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Progression

The Minor blues in G minor

Minor blues in G minor plays Gm7, Cm7 and D7 — 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 1Gm7i
Bar 2Cm7iv
Bar 3Gm7i
Bar 4Gm7i
Bar 5Cm7iv
Bar 6Cm7iv
Bar 7Gm7i
Bar 8Gm7i
Bar 9D7V
Bar 10Cm7iv
Bar 11Gm7i
Bar 12D7V

The shapes

The same progression in a nearby key

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