Blues — Electric guitar

This is the electric guitar's home ground: pop, rock, blues, funk and soul were shaped around its sound, whether you strum full chords or play short, tight chord stabs behind the singer. The sound of the blues comes from mixing pain and relief: three chords, notes that seem to cry, and a sway that talks straight to the listener. Here you'll study the twelve-bar — the twelve-measure cycle behind almost every blues — and the quick-change, the variation that switches chords as early as the second measure.

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Progressions

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Updated July 9, 2026