12-Bar Blues (Standard)
Where does rock come from? From 12 bars and 3 dominant chords
The 12-Bar Blues is the mother structure of modern music. Sweet Home Chicago, Johnny B. Goode, Pride and Joy… all follow the same 12-bar map. Rock, blues, R&B — everything starts here.
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Famous songs
Sweet Home Chicago · Johnny B. Goode (Berry) · Pride and Joy (S.R. Vaughan) · Hound Dog (Elvis) · Roll Over Beethoven
Did you know?
Robert Johnson recorded the first 12-bar blues in 1936. Almost 90 years later, Sweet Home Chicago, Johnny B. Goode, and Pride and Joy still use exactly the same structure.