Re: [Harp-L] Difference in the chord structure between bluegrass &Blues? (Ed)

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I found Parking Lot Pickers a good resource.  

There is a guitar version 
 http://www.melbay.com/product.asp?ProductID=96864BCD

Fiddle 
http://elderly.com/also/books/items/02-21662BCD.htm

mandolin
http://www.amazon.com/Parking-Lot-Pickers-Songbook-Mandolin/dp/078667492X


Banjo Bass Dobro  too

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "David Priestley - Press & PR" <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "harp-l harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Difference in the chord structure between bluegrass &Blues? (Ed)


>I recommend the Fiddler's Fakebook.  It is a few hundred fiddle songs
> written in standard notation with chord symbols.  I think fiddle
> tunes, which are very related to bluegrass, often use I IV and V
> chords like blues, but tend to use major chords instead of dominant
> 7th chords, even on the V chord.  I also find lots of II and VI chords
> used and quite often they are major chords instead of playing chords
> that would be diatonic to the major scale, minor ii and vi chords.
> 
> I also find most of the songs have a 32 bar structure.  There are two
> themes, A and B.  Eah theme is 8 bars in length and each are repeated
> once before moving to the next section.
> 
> So a song would go A A B B, each letter representing 8 bars of time,
> 32 bars in a progression unlike the standard 12 bar blues progression.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:54 AM, David Priestley - Press & PR
> <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have a student who is wanting to get into Bluegrass music. He is coming
>> from a 2nd & 3rd position 'Blues' background.
>>
>> My first advice to the student was to start his exploration of this genre on
>> a tune by tune approach.
>> Do you all feel that there is a characteristic difference in the the chord
>> structures of Bluegrass and Blues?
>>
>> If you feel that there is such a difference could you please give an example
>> that I can direct my young explorer to.
>>
>> Yours, David
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