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

[tim hall]

Last Tuesday 23 November 2004 16:02, Steve D was like:
> 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. ;-)

Gorgeous. Thanks for the explanation, I nearly passed over this, being in a 
slight rush this morning, your explanation prompted me to listen. It's a 
blues structure, sure, but I find titling it as such a bit ironic.

Anyhow, nice tune.
cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk