The 12 bar blues chord progression is the foundation of blues rhythm guitar. Learn how to apply blues scales to simple soloing, and how to play the 12 bar blues progression. This progression is used in countless blues songs so if you want to play blues guitar youd better learn it. The jazzbluesgenerator is a program written in maxmsp that plays a 12bardominantjazzblues chord progression and generates a fitting solo over it. Jazz blues chord progression generator music production hq. Apr 01, 2020 blues music most times has a distinct sound and many recognize it by the wellknown 12bar blues progression. In music, an eightbar blues is a typical blues chord progression, the second most common blues form, common to folk, rock, and jazz forms of the blues, taking eight 4 4 or 12 8 bars to the verse. Bbs change to the standard blues progression is this. Basin street blues chords ella fitzgerald ultimatetabs. To help better understand the following example, i would recommend taking a read through the learning guitar scales and guitar chords posts. Basin street blues louis armstrong, 1928 top older rock and pop song lyrics with chords for guitar, and downloadable pdf.
This adds some nice voice leading into the ii chord. Print and download basin street blues sheet music by louis armstrong. The first 16 bars are often played as a preliminary verse, with improvisation around several choruses of the second 16 bars. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. The turnaround at the end now has a vi chord added in bar 11. C dm7 c7 g7 c bb g7 g7 c g7 cdim c dm7 cdim c wont you come along with me dm7 c7 g7 c bb g7 down that mississippi. Youll n c9 ever k c now how cm7 nice it s cdim eems. Sep 14, 20 the classic tbone walker tune is a mustknow, and the progression in fig. Glad to be, yessiree, where welcomes free, dear to me, where i can lose my ba sin street blues. Louis armstrong basin street blues sheet music piano.
The iv7 chord is in bars 57 and 10, with the v7 chord in bar 9 only. F jazz blues comping jazz chords and concepts guitar lesson playing the chords on a jazz blues is a great way to start your journey into jazz guitar. Im moving stuff over from my abandoned account losbruun. Or j dm7 ust how m em7 uch it r f7 eally m g7 eans. Basin street blues standard notation and tab by louis armstrong. The i iv v blues progression is sometimes used by jazz musicians such as grant green on slow blues tunes, but hardly ever on medium fast tunes. He changes the i and iv chords, which are typically played as a major triad or dominant 7th to the minor 7ths. A7 for a blues in a movement to the iv chord in measure 5 d7 for a blues in a then a return to the i chord in measure 7. There is one more kind of jazz blues you should know. Jun 25, 2011 so now anytime youre in front of a lead guitar player you are cool, confident and prepared because youve mastered these 3 juicy blues chord progressions. The basic blues progression uses 3 chords the tonic i or the chord that the song is centered on, the dominant v or the chord based on the fifth step of the tonic scale, and the subdominant iv or the chord based on the fourth step of the tonic scale. With a capo in the first fret this piece can be played in its original key bb. As well, the form of a i iv v blues is 12 bars long, with a semistrict ordering of the chords, at least for the basic blues progression as you can see here.
Basin street is the street where the elite always meet in new orleans, land of dreams youll never know how nice it seems or just how much it really means. F jazz blues comping jazz chords and concepts jens larsen. Louis armstrong basin street blues the jazzomat research project. Basin street blues was written by spencer williams in 1926.
Basin street blues guitar chords and tabs by louis armstrong. It is usually in 44 4 crotchet beats per bar and uses 1 chord per bar with 12 bars in total thus the 12 bar blues. Then for the turnaround he goes with one measure of the major 7th on the vi chord, then one measure of the minor 7th on the v chord. C well take a c7 boat to the l f and of d fm reams, c steam gb down the r am7 iver b9 down to g7 new orl c eans. Albert ballatin a beer truck driver and cemetery attendant in a jan 16.
Basin street blues standard notation and tab by louis. The 5 chord stays the same as it would in its major key. In this case, the i7 chord is in bars 14, 78 and 1112. Basin street blues sheet music for piano download free in. Song lyrics with guitar chords for basin street blues. Louis blues from the wc handy album, show that the. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords, and singer pro in bb major. Youre probably used to playing a 12bar blues progression that looks something like this. With that in mind, well be in the key of e blues through this entire series. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Basin street is the street where the best folks always meet, c7 f7.
Jazz ensemble sheet music book by spencer williams. Basin street blues chords the mills brothers echords. Louis armstrong basin street blues sheet music piano solo. Blues if often played with a 12 bar structure, a socalled 12 bar blues. Nov 20, 2009 basin street blues was written by spencer williams in 1926. For example, an a minor blues progression would typically be. Some of his solos from the 1950s, such as the hard rocking version of st. Being able to play the blues is a great tool for guitar players and musicians in general to get together, jam, explore, evolve and have a great time.
In other words, we only change the 1 and 4 chords to minor. Basin street blues chords by louis armstrong songsterr tabs. This progression is made up of 12 measures and is based on the iivv chords of a key. Chord progressions the best free chord progression lessons on the web the recipe for music is part melody, lyric, rhythm, and harmony chord progressions. Basin street blues by spencer williams score and parts. Basin street blues sheet music for piano download free. Jazz blues chord substitutions guide jamie holroyd guitar. This lesson shows you the basic 12 bar blues progression and three common variations you can play in any key. Essentially, bars 11 and 12 are a iviiiv chord progression. The progression starts on the i chord in measure 1. And while this is a perfectly acceptable way to play a blues, youd expect a few more harmonic twists within a jazzinfluenced progression. The famous basin street blues arranged for classical or fingerstyle guitar solo.
Louis armstrong basin street blues sheet music in bb. C e7 a7 d7 g7 c yes, the a7 briefly goes to bb7 and then back, but im ignoring this for simplicitys sake. The soul of new orleans can be heard in the releases on basin street records. But is it still important to be aware of the movement and aesthetic quality of this progression before looking at the more harmonically advanced jazz blues chord substitutions. Mar 03, 2017 in bar 8, the iii chord is added with the vi. A couple of key element that make this chord progression sound like the blues are the following. Basically, starting with the second chord, every chord is the v7 of the next chord until youre back at i e. Louis armstrong basin street blues sheet music in bb major. In the key of e blues, the 1 chord is an e, the 4 chord is an a, and the 5 chord is a b.
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The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons. The standard 12bar blues progression has three chords in it the 1 chord, the 4 chord, and then the 5 chord. One example is the basin street blues which for bb instruments goes similarly to this. Print and download basin street blues standard notation and tab sheet music. Here you will learn many 12 bar blues progressions, from the most basic ones to more complex. Basin street blues louis armstrong guitar chords and tabs. A heaven on earth, they call it basin street i said, basin street, basin street where the elite always meet down in new orleans, the land of dreams youll never know how nice it seems or just how much it really means just to be, yes, siree, in new orleans the land of dreams where i can lose my basin street blues now, youre glad you came with me. In its basic form, it is predominantly based on the i, iv, and v chords of a key. C c7 f fm well take a boat to the land of dreams, c gb am7 bb9 g7 c g steam down the river down to new orleans. Where the elite always meet in d new orle am7 ans, l d9 and of d g7 reams. G the c bands g7 there to cdimi greet c, c, dmi7, cdimi, c us, c old fr c7 iends will m g7 eet u g75.
The twelvebar blues or blues changes is one of the most prominent chord progressions in popular music. The term chord progression refers to a succession of tones or chords played in a particular order for a specified duration that harmonizes with the melody. In this video i will go over a 3 step process where you learn some basic jazz blues comping and turn them into tools that you can use to comp more freely and develop your own chord vocabulary. Blues chord progressions 12, 8 and 16 bar examples. It can be used to get to know the chords, modes and sound of the 12bardominantjazzblues as a backing track to practice improvisation over variable chord progressions. However, sometimes a dominant 7th 5 chord is used to create more tension before the return home to the minor tonic. The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phrase, chord structure, and duration. The 12 bar blues is made up of 3, four measure phrases. The most notable difference between this progression and the basic 12bar blues occurs in measures seven and eight with the ascending and descending minor chords. Basin street blues chords louis armstrong ultimatetabs.
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