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Chapter 6: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves
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Some examples of well-known songs in a straight-four include “Roll Over
Beethoven,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and Albert King’s “Crosscut Saw.” Figure 6-7
shows a straight-four progression in A with a variation on the 5-to-6 move
(also called the Jimmy Reed, covered in the next section). This variation has
the moving voice occasionally going up to the flat seven. (G in the A chord, C
in the D chord, and D in the E chord.)
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A5 A6 A5 A6
D5 D6 D5 D6
A5 A6 A5 A6
A5 A6 A7 A6
P.M. (throughout)
T
A
B
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 5 5 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D5 D6 D5 D6
D5 D6 D7 D6
A5 A6 A5 A6
A5 A6 A7 A6
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 5 5 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 4 4 5 5 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Figure 6-7:
A straightfour
progression
with a
variation.
E E 6 E 7 E 6
2 2 4 4 5 5 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D5 D6 D7 D6
2 2 4 4 5 5 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A5 A6 A5 A6
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E5 E6 E5 E6
2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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