• Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string. (5th string.)
• Place your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the G string. (3rd string.)
•Strum all the strings.
•Place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the D string. (4th string.)
• Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret o the B string. (2nd string.)
•Strum from the A string!
•Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string. (5th string.)
•Place your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the D string. (4th string.)
• Place your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. (3rd string.)
• Strum from the A string!
The main progression in blues music is known as a ’12 bar blues’. You must know this chord progression if you want to learn blues music. A bar is a segment in musical time, so when we play a 12 bar blues, we have 12 bars of music. We’re going to be learning a 12 bar blues in the key of E. Here’s the progression:
