Blues forms

Blues Intro (2-bar pickup)

Classic blues intro to set up the form. Play before bar 1.

Key
F
Level
beginner
Where
Play before starting 12-bar form

The form

  1. pickupC7
  2. pickupF7

The hands

Left hand then right, as the source writes them. A pianist's voicing routinely carries a colour the chord symbol does not spell — a flat ninth over a dominant, a ninth on top of a seventh chord — so the notes printed under each keyboard are what is actually played, rather than what the symbol alone would predict.

C7

pickup

LH C3 G3RH E4 Bb4 D5

F7

pickup

LH F2 C3RH A3 Eb4 G4

Resolve to bar 1

Associated players

  • Traditional
  • Count Basie