Blues Beats.
Blues beats follow the 12-bar form with shuffle or straight grooves, dominant seventh chords, slide and bent-note guitar and organ or harmonica colour, usually 60 to 100 BPM. BeatStore's blues catalogue works as backing tracks for guitar and harp players to solo over, as beds for soulful vocals, and as the sample source for gritty blues-rap flips. Preview the full track, check the licence terms, and download your files right after checkout.
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Play the Blues
Twelve Bars and a Feel
Blues is built on a form rather than a production style. The 12-bar progression, dominant seventh chords throughout, and a shuffle or straight groove at 60 to 100 BPM give you a structure every player already knows, which is exactly why it works as a backing track.
- The 12-bar form, so soloists know where they are without being told.
- Dominant seventh chords used as home rather than as tension.
- Shuffle or straight-eight grooves with a heavy backbeat.
- Slide, bends and vibrato carrying expression instead of complexity.
Soloing, Singing and Sampling
These tracks work as backing for guitar and harmonica players to solo over, as beds for soulful vocals, and as source material for gritty blues-rap flips. Check the key and the groove type before you buy, since a shuffle and a straight feel demand different phrasing.
Preview the full track, check the licence terms, and download your files right after checkout.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a 12-bar blues?
A: A 12-bar blues is a repeating twelve-bar chord progression built on the first, fourth and fifth degrees of the scale, typically four bars of the first chord, two of the fourth, two of the first, then the fifth, fourth and first to close.
Q: What BPM is blues?