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Blues forms

Blues in C (Traditional)

Standard 12-bar blues in the key of C. Good for beginners.

Key
C
Level
beginner
Tempo
Medium (110-140 BPM)

The form

  1. bar 1C7
  2. bar 2C7
  3. bar 3C7
  4. bar 4C7
  5. bar 5F7
  6. bar 6F7
  7. bar 7C7
  8. bar 8C7
  9. bar 9G7
  10. bar 10F7
  11. bar 11C7
  12. bar 12G7

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 1 · bar 2 · bar 3 · bar 4 · bar 7 · bar 8 · bar 11

LH C2 G2RH E3 Bb3 D4

F7

bar 5 · bar 6 · bar 10

LH F2 C3RH A3 Eb4 G4

G7

bar 9 · bar 12

LH G2 D3RH B3 F4 A4

Associated players

  • Traditional
  • Louis Armstrong