Originally Posted by: RickCochran

Question- lesson 2 intro to 12 bar blues[br]Why does blues in A start with #2 on count and not #1? It’s in red on sheet.[/quote]

Measure 1 (or bar 1) is simply a reference showing all 3 chords to be used in the example progression. The practice tune actually starts at measure 2.

They happen to be on the same page, so the notation transcriber just made them part of the same overall measure counting.

Make sense?

[quote=RickCochran]Where does the turnaround come in? After A at (12) or E at (13)?

The turnaround is traditionally the last 2 measures of a 12 bar blues. So the turnaround will be both measures 11 & 12 of this blues (A - I chord & E - V chord). Or if you are following the numbers in red, that's measures 12 & 13.

Anders covers this explicitly 2 lessons ahead in that tutorial.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=14432&s_id=937

Hope that helps!