Re: [Harp-L] Re: not 12 bar / Roadhouse Blues

[Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For all but verses 2 and 3 it's a one chord (E7) vamp, including the  
first verse, the guitar solo and Mr. Mojo Risin's poetic extemporizing.

Verse 2 is a 24 bar blues with a somewhat eccentric form (vs. a  
simple doubling the measures in a conventional blues).

12 bars E7  (tonic)
6   bars   A7  (sub-dominant, i.e., the IV chord)
1   bar   B7  (dominant, i.e., the V chord)
1/2   bar   C& (tritone substitution for the ii chord, made into a  
dominant chord as is frequently the case in minor blues)
1/2 bar  B7 (dominant, i.e., the V chord)
4   bars E7 (tonic)

Verse 3 is as as verse two except it ends on beat one just after the  
last B7 in the form.


On Mar 21, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Haka Harri wrote:

> John Frazer wrote:
> > not 12 bar. More like 28 bar
>
> Unfortunately I don't have the recording any more but if memory  
> serves me right this song has the traditional AAB progression of 12  
> bar blues eg.:
>
> "I woke up this morning
> And I got myself a beer.
>
> I woke up this morning
> And I got myself a beer.
>
> The future's uncertain
> And the end is always near."
>
> I'm no expert on music theory and will be the first to admit that  
> it isn't 12 bar if that is the case.
>
> Harri
>
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