blues in a – First Frets Homeschool Guitar and Ukulele Lessons

Here we explore the A-minor Pentatonic Scale, and see how it can be used for more soloing in the key of A.

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.