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 BLUES CHORDS

Learning blues chords and jazz chords is an ongoing process. But you don't need to know everything before you start to enjoy playing the blues.

The most basic blues chords simply involve taking three Major chords, and adding one note to each of them.

For example, if you start with a C Major chord, which is:

C E G

simply add a Bb, resulting in C E G Bb, which is know as the C Seventh chord (abbreviated C7 in music notation). If we do this with two more major triads, the F Major chord and G Major chord, we now have the tree basic blues chords in the key of C major:

C E G Bb  (C7)

F A C Eb  (F7)

G B D F    (G7)

Once you have a handle on playing these basic blues chords, you can take things a step further. Our recommendation to do this is Jazz Piano For Beginners. A nice thing about this very inexpensive ebook is that it will also help you to get moving with jazz piano fundamentals and application as well. Grab yourself a copy and join the ranks of other blues pianists who, once involved, never turn back!

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