This user-friendly book, with access to online audio, shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions.The book covers chord substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. An absolute goldmine for all musicians, students, blues songwriters, recording studios, ad agencies, and anyone who plays blues music. This truly amazing learning/reference work, designed for beginners and pros alike, also contains an appendix featuring a wealth of information about modern blues progressions and how to create them. Includes access to online audio.     

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Projects for Students

12 BAR MAJOR KEY BLUES PROGRESSIONS
A Basic 12-Bar Major Key Blues Progression
Variation on the Basic Progression
Adding More Chord Voicings to the Basic Progression
12-Bar Blues with Dominant 9th Chords
12-Bar Blues with Dominant 7th and 9th Chords
12-Bar Blues with Dominant 13th Chords
Mixed 7ths, 9ths and 13ths
12-Bar Blues with Major 6th and 6/9 Chords
Mixed Dominant 7, 9, 13 and Major 6 and 6/9 Chords
Substitute Progressions for Measures 1-4
Substitute Progressions for Measures 5-8
Substitute Progressions for Measures 9-10
Turnarounds for Major Keys
Modern 12-Bar Major Key Blues Progression #1
Modern 12-Bar Major Key Blues Progression #2
Modern 12-Bar Major Key Blues Progression #3

12-BAR MINOR KEY BLUES PROGRESSIONS
A Basic 12-Bar Minor Key Blues Progressions
Substitute Progressions for Measures 1-4
Substitute Progressions for Measures 5-8
Substitute Progressions for Measures 9-10
Turnarounds for Minor Keys
Modern 12-Bar Minor Key Blues Progression #1
Modern 12-Bar Minor Key Blues Progression #2

8-BAR BLUES PROGRESSIONS

16-BAR BLUES PROGRESSIONS