{"id":18289,"date":"2025-12-22T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:40:34","slug":"blues-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/blues-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues in C (Barney Kessel)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Barney Kessel blues comes from a 1974 BBC TV program called The Five Faces of the Guitar<\/em>, later released on the album Live & Rare<\/em>. The track is simply titled “Blues<\/em>“. In this lesson, you\u2019ll learn how to play the theme of this blues and part of the intro.<\/p>\n

The theme employs half-diminished<\/a> (m7b5) and half-diminished 11 voicings as substitutes for the dominant chords<\/a> of the blues, outlining 9 and 13 chords.<\/p>\n

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Em7b5 Chord<\/th>\nE<\/td>\nG<\/td>\nBb<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Played over C7<\/th>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nb7<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

C9 (= Em7b5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"C9<\/p>\n

\"C9<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Em11b5 Chord<\/th>\nE<\/td>\nG<\/td>\nBb<\/td>\nD<\/td>\nA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Played over C7<\/th>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nb7<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

C13 (=Em11b5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"C13<\/p>\n

\"C13<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The riff in bar 8 is built on the C major pentatonic scale.<\/p>\n

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