12 Bar Blues

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12 Bar Blues

Build your blues playing one lesson at a time. Learn the twelve-bar progression, find the shuffle feel, and bring it together with chords, turnarounds, and a walking bass line.

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12 video lessons · Learn at your own pace

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01 · Learn the form

Find your foundation

Start with the twelve-bar progression and turnaround, then add the fifth to your playing.

02 · Build the groove

Make it shuffle

Develop the shuffle rhythm, work with chords, and explore sevenths and variations.

03 · Bring it together

Make it musical

Add a walking bass line and combine chords with the shuffle.

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The lessons

Twelve lessons take you from the basic progression to putting it all together. Register to access the lessons and practice materials.

  1. IntroductionIncluded with course access
  2. The 12 Bar Blues ProgressionIncluded with course access
  3. The TurnaroundIncluded with course access
  4. Adding the 5thIncluded with course access
  5. The ShuffleIncluded with course access
  6. Adding to the shuffleIncluded with course access
  7. Using ChordsIncluded with course access
  8. Adding the 7th to the shuffleIncluded with course access
  9. Shuffle VariationIncluded with course access
  10. Walking Bass LineIncluded with course access
  11. Mixing Chords with the ShuffleIncluded with course access
  12. ConclusionIncluded with course access