12 Bar Blues
12 Bar Blues is a pattern of chords which repeats every 12 bars. There are hundreds of well known songs based on this chord progression, i.e., they contain basically the same chords in the same order. 12 Bar Blues is commonly used in Rock music and is the basis of Blues music. Some well known Rock and Roll songs which use this 12 bar chord pattern are:
- Original Batman T.V. Theme
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
- Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley
- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
- Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
- In The Mood - Glen Miller
- Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley
- Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles
- Surfin’ U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
- Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
12 Bar Blues in the Key of C Major
The following 12 Bar Blues is in the key of C major, and uses some of the chords you have learned so far. When a song is said to be in the key of C major, it means that the most important chord (and usually the first chord) is the C chord.
This pattern of chords will probably sound familiar to you.
Class Sessions
1- The Dotted Quarter Note
2- Glossary of Musical Terms
3- APPENDICES
4- Flat Signs
5- The G Major Scale
6- Turnaround Progressions
7- The G Major Chord
8- INTRODUCTION
9- The Notes A, B and C
10- The Three Four Time Signature
11- The Quarter Rest
12- Chords
13- The Notes Middle C, D and E
14- Key Signatures
15- Approach to Practice
16- Notes on the Keyboard
17- 12 Bar Blues
18- Seventh Chords
19- Broken Chords
20- Minor Chords
21- The Lead-In
22- The C Major Scale
23- The Key of F Major
24- Changing Chords
25- Easy Chord Substitution
26- How to Sit at the Keyboard
27- Arpeggios
28- The Octave
29- Hand Shape
30- The Key of C Major
31- Songs with Chords
32- Chord Charts
33- Music Notes
34- Major Chord Chart
35- The Keyboard
36- Minor Chord Chart
37- How to Find Middle C
38- Seventh Chord Chart
39- Minor Seventh Chord Chart
40- Fingers
41- How to Read Music
42- Augmented Chord Chart
43- Diminished Chord Chart