12 Bar Blues12 Bar Blues

The notes in a key have NumbersThe notes in a key have Numbers

aa bb cc dd ee ff gg

11 22 33 44 55 66 77

The Chord PatternThe Chord Pattern

1/// | 1/// | 1/// | 1/// |1/// | 1/// | 1/// | 1/// |

4/// | 4/// | 1/// | 1/// |4/// | 4/// | 1/// | 1/// |

5/// | 4/// | 1/// | 5/// |5/// | 4/// | 1/// | 5/// |

Blues in EbBlues in Eb

Eb/// | Eb/// | Eb/// | Eb/// |Eb/// | Eb/// | Eb/// | Eb/// |

Ab/// | Ab/// | Eb/// | Eb/// |Ab/// | Ab/// | Eb/// | Eb/// |

Bb/// | Ab/// | Eb/// | Bb/// |Bb/// | Ab/// | Eb/// | Bb/// |

Play the followingPlay the following

16 Eb / D#16 Eb / D#

8 Ab / G#8 Ab / G#

8 Eb / D#8 Eb / D#

4 Bb / A#4 Bb / A#

4 Ab / G#4 Ab / G#

8 Eb / D#8 Eb / D#

The Blues ScaleThe Blues Scale

Use the following notes to make up a Use the following notes to make up a blues tune over the backing file you can blues tune over the backing file you can find in shared work.find in shared work.

Eb Gb Ab A Bb DbEb Gb Ab A Bb Db

Make it an AAB pattern. Two phrases the Make it an AAB pattern. Two phrases the same and one different to finish.same and one different to finish.