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How to Play the IV Chord in F Major Blues Music

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Summary: Learn about the IV chord in blues music in F major on the flute from a professional flutist in this free music lesson video about musical instruments and music theory.

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Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more

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How to Play the IV Chord in F Major Blues Music

The next chord which is commonly used in the blues progression is the four chord. Let's look at the four chord written out. The four chord starts on B-flat, which is the fourth note of F. B-flat starts on, has B-flat in the root, it has D on the third. It has F on the fifth and it has A-flat as the dominant seventh or the minor seventh. As you will recall, it is a minor seventh up from the B-flat. I'm going to play through this in an arpeggio broken down in this chord. Then I will play the B-flat dominant scale, which is a scale you can use when playing over the changes. Here is the arpeggio. Notice the flat seven, which makes it jazzy. Now I will play the B-flat scale. This is the B-flat dominant scale which uses the flat seven.

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