tookatooka
2133 posts
Feb 08, 2011
10:28 AM
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This is a standard 12 Bar Blues Chord sequence in the key of G. Four beats on each chord.
G G G G C C G G D C G D
Can anyone supply any other chord sequences which are in use please.
Much obliged.
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Last Edited by on Feb 08, 2011 10:29 AM
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arzajac
454 posts
Feb 08, 2011
11:00 AM
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(You can get away with not making these sevenths)
The quick four:
G C G G C C G G D C G D
(These probably need to be seventh chords)
Basie Blues:
G7 (C7 C#dim) G7 (Dm7 G7) C7 C#dim G7 E7 Am7 D7 G7 G7
(in parentheses are four beats, so two beats for each chord)
Here's another:
Bb Blues with Relative minor subs:
Bb7 Eb7 Gm7 Bb7 Eb7 Cm7 Bb7 G7 F7 Eb7 Bb7 F7
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Last Edited by on Feb 08, 2011 11:05 AM
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bluemoose
470 posts
Feb 08, 2011
11:03 AM
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good old wikipedia, "12 bar blues'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-bar_blues
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tookatooka
2134 posts
Feb 08, 2011
11:36 AM
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Yeah thanks Bluemoose. I had been to wikipedia and found that for someone with almost zero musical theory knowledge it wasn't very helpful. I was looking for simple chord language like A B C's etc. The sort of stuff simple harp folk may understand.
Thanks arzajac thats what I wanted.
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timeistight
14 posts
Feb 08, 2011
12:38 PM
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Stormy Monday
G9 | C9 | G9 Ab9 | G9 |
C9 | C9 | G9 Am7 | Bm7 / Bbm7 |
Am7 | Cm7 | G9 C9 | G9 D augmented
Key to the Highway
A | E7 | D7 | D7
A | E7 | A | E7
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Last Edited by on Feb 08, 2011 2:35 PM
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arzajac
455 posts
Feb 08, 2011
1:07 PM
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I play Stormy Monday this way - it adds emphasis to the C9 in bar 2 which I think is the most significant change to the standard 12-bar progression for Stormy Monday:
G7 (C7 C9) (G7 Ab9) G7
(C7 G7+5-9) (C7 C#dim) (*G7 G7 F#7 F7) E7
(Am7 G/B C C#dim) C9 (G13 E-10) (Am7 D7)
*one beat per chord within these parentheses)
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nacoran
3788 posts
Feb 08, 2011
2:19 PM
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Tooka, I think it's probably easier if you learn to think of it as chord numbers instead of notes, otherwise you have to learn a whole different set for each harp! But it's not too hard to do. Whatever note is your root (C for a C harp in first, G for a C harp in second) is your I. Count through the alphabet from there.
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Gnarly
8 posts
Feb 09, 2011
12:35 AM
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Minglewood, AKA Rollin' and Tumblin'--
Starts on IV, so let's put it in G--
C C G G G
C C G G G
D C G G G
And IIRC, the last chord of each line gets an extra two beats.
Then there's You Don't Love Me--pretty similar to this.
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tookatooka
2138 posts
Feb 09, 2011
12:30 PM
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Thanks for that Gnarly.
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