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The Minor blues in F# minor

Minor blues in F# minor plays F#m7, Bm7 and C#7 — 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 1F#m7i
Bar 2Bm7iv
Bar 3F#m7i
Bar 4F#m7i
Bar 5Bm7iv
Bar 6Bm7iv
Bar 7F#m7i
Bar 8F#m7i
Bar 9C#7V
Bar 10Bm7iv
Bar 11F#m7i
Bar 12C#7V

The shapes

iF#m7
F# minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2, open, fret 2, fret 2, fret 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.
202220ivBm7
B minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 2, open, fret 2, open, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo.
x20202VC#7
C# dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 4, fret 3, fret 4, open, fret 4. Frets are relative to the capo.
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The same progression in a nearby key

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