Eight Bar Blues Progression
Another common Blues progression is the eight bar Blues progression. A variation of this sequence is shown next, and includes two bars of the I chord, two bars of the IV chord, one bar of the I chord, one bar of the V chord and two bars of the I chord.
The eight bar Blues progression just shown is played in the key of A as follows.
As with the 12 Bar Blues progression there are several variations on the 8 bar blues progression, some of which will appear throughout the book. The following variation incorporates seventh chords into the progression.
The next eight bar variation is often used in Country-Blues songs.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- The Rudiments of Music
3- Blues Fingerpicking Slide Guitar
4- Alternating Thumb Style
5- Fingerpicking the Blues
6- Chord Based Licks
7- More Scale Patterns
8- Bass Line Techniques
9- Blues Progressions
10- Constant Bass Line in the Key of E
11- Left Hand Techniques
12- Constant Bass Line
13- Tuning Your Instrument
14- Note Values
15- Twelve Bar Blues Progression
16- Playing Position
17- Time Signatures
18- Eight Bar Blues Progression
19- Chord Diagrams Used in This Book
20- Hand Technique
21- Scale Diagrams Used in This Book
22- Picking the Strings
23- Scales
24- Tablature
25- The Chromatic Scale
26- Tablature Symbols
27- The Major Scale
28- The Minor Scale
29- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
30- The Blues Scale
31- Keys and Key Signatures
32- Relative Keys