Sitting On Top Of The World is a 10 bar blues, Muddy Waters' Just To Be With You is 14 bars, Little Walter's My Babe is 16 bars, as is Muddy Waters' Diamonds At Your Feet is also 16 bars long as well, so the idea that blues is ONLY in either 12 or 8 bar format is clearly proven to be NOT true at all. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
When I was listening to John Mayall's version of "Another man done gone" , it was a interesting discovery for me too, I didn't know what to think. I play it just like that:
who said when asked how many bars in a 12 bar blues "as many as I want it to be" I saw it in a Paul Jones interview. Was it SBW II? ---------- "Come on Brackett let's get changed"
I've known about the 8 and 16 bar blues, and just learned of the 10 bar blues. Now along comes 14 bar blues. Where are the 2 bars added in that one?
The 8 and 16 are established forms, and since there are several songs cited in this thread for the 10 bar, I assume it is also an established form? What about that 14 bar? Is that an established form too, or is it a one-time thing?
I'm surprised to learn of these and find it refreshing to know that there can be some degree of diversity in the blues structure. Are there more forms that haven't been mentioned? Is 1 chord blues really blues?
"as many as I want it to be" I like that!
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Paul Jones was saying that the band were all pro players and good 'readers' etc but they couldn't understand about the number of bars in a 12 bar. :^) ---------- "Come on Brackett let's get changed"
