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Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #8

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This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation combines many of the variations we have already seen…

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2015-01-08 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #7

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This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation substitutes a full turnaround based on secondary dominants V7/II-V7/V-V7 in the last two bars…

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2015-01-07 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #6

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This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation inserts a secondary dominant A7 (V7/ii) in bar 8 to feed the Dm7 (ii7) in bar 9…

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2015-01-06 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #5

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This commonly-used 12 bar Blues variation substitutes a ii7-V7 progression for the V7 chord in bars 9 and 10…

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2015-01-05 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #4

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This commonly-used 12-bar Blues variation inserts a short turnaround in bar 12…

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2015-01-04 Blues School

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

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A commonly-used variation inserts a IV7 chord in bar 2…

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2015-01-03 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #2

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This variation inserts an F7 chord in bar 10…

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2015-01-02 Blues School

Blues School: Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, The First Lesson

Welcome to the first and most important lesson in Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony…

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2015-01-02 Blues School
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