25.77Your basic blues toolkit
You need these elements:
- 12-bar form
- I7–IV7–V7
- shuffle/swing
- minor pentatonic
- major pentatonic
- blues scale
- ♭3→3
- ♭5→5
- call-and-response
- turnaround
If those are secure, you can already play convincing simple blues.
25.77 Your basic blues toolkit