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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 03:29:07 -0500
From: Glenn Weiser
Subject: Re: blue notes/jazz substitutions

> I dub thee Sir IronMan Micro for thy developed ears.
>
> Hey - watch that "micro" stuff :-)
>
Size matters, yes.

> > The 12 bar chord progression is simple. But nothing else about the blues
is, IMO.
>
> Yup. And even the "simple 12 bar progression" is subject to a lot of
> interpretation by masterful players. IMHO there's nothing more
> boring than a so-called "blues" rhythm guitarist who does the Jimmy
> Reed/Chuck Berry I/V, I/VI thingie all night (or worse, plays lead
> over everything - that's the job of the harmonica player ;-) That's
> one reason I'm a huge chord fan. Three chords, three thousand
> substitutions.
>
That raises another intersting question: playing over jazz chord substitions
for 12-bar
blues. But I don't that much jazz, so, maybe someone could list some of the
more common
substiutions, either in C or by Roman numeral . You got anything on this?

- -Glenn Weiser