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[Bengt Gördén]

torsdag 04 februari 2010 11:01:45 skrev  Jeremy:
> On 02/04/2010 10:58 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
> > torsdag 04 februari 2010 07:48:03 skrev  Ken Restivo:
> >> Blues definitely originates from Africa-- the pentatonic scale is still
> >>  used in the N'Goni and Kora there today
> >
> > From what I remember in music class is that pentatonic is all over the
> > world. I wouldn't say that using pentatonic defines blues. But some one
> > with more insight in musical theory might want to chime in here.
> >
> > A funny coincident with the pentatonic scale is that yesterday I went
> > over to the Culture House (Kulturhuset) in Stockholm to listen to the
> > first record [1] with a blues song in it and it stroke me that it was
> > very pentatonic except for the trombone solo part with a few blue notes.
> > It actually was more what I today would call early Swedish jazz and not
> > the blues scale dominated blues that we often hear today.
> >
> > [1] The Original Green Orchestra (T.O.G.O) Stompin' The Blues, 1928
> >
> >
> > /bengan
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> http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/muslim.roots.u.s.blues.htm

Ah. The Lomax Collection.

Sorry. I should have said "first recording by Swedish artists".

Anyway. Really nice link you sent. I enjoyed it.

regards,


/bengan