Blues Flashcards
For country sound, on the IV chord, play middle pentatonic box….
In the II chord position.
For country sound, on the V chord, play the middle pentatonic box….
In the III chord position.
The “Move Along” first solo phrase starts on….
“1”
The “Move Along” second solo phrase starts on….
1st 3 notes are pick-ups
Example of Charleston comping
On My Way
What beats are emphasized in jazz?
2 and 4
Where are the chords in Charleston comping?
1 and the “and” after 2
What key did Chuck Berry play Jonny B Goode in?
Bb
Two meanings of “shuffle”
- The classic “Hideaway” riff rhythm
- Going to the 4 chord in bar 10
Example of 12 bar shuffle blues, no turnaround
J B Good Intro
Example of 12 bar blues, no shuffle, no turnaround
Jonny B. Goode verse
Example of blues with no turnaround
Johnny B. Goode
Example of Bb jazz blues?
Sonny Rollins (sax) “Tenor Madeness”
Example of 8-bar blues?
Key to the Highway
Example of 9-bar blues?
Sittin’ on Top of the World
What is the correct title of T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”?
“Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad)”
In what key does Bobby Bland sing “Call it Stormy Monday”?
Aflat
Who added the two7, three7, flat three7, two7 variation to T-Bone’s “Call It Stormy Monday?
Bobby Bland, in 1962
Visualize and scat the 2nd line from Move Along solo
Visualize and scat the line that leads into the 6 in Burford’s Bop
“Georgia on My Mind”
Who wrote it? When?
Hoagy Carmichael, 1930
“Georgia on My Mind”
What key did Ray Charles record it in?
G major. However, jazz musicians usually play it in F major because that’s how it was published in The Real Book.
Form for JB Goode intro
12 bar shuffle blues, no turnaround
What major 7 notes work with minor blues?
root + 1.5 steps (up)
in a 12 bar, when to start the 6521?
Bar 8
Bars 9 and 10 substitution in a minor blues
iim7b5 and V7#9
Example of 9 bar blues
Sittin’ On Top of the World
Bar structure of Sittin’ On Top of the World
First 6 bars are one chord each, after that, each chord is half a bar
Name a tune with form - (12-bar minor blues with bar 9 = dom 7 a minor 3rd up then chromatically down the root chord for bars 11 and 12)
Comin’ Home Baby by Earl Hagen
Name a tune with form - (12-bar major blues with bar 9 = dom 7 a minor 3rd up then chromatically down the root chord for bars 11 and 12)
Pretty Blue by
Example of 16 bar blues
Hootchie Cootchie Man - Muddy Waters. Has 8 bars of I instead of 4.
