Tuesday, March 23, 2010

12 Bar Blues (Blues Progression) & Blues Scale

Here's another easy guitar song I learned (called the 12 Bar Blues) and a scale that sounds cool to play with it:


Chords
D7:
e----2----
g----1----
b----2----
d---------
a---------
E---------

G7:
e----1----
g---------
b---------
d---------
a----2----
E----3----

A7:
e---------
g----3----
b---------
d----3----
a---------
E---------



Chord Progression (- = strum |= end of measure)


D7 G7 D7 D7

- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|

G7 G7 D7 D7

- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|

A7 G7 D7 D7

- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|


Blues Scale (feel free to change it up to make licks*)
e--------------------------------------------5--8----
b-------------------------------------5--8-----------
g---------------------------5--7--8------------------
d---------------------5--7---------------------------
a-----------5--6--7----------------------------------
E----5--8--------------------------------------------

*Notes
e--------------------------------------------A--C----
b-------------------------------------E--G-----------
g---------------------------C--D--D#----------------
d---------------------G--A---------------------------
a-----------D--D#--E--------------------------------
E----A--C--------------------------------------------

Have fun playing!

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