[jck_strw]

I have this dvd from Happy Traum (Easy Steps to Acoustic Blues Guitar, Vol 1) and he shows a chordal turnaround in E:

E7-A-Am-E-C7-B7

Can this be applied to other keys? I mean in the sense that this same sortof relationship between the notes? Can you transpose this to another key?

Does this make sense?

Thanks.

BTW--for anyone learning the guitar, these Happy DVDs kickass (vol 1 and 2). And he has another one, Easy Steps to Blues Guitar Jamming w/ his brother Artie that's even better.

[HawaiianDedhed]

I am not 100% sure this is what you are asking but you can transpose anything. Its not so much the notes (i.e. the letters) but the relationship (the space) between the notes - or chords in this case.

E7-A-Am-E-C7-B7 transposed to D (for easiness sake) would be D7-G-Gm-D-Bb7-A7. Taking it down another step to C would give you C7-F-Fm-C-Ab7-G7, and on and on and on. . .

[jck_strw]

That's what I thought, it's the intervals, not the notes. But I did it in A and it didn't sound as good, so I thought perhaps I was doing it wrong:

A7-D-Dm-A-F7-E7

[HawaiianDedhed]

Were you using open chords? E to A is a pretty big jump which probably means you were using different chord forms. I mean an open Am sound a lot fuller than an open Dm (or Dm in first position), just as open E is fuller compared to open A.

Your tansposition (is that a word?) looks good to me though.