Blues forms

Blues Turnaround (Last 4 Bars)

V7-#IV7-IV7 descends chromatically through bars 9-11, then I7-V7 turns the form back at bar 12.

Key
F
Level
intermediate
Where
Replace bars 9-12 to turn the form around

The form

  1. bar 9C7
  2. bar 10B7
  3. bar 11Bb7
  4. bar 12F7-C7

One bar carries two chords. The transcription writes both chords' notes together without saying which note belongs to which, so that bar is printed and not drawn — a keyboard guessed from an ambiguous line would show a chord nobody plays.

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

bar 9

LH C3 G3RH E4 Bb4 D5

B7

bar 10

LH B2 F#3RH D#4 A4 C#5

Bb7

bar 11

LH Bb2 F3RH D4 Ab4 C5

Associated players