Re: Defining blues

[Michael Carley <mjcarley@xxxxxx>]

> > This reminds me of a question I have:
> > I know there are blues riffs and blues scales, and I know blues music
> > when I hear it, but how would a music student/theorist DEFINE 'blues'.
> > When reading sheet music to a blues piece, can you/how do you recognize
> > it as 'bluesy'?

Having heard Charlie Parker play White Christmas, I don't think you
can tell by looking at the sheet music.

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