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I ask, because I'm looking for something new to transcribe. As I learn to play, I'm now understanding my blues is pretty weak, so I'm going to go back there and start. I'm sure there's lots of good stuff(online lessons, etc) about blues, etc, but I've been doing well with transcribing, so I'd love to hear what people like.
And it doesn't have to be a guitar, it can certainly be horns, but let's not go crazy and talk about Coltrane just yet.
Thanks!
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03-28-2019 01:52 AM
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Billies
SKJ
Lews piece
Blues n boogie
West Coast
Pent up House
Most Bop tubes are just Blues with an interlude
Blue Monk
Tenor Madness
Straight no chaiser
Watermellon Man
Bags Groove
Au Privave
Blues in the Closet
Freddie the freeloader
Fright Train
Relaxin at Camarillo
Nows the Time
Route 66
Chitlins con carne
Sandu
Blues walk
Cool Blues
Blues by Five
moanin
Cookin at the Continenal
Blowin away the Blues
Work song
The Preacher
Doodlin
Barbados
Speedball
Filthy McNasty
There are many more. I'm just trying to remember what i've played at gigs in the last month
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Originally Posted by Reg
Walkin'
All Blues
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Back at the Chicken Shack
Sonnymoon for Two
Wave (can be thought of as a blues with a bridge)
Bessie's Blues
Turnaround
Organ Grinder's Swing
Blues for Pat (Josh Redmond/Pat Metheny; not "popular" but a great blues to learn)
Stormy Monday (there are instrumental versions, and it's a good variant on the blues form to know)
Blues in the Night
Every Kenny Burrell recording
Also, check out singers, especially "shouters" like Big Joe Turner, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, plus jump blues artists like Louie Jordan, Dinah Washington, Slim and Slam, and some of the blues blues guys, especially BB King, especially Live at the Regal. Sing in order to get the real feel of blues, cop some BB licks, and you're more than half-way there. T-Bone Walker, too.
JohnLast edited by John A.; 03-28-2019 at 03:14 PM.
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Passport Blues!
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I don't know if these chord progression has an actual title since I received it 30 years ago, but I have always found it to be a fun blues tune to play;
A:
Bb6 \ Eb7, Edim \ Dm7, G7 \ Cm7 F7
Bb6 \ Eb7, Edim \ Bb6 \ Bb6
(repeat A)
B:
D7 \ D7 \ G7 \ G7
C7 \ C7 \ F7\ F7
(repeat A).
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
I do like that the 'A' section is different and one can use additional scales\scale tones instead of just the blues, minor pentatonic, or mixolydian scales. (as well as that half-step movement to the Eb7 and Edim7, which I know he showed me because I'm really into Jobin and saw that this was something he used a lot in his songs,,, and here it is in a blues).
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Alligator Boogaloo
Mr PC
Freddie Freeloader
Blue Train
Sister Sadie
Cousin Mary
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Yea the changes above is a Bop form... A A B A... many versions of....
It's pretty easy... or should become to play any of the above tune.... the heads are what makes them... the heads defines how and what changes you play... If you get your sight reading together.... they're all pretty easy. I know most of the heads... but they can all blend together....
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
I agree with what Jason Lyons writes here: You’ve Been Taught the Wrong Chord Tones | Jason Lyon on Music
The other thing is that this is an 8-bar blues, not a 12. I know some eight bar blues---Key to the Highway, Trouble In Mind, Ain't Nobody's Business, Sittin' On Top of the World---but not many 8 bar blues with a bridge...
I'm sure when I realize what it is I'll go "Doh!" but for now, I'm stumped.
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
I agree with the article.
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If you are delving into blues give yourself a treat and try a couple of Ted Greene ideas -
TedGreene.com - Teachings - Blues
Tim Lerch playing a couple of Ted's ideas -
Will
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My current personal favourite to play -Frame for the Blues - Ed Cherry and Ben Paterson
Will
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This is an old but still vital one.
Bix Beiderbecke played it. Louis Armstrong played it. Charlie Christian played it. The Original Dixieland Band played it. Count Basie and Duke Ellington played it. Here is Herb Ellis (with Roy Eldridge on trumpet and Stan Getz on tenor sax).
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Edit: btw - that entire Herb Ellis album is pretty damn good. I'm gonna have to put that on the list.Last edited by Bahnzo; 04-01-2019 at 01:03 AM.
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You’ve Been Taught the Wrong Chord Tones | Jason Lyon on Music
That's not true. Nobody teaches us, we take what we like and use it. Fact is, sometimes a M7 sounds better, sometimes a 6 sounds better. Depends on the tune and depends where in the tune it's played.
But I agree with this bit :-)
So don’t believe everything you hear from teachers (including me).
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Don’t forget the John Kirby version. Hip af.
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Originally Posted by Bahnzo
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West End Blues by Armstrong
Route 66 by Nat King Cole
Now‘ s the Time and Blues for Alice by Parker
God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday (not exactly, but close).
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Originally Posted by WillMbCdn5
KA PAF info please
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