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gene
758 posts
May 22, 2011
5:48 PM
What's going on here?! Is this folk? Is it blues? It sure sounds like blues to me...But TEN bars???!!!

gene
759 posts
May 22, 2011
7:10 PM
After posting the above, I Googled "10 bar blues" and this came up. Whew! I thought I was going nuts!

Also found this.

And what about SIX BAR BLUES???!!! Oh. Never mind that one. ;)

Last Edited by on May 22, 2011 7:28 PM
boris_plotnikov
541 posts
May 22, 2011
9:25 PM
Another one 10 bar blues


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barbequebob
1640 posts
May 23, 2011
7:36 AM
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.
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sorin
280 posts
May 23, 2011
8:50 AM
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:


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lumpy wafflesquirt
359 posts
May 23, 2011
9:27 AM
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?
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gene
761 posts
May 23, 2011
11:11 AM
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!

Last Edited by on May 23, 2011 11:24 AM
groyster1
1055 posts
May 23, 2011
11:20 AM
this certainly muddies the water for me,just trying to get timing done on 12 bar blues format
gene
762 posts
May 23, 2011
11:27 AM
LOL...It gets "worse." There are several progressions of the 12 bar blues!
boris_plotnikov
543 posts
May 23, 2011
12:50 PM
"Watermelon man" is 16 bar blues.
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Firehouse
18 posts
May 24, 2011
1:50 PM
it was SBW II that said "as many as i want it to be" lol he was the coolest!
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lumpy wafflesquirt
360 posts
May 24, 2011
1:53 PM
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. :^)
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