Eight-bar blues

One boogie woogie bassline for 8-bar blues progression in C, chord roots in red.
Eight-bar boogie-woogie blues in C
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In music, an eight-bar blues is a common blues chord progression. Music writers have described it as "the second most common blues form"[1] being "common to folk, rock, and jazz forms of the blues".[2] It is often notated in 4
4 or 12
8 time with eight bars to the verse.

  1. ^ Riker, Wayne (1994). Complete Blues Guitar Method: Mastering Blues Guitar. Alfred Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-7390-0408-1.
  2. ^ Barrett, David (2000). Blues Harmonica Jam Tracks & Soloing Concepts #1. Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7866-5653-0.