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The other day my practice session was on some basic blues Shuffles. After the practice I started to wonder if my lesson plan actually had a name other than “boogie woogie”.That’s when I stumbled across “uptown and downtown” box patterns. So, of course my practice time this morning was again shuffles but I went “uptown”. I kinda surprised myself with what I was discovering with my fingering mistakes moving through different keys. Some of the mistake sounded pretty good. Anyway I thought I would share what I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIvBu9DFcGU
https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/09/30/the-blues-shuffle-it’s-all-about-the-feel/
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When looking at “Walk don’t Walk” by the Ventures I was got curious about the chord progression I VII Vi V, so I looked it up and “Andalusian Cadence” jumped out.
Looking at the sheet music I noticed they used a “whammy bar” so if you’re a beginner and haven’t “glued yours trem down” you might look at this song. When reviewing the music I also noticed an asterisk above the G chord and was wondering what it meant but, it turned out to be simply there to show the alternate G fingering in the song.
P.S. is this really a cadence in this song? -
Sailing the ocean blue, on a 28 foot Sunfish visiting tropical deserted sandy Cayes. I know some spell it “keys”What! Really “Hells Bells” I guess in this case well, you would be correct. It seems Captain Daryl Dragon got his nickname “Captain” because he was “captain of the keyboard” probably the odyessey 2800. Sorry no Sunfish. Captain and Tennille are divorced sadly “ love didn’t keep them together” but then again it was truly a shotgun wedding. Didn’t know Toni for awhile was the keyboard player for the “Beach Boys”
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This is an interesting song. It’s in the key of C (and you could also say C/Eb, the parallel Cm) The chords C F and Eb being played.I guess that’s pretty common in Blues Rock. it looks like a good practice song if your working on speed triads and thirds.
“PS” After you read the lyrics you might also think it’s in the key of “X”.
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While reading through the music theory section I saw where someone was looking for help to clone someone voice. It got me thinking about the video in the link below.
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National Guitars, I watch this guy ( link below) playing one and it looked pretty nice. I googled tricone and was surprised they were only $300 dollars.How could they sell it that cheap? Then I realized that was just the deposit. Seems $5000.00 is about the going price and that seems a lot more realistic.I didn’t know that Rickenbacher (before he changed his name to Rickenbacker) got his start in the guitar business by making the the metal parts for National Guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qh7dyUZgCw
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Seems to me you are being too hard on yourself. You obviously have musical talents that many of us wish we had. Playing music in front of an audience and with other players that’s quite the accomplishment.
I found that learning the guitar also meant looking at your hands. I would find some good string skipping lessons and practice those exercises while watching your picking hand. Memorize a few measures then play. I think that’s the secret of pick accuracy.
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I am surprised by your reply **** Dale. I tried numerous times to enter **** and the name is immediately replaced with asterisks.
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Tremolo picking and Richard Monsour, search either name and it takes you to the same page. Sorry about that! I should have wrote **** Dale. Where would tremolo picking be with out this guitarist. Any songs come to mind? How about “Misirlo”? How about the movie “Pulp Fiction”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0041620
musicnotes could have saved some ink had they used tremolo notation.
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The other day I heard “Downtown” so I thought I would see what Petula Clark was doing today. I always thought she was from Australia or New Zealand and assume downtown was referring to Sydney or Auckland. I was surprised she was from the UK and ”Downtown” was New York City. She didn’t write the song. The writer started the song when he was visiting “The Big Apple”. But what really shocked me was that she is 92 years old.In 2023 she sang “I’m Still Here” at a concert. If I were French I would say C’est La vie.
There was another song that came out right after Downtown and it was by the performed by the Hollies. “Look through Any Window”. I can’t help believing it was a inspired by Downtown.
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When you look at the sheet music, in measure 1 and 2 the notes are actually printed smaller and that’s the “cue for guitar 2 to play those notes” I hadn’t noticed that the notes were actually written smaller.
The “omit 1” means skip the double stop indicated first time through.
The note with the parentheses is probably is indicating a ghost note to be played lightly where it’s barely heard or muted. The other way to show a ghost note is with an X.
I have seen the parentheses before in blues shuffles where they use a technique called “pushing” when anticipating chord change. That music was a little more transparent.
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Concerning the song Money
What does guitar 2 cue in small notes mean? See link belowhttps://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0073338
why do they show the note, but indicate it isn’t played? See link below
https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0047919
what does omit 1 mean? See link below
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It would appear that the only reason anyone found their “thrill” is because it rhymed with “hill”. I always assumed Fats Domino was the first to preform “I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill”. When in fact the song was written in the 1940s and performed by numerous artist among then was Louis Armstrong and Glenn Miller. Even the singing cowboy Gene Autry.I think it might have been actually been written for one of his 1940’s cowboy movies and was just recorded first by Sammy Kaye that same year.
I guess there was a some controversy over the song because the producers doubted that blueberries grew on hills and it sounded more eastern than western.Personally am ok with the blueberries on hills but I doubt there would have been any willows.
One of song writers told them he had indeed picked blueberries on a hill and the producers obviously gave in. The songwriter wasn’t specify about where he claimed to have picked the blueberries So, the name doesn’t seem to be connected to any town or location. There could be more foot prints to this story and I am still curious but the “wind and the willows” appear to have buried the tracks. -
When “smokin’ Joe” was 12 he had a “red tele and strat”. He lived in a “Gumdrop House on Lollipop lane in the land of make believe”. He started playing guitar when he was 4. A few years later his teacher was the late Danny Gallon. At 12 he was the opening act for BB King. I think if I heard a story like this on the TV show “To Tell The Truth” I would be a little bit puzzled by this mystery person. What about you?
