Twelve Bar Blues
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Describes early forms of the blues and the 12-bar blues progression with links to YouTube videos.
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Twelve Bar Blues
- 1. MUSC 1800: Popular Music Early Blues and the 12-bar Blues Progression Dr. Matthew C. Saunders Lakeland Community College C-1078
- 2. Race Records • Term used from 1920s to late 1940s • Music by, for, and marketed to black audiences. • Included blues, spirituals, and many other styles, including “white” styles performed by African- American musicians.
- 3. Classic Blues • Blues written by professional songwriters – W.C. Handy • Generally sung by women – “Ma” Rainey – Bessie Smith (pictured) – “St. Louis Blues,” by W.C. Handy, sung by Bessie Smith (1925)
- 4. Country Blues • First recorded in the late 1920s • Male singers more important – Charley Patton – Blind Lemon Jefferson – Robert Johnson (pictured) • “Match Box Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1927
- 5. Twelve-bar Blues • Common chord progression in blues styles • Later important to jazz, rock, country, funk, folk music, hip hop • Each “bar” is four beats • Three lines of four bars each IV I I I II I IV IV IV V V Line 1 of Lyric Line 1 of Lyric Repeats Line 2 of Lyric
- 6. A Tour of the Blues Listen to these songs until you can find the 12-bar blues progression in each one. • Tracy Chapman: Give Me One Reason, 1995 • James Brown: I Got You (I Feel Good), 1965 • Hank Williams: Move it on Over, 1947 • Bill Haley: Rock Around the Clock, 1955 • Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues, 1955 – (11-bar blues (he didn’t take the class!)) • Duke Ellington: C-Jam Blues, 1942 • Robert Johnson: Sweet Home Chicago, 1936
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- Term used from the 1920s and 1940s to describe recordings of African American musicians Marketed to African-American audiences Segregated catalogs and brochures Reflective of traditional African-American folk styles Okeh Records Small, independent label First recordings of Mamie Smith, 1920 Black Swan First black-owned label, 1921
- Blues written by professional songwriters W.C. Handy Influence of ragtime and minstrel traditions before 1920 Generally sung by women Alberta Hunter Ethel Waters “Ma” Rainey Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues, 1925
- Also called Mississippi Delta Blues Style of music made by amateur African-American musicians in the South First recorded in the late 1920s Less formal than Classic Blues Male singers more important Charley Patton Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson Usually performed by a singer accompanying himself on guitar “Match Box Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1927