On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: > >>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg > >> > Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I > care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)... --- --- --- It is an extremely simple C-F-G progression, a three-chord blues in C-- Framed by a 4 chord "intro" and "outro" that ends on the dominant G, the structure of the 2 "verses" of this short piece, with base chords bar by bar, is: C C C C F F C C G F C C (the bars are in 12/8 time signature) The key is C major with heavy harmonic use of the 6th, 9th and augmented 9th with suspended 4th, and heavy melodic use of the dominant 7th I have been fascinated for some time with taking a minimalist, limited structure and elaborating on the details and harmonic content. This is my second "blues" study. The first has so many "passing chords" in the transitions from C, F and G that it is hardly recognizable as a simple three-chord blues in C major, but that's what it is. ;-) -steve d NM US -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. -Victor Borge ----------------------------------------------------------------
