Linked from

The 27 pages that link to Twelve-bar blues, each with the reason it gives.

• BluesBroader topic: This recurring form organizes countless blues songs and improvisations.

• Rock and rollRelated: Many early rock songs adapted this familiar blues structure.

• Rhythm and bluesRelated: The form provides a recurring harmonic framework for many early rhythm and blues songs.

• Jazz standardRelated: Blues-based standards use this compact, repeatable form as a foundation for improvisation.

• African American musicBroader topic: Its harmonic pattern became a durable framework for blues and jazz performance.

• Musical formBroader topic: Its repeating harmonic cycle shows how a fixed pattern can support variation and improvisation.

• Chord progressionBroader topic: Its repeated harmonic pattern is a widely recognized progression framework.

• Blues rockRelated: Its repeated harmonic cycle provides a common foundation for blues rock songs and solos.

• Chicago bluesRelated: Its repeating form gave singers and instrumentalists a shared framework for solos and verses.

• Delta bluesRelated: Its repeating harmonic form underlies many Delta blues performances.

• Boogie-woogieRelated: Many boogie-woogie tunes use this harmonic cycle beneath their repeating bass patterns.

• Jazz educationBroader topic: Its simple structure offers a contrast between stable form and spontaneous improvisation.

• British bluesRelated: The form provided a shared structure for covers, solos, and improvisation.

• Jazz harmonyNarrower topic: Its simpler harmonic frame makes jazz’s blues substitutions easier to hear.

• Modal jazzCompared with: The blues offers a fixed chord cycle, unlike modal forms that may suspend harmonic motion.

• Bessie SmithRelated: Many songs Smith recorded use this flexible harmonic framework for repeated verses and vocal improvisation.

• Harmonic rhythmBroader topic: Its fixed chord schedule offers a clear example of harmonic rhythm tied to a formal cycle.

• SkiffleRelated: Its compact, repeating structure made blues material accessible to beginner skiffle groups.

• Country bluesRelated: Many country blues songs adapt this recurring structure while allowing flexible phrasing.

• Kansas City jazzBroader topic: Its recurring cycle gave improvisers a durable structure for extended solos.

• MerseybeatRelated: Its compact structure underlies many early beat-group songs and performances.

• Blind Lemon JeffersonRelated: Several familiar blues structures provided a framework for Jefferson’s songs, though his phrasing often varied them.

• Johnny B. GoodeNarrower topic: The song adapts this recurring harmonic framework into a compact rock-and-roll structure.

• Willie DixonRelated: Many Dixon songs use this flexible framework for verses and instrumental breaks.

• Ike TurnerRelated: Its compact framework underlies many blues and early R&B performances associated with Turner.

• Big Bill BroonzyNarrower topic: Many Broonzy songs use this compact structure to support changing verses and guitar responses.

• Cross Road BluesRelated: The song reshapes a familiar blues progression through its phrasing and repeated lines.