Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] members' own compositions/audio files
From: Steve D (groups_AT_xscd.com)
Date: Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:02:58 EET
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)...
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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
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