torsdag 04 februari 2010 11:01:45 skrev Jeremy: > On 02/04/2010 10:58 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote: > > torsdag 04 februari 2010 07:48:03 skrev Ken Restivo: > >> Blues definitely originates from Africa-- the pentatonic scale is still > >> used in the N'Goni and Kora there today > > > > From what I remember in music class is that pentatonic is all over the > > world. I wouldn't say that using pentatonic defines blues. But some one > > with more insight in musical theory might want to chime in here. > > > > A funny coincident with the pentatonic scale is that yesterday I went > > over to the Culture House (Kulturhuset) in Stockholm to listen to the > > first record [1] with a blues song in it and it stroke me that it was > > very pentatonic except for the trombone solo part with a few blue notes. > > It actually was more what I today would call early Swedish jazz and not > > the blues scale dominated blues that we often hear today. > > > > [1] The Original Green Orchestra (T.O.G.O) Stompin' The Blues, 1928 > > > > > > /bengan > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/muslim.roots.u.s.blues.htm Ah. The Lomax Collection. Sorry. I should have said "first recording by Swedish artists". Anyway. Really nice link you sent. I enjoyed it. regards, /bengan _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
