Last Tuesday 23 November 2004 16:02, Steve D was like: > 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. ;-) Gorgeous. Thanks for the explanation, I nearly passed over this, being in a slight rush this morning, your explanation prompted me to listen. It's a blues structure, sure, but I find titling it as such a bit ironic. Anyhow, nice tune. cheers tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
