The following blues chords chart contains all of the chords listed above in the key of A. Try playing through all the blues chords below to see which ones you like the best. This is simply due to variations of the same chord. You’ll also notice that in the list below there are multiple chords that are named the same. To see a complete view of a guitar’s fretboard notes, check out the guitar fretboard notes legend. To modify this chord to be in the key of D, simply move from the 5th fret of the low E string to the 10th fret, as well as all other notes accordingly. The root is found on the low E string on the 5th fret. For example, let’s take the first A7 chord. To change the key of each of the following chords take the lowest root and change its position on the fretboard while maintaining the same chord shape, just transpose all of the notes. The root of each of the following chords is highlighted in green. In the blues chord chart below I decided to include the positions of these chords in the key of A, D, and E so that you can pick and choose which chords you want and then apply them to the 12-bar blues progression (I’ll also discuss a few blues progression examples). The following list of 12 blues chords are all in the key of A. The important thing to note is that blues chords commonly use 7ths, 9ths, and 13ths, however, this is not a rule set in stone. You can add certain notes to an existing blues chord to give it more flavour, you can change the key, etc. There are a ton of possibilities and variations to blues chords. That being said, true blues chords aren’t restricted to just 7th chords, many times 9ths and 13ths are also used to provide that bluesy sound. However as long as the root, third, and 7th are present, then you still have a 7th chord. For example, in some cases, there may be no perfect fifth or you may add a 6th, etc. Sometimes you may see a variation in the presence of these notes. These types of chords are typically made up of 4 notes: Many blues chords are made of what is called 7th chords. They are just regular major chords applied to a blues progression. However, these chords aren’t necessarily blues chords per se. For example, if you want to use all major chords you can simply take the chords A, D, and E, plug them into the 12-bar blues formula and voilà, you’ve got a blues chord progression. You can play the blues with really any type of chord. Therefore, knowing which chords will produce a “bluesy” sound will help you further advance your blues playing skillset. Learning the blues can truly open up a huge range of musical possibilities. Rather this post is all about highlighting great sounding blues chords that you can add to your guitar playing toolbox. This post however, isn’t going to go overly in-depth into the history and advanced structure of the 12 bar blues. As you can see by counting the measures, they add up to 12, hence the 12-bar blues. Once you get to step 6, simply rinse and repeat. Moves to the IV – played for 2 measures.Begins on the I also known as the root or tonic – played for 4 measures.That being said, the 12-bar blues progression essentially uses the following formula. To help better understand the following example, I would recommend taking a read through the learning guitar scales and guitar chords posts. This progression is made up of 12 measures and is based on the I-IV-V chords of a key. Blues music most times has a distinct sound and many recognize it by the well-known 12-bar blues progression.
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