12-Bar Quick Change · Blues
B7 · E7 · B7 · B7 · E7 · E7 · B7 · B7 · F#7 · E7 · B7 · F#7
I7 · IV7 · V7 in the key of B
Twelve bars and three chords, underneath more songs than anyone can count. The quick change is the early move up to the four chord, right in the second bar.
Four bars of 12-bar quick change in the key of B, written I7 · IV7 · V7 and played quarters over a backbeat groove at around 104 beats per minute. The chord shapes are below, and you can hear the whole thing play (and slow it down) without an account.
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How it should feel
- Strum
- Quarters
- Groove
- Backbeat
- Tempo
- 104 bpm
- Key
- B
- Voicings
- The Fall
The top voice walks down instead. Same chords, opposite story.
The shapes
Low E on the left, high e on the right. 0 is an open string, × is one you do not play.
| Chord | E | A | D | G | B | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B7 | × | × | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| E7 | × | × | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| B7 | × | × | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| B7 | × | × | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| E7 | × | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | × |
| E7 | × | × | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| B7 | × | × | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| B7 | × | × | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| F#7 | × | × | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| E7 | × | × | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B7 | × | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | × |
| F#7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | × | × |
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Posted . Part of a growing library of guitar chord progressions.