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Paul Simon is one of the top song writers and guitar players. I can’t say that “Cecilia” was one of my favorites, but one of the song lines was always a bit confusing, you know the one “I got up to wash my face”. No, he wasn’t getting up from the dinner table.It was also interesting to learn there wasn’t a drum used in the song, only tapping on piano bench for that signature “drum sound” in the song. Can’t help but to think the “Saint of Music” might be rolling over.
He did once say something that I can relate to.He said he gets up every morning and plays or practices and if he doesn’t he feels uncomfortable. Nothing ruins my day like getting up and having to be somewhere early.
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Never followed this group but was pointed their way regarding “ Knockin’ on Heavens Door” by Dylan. So, my first curiosity was their name, guns and roses, which seems like an odd combination of words. Turns out two bands merged and they just combined the old names. “Hollywood Rose” and “LA Guns”. The other thing that seemed odd was them playing a Dylan song “ Knockin’ on Heavens Door”. Seems they chose the song as it a tribute to someone they knew who just pass away. Listening to their cover of the song I was between a “rock and and a hard place” about the way they played it, but It seems like most folks liked it and it was a big hit for them.
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Here is a fingerstyle song that looks like a good beginner song. The only exception is the Fsus2 in the accompanying rhythm. Which you don’t need for the fingerstyle practice. Should you want the rhythm for a looper there are easier fingering for the Fsus2 chord. C in the base could also work as a replacement. -
Having spent an hour on the first 12 bars of “Hide Away” I got curious about the name. Where did Mr King come up with that name. Well, in this case it was relatively easy. It seems he spent a lot of time in Mel’s Hide away Lounge in Chicago. I thought I was going to need to hire a “Gumshoe” to dig around. Gumshoe, I wonder……
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I was watching Freddie King play Hideaway and my first thought was how did he remember all those notes. Then I remembered that I had an Eric Clapton’s version of the song so,I pull it out to see the music. I was surprised that Clapton’s version wasn’t even close to what king was playing. Clapton’s version appears to be even more difficult. I had to listen to Clapton’s version and was surprised it had that Hide Away sound ,because the music looks so different.I think I practice the king (musicnotes sheet music) version first.
These guys and many others amaze me with their talent. I realize they must put in many years to accomplish this level of playing. I personally think this ability to remember all theses notes is way above my level.
It reminded me about hearing how Bob Dylan said he practiced for weeks for his performance on the old Ed Sullivan show only to get there and have Sullivan’s people tell him to play something different, so Dylan just walked away. Later he said it was because of all the preparations he had put into playing his chosen song. I’ve heard other stories about performers being asked to change their song’s lyrics. -
1893 must have been an exciting time. The “Hootchy Hootchy” was the highlight at the exhibit “A Street in Cairo” at the World Colombian Expo or Chicago’s Worlds Fair. A song written for the event was “The Streets of Cairo” and that’s what pulled me into a “rabbit hole”. One of the lines in the song, got my attention it was “ abbreviated clothes” and I can only assume that’s what made “Little Egypt” the star of the show. It was claimed she was far fairer than “Trilby”.
Deeper into the hole I fell. Fairer than the signature hat (trilby) worn by Guitarist Phil Campbell that made no sense.Then I wondered is Hoochie Coochie the same term spelled differentl?Finally my wife shook my arm.I was dazed and confused but, I was back, back again on my original search.What is the melody and scale used by “Snake Charmers”? Can Cobras really hear without listening. Maybe it’s the Hungarian minor scale used in the “Kutchy-kutchy”.
PS.Trilby turned out to be another lovely Irish lady and hence the origin of the name of the hat. but that’s another story
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Thanks, it’s an interesting building.
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The other day I stumbled across a poster I forgot had. It had the Battersea Power Plant on it.Then I noticed the flying pig. Pink Floyd’s animal album cover from 1977. I think the plant was the largest brick structure in the world and is now it’s a mall. I am sure Macy’s would have loved the pig. Seems like this album could be released today and wouldn’t seem out of place.
“Four legs good two legs bad”
Andalusian Cadence
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Thanks, I’ve been trying to understand cadence and that song popped up,It seemed like a grey area.
Times like this make me wish I had a musical background. When you look up cadences the explanation seems pretty simple. It seems like the rules for cadences should apply to blues guitar licks. There is a chord in the rhythm and a melody below.so to have “punctuations” in the lick it seems like you should be following the rules of the various types of cadences. Granted it may be used more than I realize but, just scanning through licks I don’t see cadences used as they are explained. it’s probably staring me in the face with the use of chord tones because I see where a flatted 5th resolves up to the 5th and where the 5th sometimes resolves down to the 4th. And most end on the tonic.Also, it’s sometimes important what’s done with the a note than the note itself.
Sometimes it just seems that when someone plays; for example a “call and response phrase” it’s more like it’s a figment of that player’s imagination than a phrase that follows any rules of punctuation that can be broken down and explained.
In the back of my mind there is the echos of a music teacher I once talked to about the “Blues” and his response was basically that “blues and music theory” don’t always see “eye to eye” and I assume that comment was in reference to the fact that classical music wasn’t being taught in the most “southern place on earth”.