Stretching out a minor blues

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Hi all, I want to use the changes to a minor blues but instead of 12 measures I’m going to make it 24. So I'll have to stretch out the changes.
Let’s use Am as an example.
So far I thought of 2 possible variations.

|| Am7 --- |---- | Dm7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- ||

or
|| Am7 --- |---- | Dm7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |F#m7b5 --- | ----|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- ||

This last one I’m happy with the most, but I’m not completely satisfied and wonder whether I can add any changes. Can anyone give me some ideas to changes I can add or replace? In ms 5 till 8 f.e I'd like to add some.
Thank you for your time reading. Any variations for my 24 ms blues you can put me on to, I'd be happy to get familiar with.
regards, page

[engelbach]

Originally Posted by page

Hi all, I want to use the changes to a minor blues but instead of 12 measures I’m going to make it 24. So I'll have to stretch out the changes.
Let’s use Am as an example.
So far I thought of 2 possible variations.

|| Am7 --- |---- | Dm7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- ||

or
|| Am7 --- |---- | Dm7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |---- | ----|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |F#m7b5 --- | ----|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- ||

This last one I’m happy with the most, but I’m not completely satisfied and wonder whether I can add any changes. Can anyone give me some ideas to changes I can add or replace? In ms 5 till 8 f.e I'd like to add some.
Thank you for your time reading. Any variations for my 24 ms blues you can put me on to, I'd be happy to get familiar with.
regards, page

You can add primary and secondary dominants to lead into your main chords.

|| Am7 --- |---- | Dm7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Em7b5 --- | A7b9 ---|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- |
| Am7 --- | ---- |F#m7b5 --- | B7b9 ---|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | Bm7b5 --- | E7 --- ||

A little more adventurous.

|| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | F7 --- | E7b9--- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | Fm7 - Bb7 - | Em7b5 - A7b9 -|
| Dm7 --- | -- Db7 - | Cm7 - F7 - | Bm7b5 - E7b9 - |
| Am7 --- | ---- |F#m7b5 --- | F7 ---|
| Bm7b5 --- | ---- | E7b9 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | F7 --- | E7b9 --- ||

Half-diminished chords can sound really dark with the fifth in the bass, thus:

Bm7b5/F - E7b9 and Em7b5/Bb - A7b9

Cheers,
Jer

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Ah great, thanks Jerry! I'm going to try these out.

[gia5]

Nice changes Engelbach.
Maybe I'd play something like this:
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | B-7b5 --- | E7b9--- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Fm7 - Bb7 - | Em-11 - A7b9 -(or Bb-7 - Eb7)|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | - Bm7b5 - | - E7b9 - |
| Am7 --- | D7--- |G-7 --- | C7 ---|
| F7(13&#11 or Fsus4, wich I love) --- | ---- | E7b9 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | B-7b5) --- | E7b9 --- ||

[engelbach]

Originally Posted by gia5

Nice changes Engelbach.
Maybe I'd play something like this:
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | B-7b5 --- | E7b9--- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Fm7 - Bb7 - | Em-11 - A7b9 -(or Bb-7 - Eb7)|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | - Bm7b5 - | - E7b9 - |
| Am7 --- | D7--- |G-7 --- | C7 ---|
| F7(13 or Fsus4, wich I love) --- | ---- | E7b9 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | B-7b5) --- | E7b9 --- ||

Ooh, I like that!

[accordions4eva]

Originally Posted by gia5

Nice changes Engelbach.
Maybe I'd play something like this:
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | B-7b5 --- | E7b9--- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Fm7 - Bb7 - | Em-11 - A7b9 -(or Bb-7 - Eb7)|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | - Bm7b5 - | - E7b9 - |
| Am7 --- | D7--- |G-7 --- | C7 ---|
| F7(13 or Fsus4, wich I love) --- | ---- | E7b9 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | B-7b5) --- | E7b9 --- ||

So COOL! Thanks for this! I'll certainly use it

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Originally Posted by gia5

Nice changes Engelbach.
Maybe I'd play something like this:
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5--- | B-7b5 --- | E7b9--- |
| Am7 --- | ---- | Fm7 - Bb7 - | Em-11 - A7b9 -(or Bb-7 - Eb7)|
| Dm7 --- | ---- | - Bm7b5 - | - E7b9 - |
| Am7 --- | D7--- |G-7 --- | C7 ---|
| F7(13 or Fsus4, wich I love) --- | ---- | E7b9 --- | ---- |
| Am7 --- | F#m7b5 --- | B-7b5) --- | E7b9 --- ||

Hi gia5, thank you for your reply. I will try these out too.

Thanks all for the replies. Didn't dream to have so many options. That is really nice. Thanks again guys.

[gia5]

Originally Posted by page

Hi gia5, thank you for your reply. I will try these out too.

Thanks all for the replies. Didn't dream to have so many options. That is really nice. Thanks again guys.

You're welcome. I like also playng all B-7b5 as B7#9 and add a C-7 on bar number 10, a solution stolen to Peter Bernstein

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I'll remember that. Thanks again.