A166361 Scale degrees of the roots of chords in a traditional "twelve-bar blues" in Western music.

1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 1

Offset

1,5

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..12.

Formula

Tonic * 4; Subdominant * 2; Tonic * 2; Dominant; Subdominant; Tonic * 2

Example

In key of C: C7 C7 C7 C7 F7 F7 C7 C7 G7 F7 C7 C7

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A060036 A202024 A319703 * A213669 A046539 A198929

Adjacent sequences: A166358 A166359 A166360 * A166362 A166363 A166364

Keyword

easy,nonn,fini,full

Author

Ethan Beihl, Oct 12 2009

Extensions

Keyword:fini,full added by R. J. Mathar, Oct 14 2009

Status

approved