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Progression

The Minor blues in F minor

Minor blues in F minor plays Fm7, Bbm7 and C7 — i, iv and V — across 12 chords. The twelve-bar blues form in a minor key: minor seventh chords throughout, except a dominant seventh V that pulls harder back to the tonic.

The chords, in order

Bar 1Fm7i
Bar 2Bbm7iv
Bar 3Fm7i
Bar 4Fm7i
Bar 5Bbm7iv
Bar 6Bbm7iv
Bar 7Fm7i
Bar 8Fm7i
Bar 9C7V
Bar 10Bbm7iv
Bar 11Fm7i
Bar 12C7V

The shapes

The same progression in a nearby key

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