12 bar blues – First Frets Homeschool Guitar and Ukulele Lessons

Now, we quickly learn the main blues chords in the key of A, another very popular key for the blues. Notice the familiar 12-bar form: the I-chord starts it off, the IV-chord takes over starting on measure 5, you have a quick recall of the I-chord for measures 7-8, and then the final 4 measures contain the turnaround.

The key of E is home to countless blues tunes. In this video we show you the 3 main chords found in the 12-bar blues in E.

Let’s discuss the main 12-bar blues form. This pattern is the same for countless blues songs. Once you play through it a few times, you’ll start to feel when to change chords, rather than having to constantly count through each measure.