Music Theory Monday | 12: Blues Tonality (Patreon)

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In this lesson I dig into the essence of what makes the 12 bar blues so bluesy: using dominant chords for the I - IV and V chord instead of just for the V chord as in traditional music theory. This is the first time I’ve dug into the blues on Patreon so I spend a bit of time talking about the tonality of the turn around, how the 12 bars typically lay out, and how to think about soloing over the progression depending if you want to sound like a traditional bendy blues player as well as some other ways to approach the chord progression. We also talk about a #9 chord, which makes me think it’s about time to start on a Rubik’s cube series for 9 chords. 

If you're reading this around September 7th, I'll be driving across the country back to Seattle. So if you're posting questions here or on the community forum, I may be a little slow to respond.

Check out the jam tracks attached below!

"A Major 12 Bar Blues Jam Track" is for practicing soloing over the whole 12 Bars.

"Turn around practice" is for working on JUST the last two measures of the jam track.

"I - IV practice" is just two measures of I and two measures of IV over and over.

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