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The Blues Flashcards

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Notes/tonalities

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Blue

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The blues is

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A form, not necessarily a style

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Lyrics

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The basic characteristics of blues lyric is the coexistence of sorrow and happiness

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Bar/measure

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12 bar/measure harmonic sequence

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9-7 beats

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For fill in contrasting soloist

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4 other characteristics of blues

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1st line repeats
Last word usually rhymes
Fill in
Iambic pentameter (5 sets of 2)

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Incoherent blues

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Scat singing (Clark terry)

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Jelly roll Morton is the 1st jazz musician to:

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  • improvise
  • write out music (arrange jazz)
  • incorporate Latin rhythms to music (Spanish tinge)
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