Typical Blues Progressions used in jazz "Improve your Jazz Guitar Key of Bb Playing with a REAL teacher"

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Most Basic 12-bar Blues - 3 chords : I7, IV7 and V7 (common progression in rock, pop and blues music)

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

F7

Eb7

Bb7

[F7]

Simplified "jazz blues" : begins with I - IV - I - I and also : II-V cadence in bars 9-10

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

Eb7

F7

Bb7

F7

Cm7

Bb7

Most Common "Jazz blues" : Secondary dominants in bars 4&8 and also I - VI - II - V Turnaround in bars 11-12

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

Bb7(b9)

Eb7

Bb7

G7(b9)

Cm7

F7

Bb7 G7

Cm7 F7

"Jazz blues" with even more chords : II-V interpolation in bars 4&8 and also : Passing Diminished chord (#IV) in bar 6.

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

Fm7

Bb7(b9)

Eb7

E7

Bb7

D G7(b9)

Cm7

F7

Bb7 G7

Cm7 F7

"Major Bebop blues" - referred to as "Bird Blues" conceived in major, contains many II-V. study carefully and analyze! Improvisation on this one is highly rewarding!

Bb^

D7(b9)

Gm7

C7

Fm7

Bb7

Eb7

Ebm7 Ab7

Dm7 G7

Dbm7 Gb7

Cm7

F7

Bb^ G7(b9)

Cm7 F7

See the tunes : -"blues for alice" (key of F) -"chi chi" (key of Ab) -"freight trane" (key of Ab)