Hi Steve: Yep, it is. I wasn't listening for the intro and outro. You're messin' with my count, man... ;) Must have more... Best, dp Steve D wrote: >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 > >
