12 Bar Blues
12 bar Blues is a pattern of chords which repeats every 12 bars. It is the most common progression in Blues music, and is used extensively in Rock and Jazz as well. The following example is a 12 bar Blues using all the inversions of the chords Cm, Fm and Gm.
This example contains much use of implied slash chords. The left hand part consists of alternating octave notes. Practice each hand separately at first if necessary.
Class Sessions
1- Chord Inversions
2- Minor Chords
3- The Blues Scale
4- Eighth Note Rhythms
5- Seventh Chords
6- The Triplet
7- Sixteenth Notes
8- Intervals
9- The Major Chord
10- More About Chords and Keys
11- INTRODUCTION
12- 16th Note Studies
13- Approach to Practice
14- Swing Rhythms
15- C Chromatic Scale
16- G7 Chord Inversions
17- Riffs
18- Scale Tone Chords
19- C Minor Chord Inversions
20- Slash Chords
21- Chord Diagrams
22- C Major Chord Inversions
23- Quarter Note Rhythms
24- Creating Minor Chords
25- Minor Keys
26- Syncopation
27- Transposing
28- Listening
29- The Shuffle
30- Creating 7th Chords
31- Interval Types
32- G Major Chord Inversions
33- Basic Equipment
34- Interval Distances
35- Identifying 8th Note Rhythms
36- Seventh Chord Types
37- The G Major Chord
38- Grace Notes
39- Omitting Notes From Chords
40- F Major Chord Inversions
41- Transposing Chords
42- 12 Bar Blues
43- The F Major Chord
44- Guidelines for Using Inversions
45- Using Ties, Pedal Tones
46- Scale Tone Seventh Chords
47- Chord Substitution
48- Creating Other Chord Types