12 bar blues tab :help:

[kyleZORZ]

Hey for college i need to learn the twelve bar blues but am expected to learn it by ear but am unable to do that currently could someone please tab it out for me.


Oh also in the key of C



Thanks kyleZORZ

[Muusers]

you need to learn a 12-bar blues for school by ear and you're unable to do it?

[kyleZORZ]

yea its not that i couldnt play it i just dont know what notes are to be played

[kyleZORZ]

anyone:h elp:

[vinny]

edited:

Sorry man that answer was no help. My bad.

[esmtll]

There's nothing to tab out. It's 12 bars of three chords: I IV V.
I | I | I | I | IV | IV | I | I | V | IV | C | C

In C that would be:
C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | G | F | C | G

Add the 7th on the transition between the I and the IV or V. And when you're all done replace the V (G) with your I (C). Just mess around to Crossroads. It's your standard 12 bar blues.

[von buck]

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[Rich600]

Originally Posted by esmtll

There's nothing to tab out. It's 12 bars of three chords: I IV V.
I | I | I | I | IV | IV | I | I | V | IV | C | C

In C that would be:
C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | G | F | C | G

Add the 7th on the transition between the I and the IV or V. And when you're all done replace the V (G) with your I (C). Just mess around to Crossroads. It's your standard 12 bar blues.

Given that he doesn't know the notes I doubt that's going to help him in the slightest...

Sad times when you can't play 12BB.

But in his defense, Everyone here was a learner once upon a time.

Apologies if that made me sound like a d!ck.

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by kyleZORZ

Hey for college i need to learn the twelve bar blues but am expected to learn it by ear but am unable to do that currently could someone please tab it out for me.


Oh also in the key of C



Thanks kyleZORZ

they may want something like this

Cmaj F7 Cmaj C maj F7 F7 C maj C maj Dmin7 G7 C maj C maj 4 beats per and this leads to a kazillion variations

[kyleZORZ]

like what i was after is the 12 bar blues scale in c i know the root notes

[Febs]

Basic 12 bar blues chord progression:

C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 |
F7 | F7 | C7 | C7 |
G7 | F7 | C7 | C7 |

Here are the notes in the three chords in the progression:

C7 = C E G Bb
F7 = F A C Eb
G7 = G B D F

You can create a blues bass line just by playing the notes in the chords. Find each note on your bass. Play them in the order that I listed, going up in pitch. For the places in the chord progression where the same chord happens twice in a row, place the same notes going down in pitch. For example, in the first two measures, you can play C E G Bb | C Bb G E |. You have just created a basic blues bass line.

If you want to create variations on this line, you can use the following scales:

C7 = C D E F G A Bb C
F7 = F G A Bb C D Eb F
G7 = G A B C D E F G

Some general guidelines you can follow when deciding which notes of those scales to use:

1. Any time the chord changes, play the root note on the first beat of the first measure. So, for example, in measure 4, play an F.

2. When you are playing the same chord for multiple measures, try to play one of the notes in the chord on the first beat of the measure. So, for example, in measure 5, play an F, A, C, or Eb on the first beat.

These are not hard and fast rules, but they are a good place to start.

[chicago_mike]

If you dont get funny looks from old guys, you can get away with chromatic and passing tones..but sometimes..youll get yelled at. So keep it "in the box" for now.

Also theres about a million and a half turn arounds. Icecream changes, lumps, and all the variations of slow blues, that by the 3rd note that the guitarist plays, you should know these things: The Key, major or minor, and if theres raised 5's or not. Is it slow or quick changes...Balls with the lyrics. We never yell out the key..we just listen.

[kyleZORZ]

Thanks Febs Youve been a great help

[von buck]

Originally Posted by kyleZORZ

Thanks Febs Youve been a great help

Febs? you're the one who, oh never mind

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by kyleZORZ

like what i was after is the 12 bar blues scale in c i know the root notes

its unclear what you mean here but if its an actual blues scale it would be 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 or in C .......C Eb F Gb G Bb minor pentatonic w/ a raised4 or flat 5

try those 12 bar progressions using

root octave b7 5 4 which is the root of the IV (four) chord
in the progression