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package/songs/builtin/basic-12-bar-blues.json

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+{
+  "id": "basic-12-bar-blues",
+  "title": "12-Bar Blues in C",
+  "genre": "blues",
+  "difficulty": "beginner",
+  "key": "C major",
+  "tempo": 100,
+  "timeSignature": "4/4",
+  "durationSeconds": 30,
+  "tags": [
+    "12-bar",
+    "shuffle",
+    "foundation",
+    "improvisation",
+    "traditional"
+  ],
+  "source": "Traditional 12-bar blues form — standard voicing",
+  "musicalLanguage": {
+    "description": "The 12-bar blues is the foundation of American popular music. Three chords (I-IV-V), twelve bars, infinite possibility. This version uses basic shuffle rhythm and dominant 7th chords. Once you can play this form, you can sit in with any blues band on the planet.",
+    "structure": "12-bar blues: I(4) - IV(2) - I(2) - V(1) - IV(1) - I(1) - V(1)",
+    "keyMoments": [
+      "Bars 1-4: C7 — four bars of the I chord. Establish the groove.",
+      "Bars 5-6: F7 — the IV chord. This is where the blues 'opens up'.",
+      "Bar 9: G7 — the V chord. Maximum tension. This is the turnaround launch.",
+      "Bar 12: G7 — the turnaround. This pulls you back to bar 1 for another chorus."
+    ],
+    "teachingGoals": [
+      "The 12-bar form — memorize it, it's everywhere in popular music",
+      "Shuffle rhythm: long-short eighth notes (triplet feel)",
+      "Dominant 7th chord shapes: C7, F7, G7"
+    ],
+    "styleTips": [
+      "Shuffle feel — think 'dah-DUM dah-DUM' not 'dah-dah dah-dah'",
+      "Accent beats 2 and 4 (the backbeat)",
+      "Keep the left hand steady — it's the groove anchor"
+    ]
+  },
+  "measures": [
+    {
+      "number": 1,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "fingering": "RH: 1-3-5-5, LH: 5-1-5-1 (C7 boogie pattern)",
+      "teachingNote": "C7 — the home chord. Left hand plays the boogie-woogie bass pattern.",
+      "dynamics": "mf"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 2,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Same as bar 1 — settle into the groove. Don't rush."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 3,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Bar 3 of the I chord. By now the pattern should feel automatic."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 4,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Last bar of the I chord section. Prepare to shift to F7."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 5,
+      "rightHand": "F4:q A4:q C5:q Eb5:q",
+      "leftHand": "F2:q C3:q F3:q C3:q",
+      "fingering": "RH: 1-3-5-5, LH: 5-1-5-1 (F7 boogie pattern)",
+      "teachingNote": "F7 — the IV chord! Same shape, moved up a fourth. Feel the harmonic lift."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 6,
+      "rightHand": "F4:q A4:q C5:q Eb5:q",
+      "leftHand": "F2:q C3:q F3:q C3:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Second bar of F7. Prepare to return to C7."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 7,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Back to C7 — home again. Two bars here before the turnaround."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 8,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "Second bar of C7. The V chord is coming — the most tense moment."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 9,
+      "rightHand": "G4:q B4:q D5:q F5:q",
+      "leftHand": "G2:q D3:q G3:q D3:q",
+      "fingering": "RH: 1-3-5-5, LH: 5-1-5-1 (G7 boogie pattern)",
+      "teachingNote": "G7 — the V chord! Maximum tension. This wants to resolve back to C.",
+      "dynamics": "f"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 10,
+      "rightHand": "F4:q A4:q C5:q Eb5:q",
+      "leftHand": "F2:q C3:q F3:q C3:q",
+      "teachingNote": "F7 — one bar of the IV chord. The tension is easing toward home.",
+      "dynamics": "mf"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 11,
+      "rightHand": "C4:q E4:q G4:q Bb4:q",
+      "leftHand": "C2:q G2:q C3:q G2:q",
+      "teachingNote": "C7 — almost home. One more bar and we loop."
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 12,
+      "rightHand": "G4:q B4:q D5:q F5:q",
+      "leftHand": "G2:q D3:q G3:q D3:q",
+      "teachingNote": "G7 — the turnaround! This pulls you magnetically back to bar 1. Loop it!",
+      "dynamics": "f"
+    }
+  ]
+}