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Beginner Lesson On The 12 Bar Blues
You've probably heard someone say it before, “that's just a straight 12 bar blues” or something to that extent.
When we say 12 bar blues what exactly are we talking about?
How do you know what chords to play?
How do you know when to switch chords?
I'm going to answer all three of those questions in this article. After reading this you should be able to go grab your guitar and start picking out some 12 bar blues riffs in different keys that you're familiar with.
Choosing the Correct Notes
While playing the 12 bar blues is simple to find the right notes to play you must first understand a technique known as I-IV-V (or one-four-five).
These numbers (or roman numerals) stand for the first, fourth and fifth notes taken from a given scale.
Example: If we're talking about the A major scale then we've got
A – B – C# – D - E - F# - G# - A
Our one is going to be an A note, our four is going to be a D note and our Five is going to be an E note.
If we consider those notes as chords (or power chords more often then not when playing the blues) then we get the chords we need to plugin to our 12 bar blues pattern.
Formula for the 12 Bar Blues
As the name says the 12 bar blues progression consists of 12 bars. For our example we'll assume that each bar contains 4 beats.
Here's the 12 Bar progression : 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 4 – 4 – 1 – 1 – 5 – 4 – 1 – 5
What do these numbers stand for? I'm sure you figured it out, they correspond to the one-four-five from above.
We play a particular note or chord for each one of the 12 bars in the pattern starting with the one chord, followed by the four chord, then the one chord again then to the five etc.
That's it, you now know the basics of playing a 12 bar blues progression.
Playing the 12 bar blues in another key just requires you to find the scale for that key, pick out the one, four and five and then plug them into the 12 bar progression.
So go grab your guitar and give it a shot with this A major 12 bar blues progression.
If you're interested in learning more about the blues then I suggest you check out some blues guitar lessons. They will give you a better primer not just on 12 bar blues but scales, chord progressions and feel.
If this intro to the 12 bar blues seemed at little advanced for you're skill level so far then you might consider some more basic learn to play guitar lessons on guitar chords and theory.
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