[linux-audio-user] members' own compositions/audio files

Dave Phillips dlphilp at bright.net
Tue Nov 23 13:19:43 EST 2004


Hi Steve:

  Yep, it is. I wasn't listening for the intro and outro. You're messin' 
with my count, man... ;)

  Must have more...

Best,

dp


Steve D wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
>  
>
>>>>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I 
>>care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)...
>>    
>>
>--- --- ---
>
>It is an extremely simple C-F-G progression, a three-chord blues in C--
>
>Framed by a 4 chord "intro" and "outro" that ends on the dominant G, the
>structure of the 2 "verses" of this short piece, with base chords bar by
>bar, is:
>
>C C C C F F C C G F C C
>(the bars are in 12/8 time signature)
>
>The key is C major with heavy harmonic use of the 6th, 9th and augmented
>9th with suspended 4th, and heavy melodic use of the dominant 7th
>
>I have been fascinated for some time with taking a minimalist, limited
>structure and elaborating on the details and harmonic content. This is
>my second "blues" study. The first has so many "passing chords" in the
>transitions from C, F and G that it is hardly recognizable as a simple
>three-chord blues in C major, but that's what it is. ;-)
>
>-steve d
>NM US
>  
>





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