"BL 1.1 - Twelve Bar Blues Format
The Blues is the most important and most popular form in Jazz and Jazz related music styles. It consists, in its most common present day form, of 12 bars, subdivided into three 4 bar phrases.
In the traditional vocal style :
the 1st 4 bar phrase makes a
statement :
"From dawn to dusk I work the fields all day ......"
the 2nd 4 bar phrase
repeats the statement :
"Yeah, from dawn to dusk I work in the fields all day ...."
the 3rd 4 bar phrase
completes or resolves the statement :
"But when the sun goes down I rush home to sweet Mae."
This is another great British blues/rocker. Unusual in that they don't have a drummer.
"You're screaming at policemen
But they're only doing a gig
You're screaming at policemen
But they're only doing a gig
Try and take the time
To figure out how the issue got that big
Lenny Bruce was trying to tell you
Many things before he died
Lenny Bruce was trying to tell you
Many things before he died
Like don't throw rocks at policemen
But get the knots of law untied"