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Playing the Blues
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:22 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
I'm an 18 year old who's been playing reggae, rocksteady etc. and I've just recently got into the blues. I got the idea that I want to bring some blues ideas into my other music and I know blues is sevenths on the the V (and in some cases on the I and IV), and uses swung notes and the pentatonic scale, but is there anything else I would need to learn or know in my mind to play the blues?
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:26 amby JCP61
I, VI, II, V, I
then you can ditch the pentatonic, and write blue tunes all day long
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:34 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
JCP61 wrote:I, VI, II, V, I
then you can ditch the pentatonic, and write blue tunes all day long
That and the twelve bar and the eight bar and the x-amount bar blues, right?
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:40 amby JCP61
Tyler Riddim Murphy wrote:JCP61 wrote:I, VI, II, V, I
then you can ditch the pentatonic, and write blue tunes all day long
That and the twelve bar and the eight bar and the x-amount bar blues, right?
you can put it in any bar config you want
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:46 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
Oh
Didn't know that. What is the most common progression?
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:52 amby JCP61
I just gave you the progression
I, VI, II, V, I
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:54 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
Oh, I meant in in terms of bars but thanks! I'll be sure to use that!
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:00 amby JCP61
well at that point I would be writing it for you
and I already have 4 unfinished pieces I'm working on
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:01 amby Cajundaddy
The Blues is a bit like Backgammon. It takes a few minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. From my perspective it is less about technique and more about having a deep, emotional conversation with your audience. The best Blues players are the ones who know how to use the space between the notes. Listen to the greats: BB King, SRV, early Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and many others. You'll get the idea.
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:04 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
Thank you! And I'll be sure to listen to them! I'm already a fan of Muddy Waters. And yeah I'd prefer writing stuff myself, you seem busy enough anyways JCP.
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:16 amby JCP61
or you could go a little farther back and get a less typical guitar perspective.
http://youtu.be/EIgVCU19pjg
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:22 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
I've never heard that before! Very good song!
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:37 amby JCP61
well before the 60's there was the blues.
http://youtu.be/gvhq3V8ZhTA
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:41 amby Tyler Riddim Murphy
Well, I never really looked that far back! I'm gonna have to look more into that time period now.
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:46 amby JCP61
there is a lot more blues before the 60's than ever came after it