{"id":32,"date":"2017-04-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-10T08:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:46:30","slug":"blues-chords-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/blues-chords-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Chords Made Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Playing blues on the piano is one of the coolest things you can do. And luckily, it\u2019s actually pretty easy. The first thing you\u2019re gonna want to do to learn blues piano is learn some great blues chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chords we\u2019ll look at here are called \u20187th chords\u2019. If you already know major and minor triads, then you\u2019re 3\/4s of the way there to learning 7th chords! All you have to do is stack one more note on top of your 3 note triad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at the C major triad. It\u2019s made up of 3 notes, C (I), E, (III), and G (V). So, there\u2019s one additional note you\u2019ll have to add on top of these 3 notes, and that note is going to be based off of the 7th degree. Arguably the most iconic 7th chord found in blues music is the \u2018Dominant 7th\u2019 chord. This chord is made up of a major triad PLUS a flat-7 on top. That means taking the note from the 7th degree of the major scale (in the case of C major, that means B) and flattening it by one semitone. So the C Dominant 7th chord is made up of the notes C-E-G-Bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To test your understanding, try making a dominant 7th chord off of an F major triad. Remember to start with your major triad notes, F-A-C and top it off with the flat-7th, in this case, Eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about a Dominant 7th chord based off of G? Your G major triad is going to be G-B-D. If you count up 7 notes within the G major scale, you\u2019ll land on F#. In order to make a proper Dominant 7th chord, you\u2019ve got to flatten that F# down into an F natural. So the notes for a G Dominant 7th chord are G-B-D-F!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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