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EASY 12 Bar Blues Guitar Lesson In C
he 12-bar blues is one of the most used chord progressions of all time. In fact, if you’re a guitarist who wants to play popular music, this is one of the most valuable things you can study.
So today I want to share with you an easy 12-bar blues guitar lesson in C. The key of C is a perfect key to start with because it uses all-natural notes. This means these notes are not modified by accidentals such as sharps (#) or flats (♭) etc.
We’ll cover the chords and how to remember a 12-bar blues. Plus how to take a riff through the blues progression, and even end with learning the blues scale in C.
So make sure you’re tuned up and let’s get started!
What are the 3 chords used in the 12-bar blues?
The 3 core chords to a standard 12-bar blues in C are C7, F7, and G7.
n the key of C, the 12-bar blues typically uses all dominant seventh chords. So in the above chords, you’ll see the 7 after each letter name. Let’s next take a look at how they are numbered as Roman numerals within the key.
C7 is the I chord in the key of C. This is a C major chord (C-E-G), slightly modified to a C7 chord (C-E-G-Bb) for a bluesier sound.
F7 is the IV chord in the key of C. This is an F major chord (F-A-C), modified to a dominant seventh chord (F-A-C-Eb) in a blues context.
G7 is the V chord in the key of C. It starts with a G major chord (G-B-D), and then is modified to a G7 chord (G-B-D-F) in the blues.
How to remember 12-bar blues?
The 12-bar blues progression can be tricky to remember at first. So what I like to do is break it down into 3 sections (each 4 bars long). The first 4 bars all stay on the I chord (C7)
|C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
Bar 5 is where we switch to the IV chord (F7). Here we’ll stay for 2 bars and then return back to C7 for 2 bars like this:
|F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 |
Then we get to the turnaround section. This is the last 4 bars, and here the chords start moving a little quicker. We’ll start with a bar of G7 and a bar of F7, and then finish it all off with 2 bars of C7 like this:
G7 | F7 | C7 | C7 |
So altogether the 12-bar blues goes like this:
||: C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 |
G7 | F7 | C7 | C7 :||
When you get to the end, simply repeat right back to the top and start again.
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