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 most Blues music. Some popular 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
Here is a 12 Bar Blues in the key of G major. This pattern of chords will probably sound familiar to you.
Here is another 12 Bar Blues, this time in the key of C. Notice the use of the Bbnote.
Class Sessions
1- The G Major Scale
2- The Bass Staff
3- The Dotted Quarter Note
4- Minor Chords
5- INTRODUCTION
6- Arpeggios
7- The Notes A, B and C
8- The Three Four Time Signature
9- Sharp Signs
10- The Quarter Rest
11- Chords
12- The Notes Middle C, D and E
13- Flat Signs
14- 12 Bar Blues
15- APPENDICES
16- Glossary of Musical Terms
17- Key Signatures
18- Five Finger Positions
19- Higher C Position
20- Broken Chords
21- The F Major Scale
22- Accidentals
23- The Keyboard
24- Playing Chords with the Right Hand
25- Approach to Practice
26- The C Major Scale
27- The Tie
28- The Lead-in
29- Seventh Chords
30- Playing Scales With Both Hands
31- Easy Chord Table
32- How to Sit at the Keyboard
33- Enharmonic Notes
34- Practicing Scales
35- Legato
36- The Octave
37- Electronic Keyboards
38- Changing Chords
39- Songs With Chords
40- Hand Shape
41- Chord Charts
42- Key of C Major
43- Music Notes
44- Major Chord Chart
45- Notes on the Keyboard
46- Minor Chord Chart
47- How to Read Music
48- Seventh Chord Chart
49- Note and Rest Values
50- Minor Seventh Chord Chart
51- Augmented Chord Chart
52- New Topic