. there is syncopation to emphasise the weak beats.