12 Bar Blues Chord Progression
The twelve-bar blues is a complete musical form built from dominant I, IV and V chords. Guitarists use it for rhythm playing, improvisation, call and response and turnarounds.
Open guide →Transpose, hear and practise useful chord progressions for blues, rock, pop, jazz, soul, metal and acoustic guitar.
The twelve-bar blues is a complete musical form built from dominant I, IV and V chords. Guitarists use it for rhythm playing, improvisation, call and response and turnarounds.
Open guide →The Andalusian cadence descends through i, bVII, bVI and V. It creates a dramatic minor-key pull heard in flamenco, rock and film music.
Open guide →I IV V is the foundation of blues, rock and country harmony. The three major chords define the key clearly and leave plenty of room for rhythm variation.
Open guide →I V vi IV is one of the most recognisable modern pop progressions. It balances a stable tonic, forward-moving dominant, emotional relative minor and broad subdominant.
Open guide →The i VI III VII progression is a wide, cinematic minor sequence common in modern rock, metal and pop. It stays entirely inside natural minor and loops smoothly.
Open guide →The ii V I progression is the central cadence of jazz and a key part of soul and neo-soul harmony. Each chord leads logically into the next through shared notes and semitone movement.
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