Music
Alfred Basic Piano Course I
Tidbits of Music

Tidbits of Music

Blues

Music cal led BLUES has long been a part of the of American musical heritage. We find it in the music of many popular song writers, in ballads, boogie and rock. Blues follows a basic formula, that is, a standard chord progression:

  • 4 measures of the I chord
  • 2 measures of the IV chord
  • 2 measures of the I chord
  • 1 measure of the $V^7$ chord
  • 2 measures of the IV chord
  • 2 measures of the I chord
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