Re: [LAU] Made with <linux

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
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http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/muslim.roots.u.s.blues.htm

Best,

Jeremy
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