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16-Bar Blues Progressions
(I-IV-I-V-I)
The 16-bar blues progression is similar to the 12-bar traditional blues progression except the first four bars of “I” chord are doubled in length to eight bars. Below is an example of a proto typical progression in the key of C followed by several examples of common variations.
| C7 / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| C7 / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| F7 / / / | / / / / | C7 / / / | / / / / |
G7 / / / | F7 / / / | C7 / / / | / / / / |
Example 1
| I | I | I | I |
| I | I | I | I |
| IV | IV | I | I |
| V | V | I | I |
Example 2
| I | I | I | I |
| I | I | I | I |
| IV | IV | I | I |
| V | IV | I | I |
Example 3
| I | I | I | I |
| I | I | I | I |
| IV | IV | I | I |
| ii | IV | I IV | I V7 |
Example 4
| I | I | I | I |
| I | I | I | I7 |
| IV | #IVo | I | I |
| ii | IV | I IV | I V7 |
Example 5
| I7 | I7 | I7 | I7 |
| I7 | I7 | I7 | v7 I7 |
| IV7 | #IVo | I7 | iii7b5 VI7 |
| ii7 | V7 | I7 IV7 | I7 V7 |
Example 6
| I7 | IV7 | I7 | v7 I7 |
| IV7 | #IVo | I7 | iii7b5 VI7 |
| ii7 | V7 | I7 IV7 | I7 V7 |
| ii7 | V7 | I7 IV7 | I7 V7 |
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