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    12 Bar Blues Lesson Supplement

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    The document provides instruction on the 12-bar blues form, including its basic chord progression of F7, Bb7, and C7. It discusses visualizing the blues form as blocks of 4 bars and recommends learning the chord progression, playing the whole form with left hand voicings, and exploring improvisation. The document also discusses soloing over the jazz blues in F using primarily chord tones, and covers the related song "Straight No Chaser," recommending playing its form and taking a solo using a backing track app.

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    12 Bar Blues Lesson Supplement

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    The document provides instruction on the 12-bar blues form, including its basic chord progression of F7, Bb7, and C7. It discusses visualizing the blues form as blocks of 4 bars and recommends learning the chord progression, playing the whole form with left hand voicings, and exploring improvisation. The document also discusses soloing over the jazz blues in F using primarily chord tones, and covers the related song "Straight No Chaser," recommending playing its form and taking a solo using a backing track app.

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    The document provides instruction on the 12-bar blues form, including its basic chord progression of F7, Bb7, and C7. It discusses visualizing the blues form as blocks of 4 bars and recommends learning the chord progression, playing the whole form with left hand voicings, and exploring improvisation. The document also discusses soloing over the jazz blues in F using primarily chord tones, and covers the related song "Straight No Chaser," recommending playing its form and taking a solo using a backing track app.

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    12 Bar Blues Lesson Supplement

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    Rudolf Rijgersberg
    The document provides instruction on the 12-bar blues form, including its basic chord progression of F7, Bb7, and C7. It discusses visualizing the blues form as blocks of 4 bars and recommends learning the chord progression, playing the whole form with left hand voicings, and exploring improvisation. The document also discusses soloing over the jazz blues in F using primarily chord tones, and covers the related song "Straight No Chaser," recommending playing its form and taking a solo using a backing track app.

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    Bar Blues Improvisation www.pianogroove.com


    Course Supplement & Notation



    The Basic 12 Bar Blues in F

    Here we can see the F blues in its most basic form. As we can see, the 12 bars are
    only made up of 3 different chords: F7, Bb7 and C7 – all of which are dominant
    chords. Here is a numeric analysis of the chords:



    The Jazz Blues Form

    Thinking of the blues in terms of blocks of 4 is a very good way to visualize the
    form. It breaks it down into 3 simple sections that you can easily remember:



    • Learn and memorise the numeric sequence of the progression.
    • Learn to play the whole form with left hand voicings with your eyes closed!
    • Only when you can do this, you can then start to explore improvisation.



    Chord Tone Soloing Over The Jazz Blues In F

    Around 85%+ of the notes below are primary chord tones (1-3-5-7):


    • Try to create a solo using just chord tones.
    • Next add chromatic approach patterns and enclosure.
    • Then introduce non chromatic passing tones and chromaticism.

    “Straight No Chaser” Chords & Melody

    “Straight No Chaser” is very closely related to the standard jazz blues form so if
    you are familiar with that set of chord changes you will have no problems
    learning the form and harmony for this tune:

    • Play the form of “Straight No Chaser” & take a solo the second time through.
    • Use the iRealPro app as a backing track to keep you in time with the band.
    • Focus on developing musical motifs and telling a narrative in your solo.

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