twelve-bar blues

noun

A blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.

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nountwelve-bar blues pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyentertainmentA blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.
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twelve-bar blues. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twelve-bar%20blues

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