ItвЂ™s probably easier to just refer to them as I, IV and V. In fact, the labels arenвЂ™t even that important for now.

The other chords have labels too, but weвЂ™re not concerned with them at the moment.

I is the Tonic, IV is the Subdominant and V is the Dominant. The I, IV and V chords represent the Major chords in a given key (which is why the numerals are written in uppercase).Д®ach of these chords has a name that tells us about how the chord functions. Just to recap, the seven chords in a key are as follows: If you read the previous lesson, this will all make sense. We also learnt that chords are often written by using roman numerals. In the previous lesson on song writing and chord theory, we learnt that each key is made up of sevenВ chords, one for every note of the major scale. To be able to play a blues, we need three chords вЂ“ 1, 4 and 5. Before we look at exactly what it is, we need to be familiar with I, IV and V chords. So what is it? Well, it has 12 bars, but IвЂ™m guessing that you already figured that out by the title.

For guitarists, it is an essential part of our repertoire. It has been used to produce countless hits including outside of the blues genre. The 12 bar blues is one of the most popular chord progressions in all of music. We will also explore the minor blues scale and look at how itвЂ™s a perfect fit for the 12-bar blues chord progression. In this lesson, we are going to look at the 12-bar blues, which is a popular chord progression used in countless songs.