Blues

E7
E7
E7
E7
A7
A7
E7
E7
B7
A7
E7
B7
E7Play E
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Play the root note four times in every bar – that’s the note the chord is named after. The gold dot on the neck shows where it is.

Level

Key

★ In E the root notes E and A are on open strings – the easiest. Other keys fit songs or friends you play with.

Tempo

Helpers

The 12-bar blues: 4 bars E, 2 bars A, 2 bars E, then B, A, E, B – and back to the start. The band plays a “shuffle”: long-short, long-short.

Blues with a band in any key: first root notes, then riffs, then free playing – on guitar, with tab.