Blues Genre Study

Here's a recap of what you should know by now about the 12 bar blues.

Basic 12 bar blues in A 

This is covered in my Beginners Course at Level 3.

|A                              |A                              |A                              |A                              |

|D                             |D                             | A                             |A                              |

|E                             |E                              | A                              |A                              |

Basic 12 bar blues in E 

This is covered in my Beginners Course at Level 7.

|E                              |A                             |E                              |E7                              |

|A7                            |A7                           | E                             |E7                              |

|B7                            |A7                           | E                             |B7                              |

Other things to begin adding to this at an intermediate level include;

B.B. King style Minor Blues

Shown at 7:12 in the video

|Am                         |Am                         |Am                         |Am                         |

|Dm                         |Dm                         | Am                        |Am                         |

|E                             |E7                          | Am                        |Am                         |

Interactive TAB

Here's tab for all the riffs and jam examples shown in the main lesson video. If one or more are of interest to you, you can learn it from the video and tab

Other notable blues styles to be aware of include;

• Acoustic blues (See my Fingerstyle course)

• 50s rock n roll in the style of Chuck Berry, early Beatles etc 

• Why not check out this great blues course with my Guest Teacher - Mike Bradley