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ABC-2:
Something for ya guys ... 

Remember this?  No words necessary!   :lmao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGqbOxzAwg


I just love the drums!!!

ABC-2:
Rats!  Here's an even better one ...

Shows the size of the red wave coming!    :tongue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBURLdhmmZ8

~ ABC

Eupher:

--- Quote from: ABC-2 on April 13, 2022, 06:43:03 PM ---Something for ya guys ... 

Remember this?  No words necessary!   :lmao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGqbOxzAwg


I just love the drums!!!


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Classic 12-bar blues. Pure Sixties stuff.  :-)

ABC-2:

--- Quote from: Eupher on April 14, 2022, 09:49:00 AM ---Classic 12-bar blues. Pure Sixties stuff.  :-)

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Ha! Ha!  Not that I know what "12-bar blues" are ...

But I must really like them for some reason!  :-)

I keep listening to my post just to hear the beat.  Makes me want to get up & dance to it.

Eupher:

--- Quote from: ABC-2 on April 14, 2022, 10:09:48 AM ---Ha! Ha!  Not that I know what "12-bar blues" are ...

But I really must like them!  :-)

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OK, in general, you have 12 bars that comprise a "section" of the music. This is in 4/4 time, which means when you hear the chart (after the giggle and after the drums), you count 1-2-3-4 on the beat. Do that 12 times and you have a "section".

Within that section, you'll have 4 bars of 1-2-3-4 in the key of the piece. Let's say it's G major, or the Roman number I.

After those 4 bars, the chord progression modulates to C major, or the Roman numeral IV. After only 2 bars in C major, the chord progression drops back down to G major for two bars.

That's 8 bars total. But we ain't done with the "section" yet.  :-)

After those 2 bars of G major, the chord progression shifts to D major, or the Roman numeral V. After only 1 bar of D major, the chord progression drops a whole step back down to C major, also for 1 bar.

Now we're up to 10 bars of this 12 bar blues. Two more bars to go.

This is where things get really interesting. The progression can go any number of ways, but let's say in this case it goes back to G major for one bar and then the "turnaround" of D major before repeating the entire 12-bar blues pattern.

There's lots I'm leaving out, but this is the general chord progression of 12-bar blues, especially in the Sixties.  :-)

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