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

["Haka Harri" <harri.haka@xxxxxxxx>]

Vince, 

Your knowledge of musical theory is convincing. I understood 30 % of what you said but I got a clue of what that means as far as Roadhouse Blues goes. 

Harri

> -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> Lähettäjä: Vince Meghrouni [mailto:Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Lähetetty: 21. maaliskuuta 2007 21:54
> Vastaanottaja: Haka Harri
> Kopio: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Aihe: Re: [Harp-L] Re: not 12 bar / Roadhouse Blues
> 
> 
> 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 g
> 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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