"My Blues" (Bending Study 4) Performance Question
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:23
When you talk about how to tell the band to play "My Blues," you don't mention the quick change. Does it need to be stated (here specifically, or in general)?
Also, it the two beats of IV in the 11th bar something the band needs to be told specifically? Or will everything work out if they play a straight 12-bar?
I'm thinking the quick change doesn't matter here, since it looks like the harp notes would fit anyway. But then there's that 1+ or 1+/4+ octave on the third beat of the 11th bar....
Thanks.
Great point. The quick change doesn't matter for the licks that I play in this song, just like you stated.
Most bands play the I-IV-I-V Turnaround on a slow blues without saying anything. It is good to know that it's there, that way if your band doesn't do it, you can recognize that they're not doing and you can ask them to add that turnaround.