Blue Monk
by Thelonious Monk
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Monk's deceptively simple Bb blues theme from 1954. The melody uses a characteristic ascending chromatic line that defines the head, while the underlying changes follow a standard 12-bar blues form with Monk's angular phrasing.
e|---6--7--8------8--6--------6--7--8------8--6---|
B|---6--7--8------8--6--------6--7--8------8--6---|
G|---7--7--8------8--7--------7--7--8------8--7---|
D|---8--8--8------8--8--------8--8--8------8--8---|
A|---6--7--8------8--6--------6--7--8------8--6---|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---8--9--10-----10--8--6----6--7--8---6--6------|
B|---8--9--11-----11--8--6----6--7--8---6--6------|
G|---8--9--10-----10--8--7----7--7--8---7--7------|
D|---8--9--10-----10--8--8----8--8--8---8--8------|
A|---8--9--10-----10--8--6----6--7--8---6--6------|
E|------------------------------------------------|