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Meaning of twelve-bar blues | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

plural, plural-only

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

twelve-inch twelve-ounce curls twelve-pounder twelve-speed twelve-step program twelve-stepper

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