Zusammenfassung der Ressource
St Louis Blues-Handy
- Context
- 1914
- Handy is known as
Father of the Blues
- Rhythm
- 3-2 Clave
rhythm with an
Afro Cuban
feel.
- Similar to
Habenera, like
Bizet's Carmen
- Syncopated and Swung
- Structure
- 12 bar blues
- Intro (A) (A) (B Intro manipulated) (A)x5
- Melody
- Based on chords G minor and D7
- (A) D pentatonic scale-Flattened 3rd and 7th
- Instruments
- Trombone, Muted trumpet, Clarinet and Sax
- Piano, Double
Bass, Cymbal,
Woodblock
- Texture
- Call and Response.
- Solo and Comping
- Harmony
- Intro-G Minor-D7
(A)-12 bar blues in G
major
- Use of the secondary dominant in Bar 10
gives the piece a major and minor pull