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-=> "ALL BLUES" INTRO (and Vamp between each 12-Bar "Verse")--
||o---0-----0-----0-----0-------o||
||o---0-----2-----3-----2-------o||
1 & & 2 & &
-=>VERSE (12-Bar Blues)--
@ Measures 1-4::
||----3------------5------6=======------5--------||
||o---3h4p3h4p3h4--5------7=======------5-------o||
||o---3------------5------7=======------5-------o||
||----===trill===--------------------------------||
1 & & 2 & &
@ Measures 5-6::
|---3======-----5-----6======-----8--|---6======-----5-----3======-----5--|
|---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--|
|---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--|
1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & &
[variation for C measures: ||: --333- --555- --677- --555- :|| 2x
(i.e., same as G7 measure, without the major 3rd)]
*sic: whole "" chordal series better considered as -type chords...
@ Measures 7-8 (G7...): a` la measures 1-4, but only 2ce thru...
@ Measures 9-10::
#9
|---------------------6============--|---7============-----6============--|
|---------------------5============--|---6============-----5============--|
|---------------------4============--|---5============-----4============--|
|---5=====------5============-----5--|---6============-----5============--|
1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & &
@ Measures 11-12::
|---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--||
|---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--||
|---0============-----2============--|---0============--------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------3============--||
|---3======-----3-----3======-----3--|---3======-----3-----3======-----3--||
1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & &
* or: 3-345-
--SEQUENCE: Intro--||: Verse--Intro :||--Verse(fade out)--
-=>Miles' "head"-ish LEAD over the twelve-bar pretty easy to follow on
the guitar, especially if yu' start at the VIIth position, e.g.--
||-----|--7============------|--7---8-7========----------------------|
||--/7-|------------------/7-|------------------------------- tcg ---|
& 1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2
--but then, this is JAZZ, 'n'you're supPOSED to improvize yourself! . . .
(but a final note: if you're playin' as "slow & tasty" as Miles himself
does over some sections, Wes-style octaves are awfully nice. . . .)
--:--tcg