Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #3

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A commonly used variation substitutes a IV7 chord in bar 2…

… which provides a short excursion away from the I and adds more harmonic interest and motion than the otherwise static harmony in the first four bars…

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Does anybody want to hear Frank play a real-life example based on the chord changes above?


learn more… Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #4