Originally Posted by: adevotedoneHello, All,

Again, my ignorant question #2 for the night!!

I'm working on one of the tutorials, a novice intro to 12-bar blues in E. In the third lesson, he introduces the structure of the 12-bar sequence:

|E-------|E-------|E-------|E-------|

1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4

|A-------|A-------|E-------|E-------|

1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4

|B7------|B7------|E-------|B7------|

1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4

My question is, I thought the 12-bar sequence went: I, I, I, I, IV, IV, I, I, V, IV, I, V, which would require an A in the 10th measure above, rather than a B7. Am I remembering the sequence wrong, or is there more than 1 way to play a 12-bar blues. Chris is my favorite instructor on here, and I'm working on a couple of his lessons. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something.

Thanks for any help or clarification you can offer!!

Peace,
Tom

As you will undoubtedly find out in the other lessons there are many variations on the 12 bar blues theme - even an 8 bar blues!