Basic Guitar Chords

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Beginner Blues Lesson - 4 Common Blues Guitar Chords

When it comes to playing the blues there are two things you need to know.

1.) How the 12 bar blues works

2.) How do I play them

There are some keys which are more used then others. The two most commonly played keys in the blues are E and A, if we determine which chords are played from those keys we can figure out the most common chords for blues.

In this post I'll explain the 12 bar blues, which keys are most popular and what chords you need to play the 12 bar blues in those keys.

12 Bar Blues

The 12 bar blues is a pattern which repeats itself through out most blues songs and is made up of three different chords from a given key.

The chords you need to know are the one, the four and the five chord. These are easy to find, simply refer to the major the scale for that particular key.

The pattern you play these chords in is:

I – I – I – I – IV – IV – I – I – V – IV – I – V

In the above example I = one, IV = four and V = five.

Playing in the Key of A

We must first find out I, IV and V chords. We can find these by reviewing our A major scale.

A – B – C# – D – E – F# – G# - A

So our I chord is the A, our IV chord is the D and our V chord is the E.

By plugging these into the 12 bar blues pattern above you can play the 12 bar blues in the key of A.

12 Bar Blues in the Key of E

Like above we can find the chords we need by looking to the E major scale.

E – F# - G# - A – B – C# - D

The I chord is the E, the IV chord is the A and the V chord is the B.

Common Blues Guitar Chords

You can see that there is some overlap here. Between the Key of A and the Key of E we have the E chord, D chord, A chord and the B Chord. These are the most common chords used in blues guitar patterns.

To increase the blues appeal of these progressions you'll want to learn a variation of each chord that isn't the regular old open chord. An advanced way to play is by learning 7th chords for your blues progressions. While this is outside the scope of this post a blues guitar lessons dvd would allow you to learn the basics to improve your blues skills.

When you learn blues guitar it's not so much all the technical aspects you must learn but the time to practice putting them all together to create your own sound and feel.

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