Minor Blues, Lesson 1 - part 1

Minor Blues -
Minor Blues Lesson 1, Part
2

You can subsitute all major chords in a 12-bar blues with the parallel minor chords, and
voila: You get a minor blues. In the key A-minor, a 12-bar blues Type 1 would be like
this:

I have not included a turnaround chord, which would be an Em7 if we should stick to minor
chords througout the tune. But as there are no tritone in the m7 chord, it does not have the
turnaround effect. It is the tritone in the V7 chord that calls for a resolution to the I chord,
which has the turnaround effect.
Some examples of tunes played with this progression are:
An Otis Rush tune. The
All Your John Mayall and The Bluesmen
Eric middle (shuffle section)
Love (I Miss Am the Bluesbreaker (from
Clapton modulates to major, and then
Loving) (UK) Musicroom)
it modulates back to minor.

All Your
Otis Rush Love (I Miss F#m
Loving)

I have not written out any arrangements in this lesson, as it is the chord progression and not
a particular playing style that is covered. Instead I have included backing tracks in various
keys and styles. The minor pentatonic scale should be the basis for your soloing over
these progressions.
If we write the similar progression as a Type 2 progression, it would be like this:
Here are some backing tracks to practise with.