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Blues

Minor Blues

The 12-bar blues in a minor key: minor 7ths on i and iv, and a bVI7 falling by half step to an altered V7 in bars 9 and 10.

120 BPM
Practice in all 12 keys
  1. Cm7 i7
  5. Fm7 iv7
  7. Cm7 i7
  9. A♭7 ♭VI7
  10. G7alt V7alt
  11. Cm7 i7
  12. Dm7♭5 iiø7 G7alt V7alt

Four-note rootless voicings in their two forms, with the 3rd or the 7th on the bottom, played over the root.

Customize each chord
Meter
4/4
Form
A-B-C
Bars
12
Usual key
C

From bVI7 to V7 (Ab7 to G7alt in C minor) the bass slides down a half step and so do the 3rd and 7th. The long stretches on i leave room for modal playing: Dorian on the minor chords, Lydian dominant on the bVI7 and the altered scale on the V. Practice the minor pentatonic and the blues scale over the whole form, then target the changes.

Reharmonize Analyze these changes