Blues

At the end of the nineteenth century; deep in the south of a place known as America; there was created a music called the blues. The blues was raw, passionate, emotive, edgy and characterised by specific chord progressions. It used notes outside of the diatonic scale, it was sung by African-Americans, it was the origin of American folk music. The most commonly found blues structure is the 12 bar blues which can be played in a variety of keys. Here are seven examples of the most popular blues chord progression in the known universe – the 12 Bar Blues.

12 Bar Blues (i) (in the key of E)

12 Bar Blues (ii) (in the Key of C)

12 Bar Blues (iii) (in the key of G)

12 Bar Blues (iv) (in the key of D)

12 Bar Blues (v) (in the key of A)

12 Bar Blues (vi) (in the key of Am)

12 Bar Blues (vii) (in the key of Em)