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08-06-2009, 08:30 AM
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What are the standard blues tempos - like shuffle, and what else?
Just getting a feel of the standard stuff to incorporate into my practice. |
08-06-2009, 08:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | I typed 'blues tempo' into the search function here, and got about 1000 hits. Try it, it's fun.
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08-06-2009, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by snyderz  I typed 'blues tempo' into the search function here, and got about 1000 hits. Try it, it's fun. | Thank you for your helpful post and basic instruction on the use of internet forum search tools.
I don't want to have to sift though 10 pages per post to get the information I need - not to mention the search is not particularly accurate.
How about this - if you don't want to reply to a post because you think its duplicating information, don't respond. |
08-06-2009, 09:14 AM
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08-06-2009, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | ^ LOL! Glad my personality is coming across in this format! 
Just for future reference, I found this web site: http://quamut.com/quamut/beginning_b...ss_styles.html
- it explains that bass blues styles are either "swung" or "straight".
Swung styles are triple based:
"Swing, shuffles, and slow blues are triplet oriented because the rhythm is based on swing eighths. This means that instead of two eighth notes of a beat sharing equal rhythmic value, the first eighth note is equal to two eighth-note triplets, and the other eighth note is equal to the remaining triplet. If that sounds confusing, refer to the illustration below."
A bit technical, but a good description.
Straight blues:
"Straight Blues Styles (Not Triplet Oriented)
On the other hand, rock, rhumbas, a nd funk are not triplet oriented because the rhythm is based on straight eighths. This means that both eighth notes are played normally."
With some musical examples, I'm sure this will help me "get" the different styles. |
08-06-2009, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal and STAY OFF MY LAWN :-) | Ha!
To answer the OP, however...shuffle is of course a stock feel. There's slow blues of course. I assume you already know the blues progression...but then also listen to and try to play along with some tunes with a quick change.
I think one of the most helpful aspects of playing blues is being able to feel the swing correctly, and really getting into the groove of it. I don't know how you are with a swing feel right now, but I would spend some time on that as well.
With all that being said, however, a great blues player once told me: "It ain't rocket science, it's just the blues!"
Don't over think it, and just make sure it swaaangs!!!!
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08-06-2009, 04:51 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | The best thing you can probably do to get a feel for different blues styles and tempos is to listen to - and play along with - a lot of blues. Also, get familiar with some of the common patterns for major and minor blues, and well as turnarounds and endings.
The Hal Leonard book by Ed Frieldland "Blues Bass" is worth spending some time. |
08-06-2009, 05:06 PM
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08-06-2009, 05:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | | And not to be literal but...
"shuffle" isn't a tempo, its a stylistic description of how the 8th notes are to be felt.
You can do a shuffle at 160 bpm or 80 bpm, saying "shuffle" tells you if the 8th notes are swung or not, but it doesnt tell you how fast or slow to do it. |
08-06-2009, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | yeah but, you shuffle too slow and you get a flat tire.
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08-06-2009, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by progrmr ^ LOL! Glad my personality is coming across in this format!
Just for future reference, I found this web site: http://quamut.com/quamut/beginning_b...ss_styles.html
- it explains that bass blues styles are either "swung" or "straight".
Swung styles are triple based:
"Swing, shuffles, and slow blues are triplet oriented because the rhythm is based on swing eighths. This means that instead of two eighth notes of a beat sharing equal rhythmic value, the first eighth note is equal to two eighth-note triplets, and the other eighth note is equal to the remaining triplet. If that sounds confusing, refer to the illustration below."
A bit technical, but a good description.
Straight blues:
"Straight Blues Styles (Not Triplet Oriented)
On the other hand, rock, rhumbas, a nd funk are not triplet oriented because the rhythm is based on straight eighths. This means that both eighth notes are played normally."
With some musical examples, I'm sure this will help me "get" the different styles. | Triple style? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-vB...aynext_from=PL
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