Unit 2 · The blue note
Not every blues has three lines
Meet a blues verse with a different shape from the three-line one, then sing two passages of a blues printed in Chicago in 1921, blue notes and all. Free.
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Not every blues has three lines
Some blues say a line, rhyme it, then come home in a shorter last line: no saying it twice. This one was printed in Chicago in 1921.
A rhyming pair. Grip, then trip
Then home. Come on, let's go; stop if anything tightens or hurts
What you sing
- Find the notes: each waits until you're on it.
- Muscle Shoals Blues: the first lines, over the chords.
Challenge: Muscle Shoals Blues
Both of its verses' first lines, a breath between: pack your grip, then woke up this morning feeling glad.
Two halves. A full breath between
Tell it, in your own clear voice. At a speaking volume; stop if anything tightens or hurts
What you sing
- Both halves, over the chords.
Singing safely
Tell it at a speaking volume, in your own clear voice, never forced or pressed down to sound deeper. Stop if anything tightens or hurts.
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