The harmonies of the blues

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A really good article

Blues harmony/scales

 

[Rock Salad]

meh
thanks for sharing though, great topic.

 

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meh
thanks for sharing though, great topic.

I just liked how they pointed out the influence of African and British folk harmonies on the blues harmonic language. I had always assumed complex jazz harmonies came from European classical music.

 

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We also cannot leave out the Aboriginal American people's influence. There is a movie called Rumble on netflix, that goes into this aspect of american music. I think you would enjoy. It does get in to the vocal harmonies, but not in an academic way.

 

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I wonder when us Asian Americans will begin to leave a stronger mark on the music. Well, there's Tony Williams at least.

 

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Oh, duh. And the Hawaiians were huge (ok pun) at the very start of audio recording.

 

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I wonder when us Asian Americans will begin to leave a stronger mark on the music. Well, there's Tony Williams at least.

China cymbals are from East Asian cultures, are are double-headed tom-toms. But yeah, not much else.

 

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I mean not that T.W. wasn't huge, but it is difficult to hear any Chinese influences in his style.
re a blues scale:
I been messing around this morning on guitar. If I had to make a scale for the blues, I would make it
i, ii#, iii, iv#, v, vi, viib
sort of a harmonic minor vb?
I'm on vacation, and got time. I think I will search this out in the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns.
Miles (iirc) wanted to apply Japanese visual design concepts to his sound.

Say what you will about the old USA, we got some fine music going.