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...starting point we might consider the essential musical structure of most of the music we call the Blues. In its basic form it has a three chord structure in a 1, 4, 5 progression. It usually has 12 bars though this can be varied to 8, 16 or any multiple of 4. It is usually in 4/4 time but it can be fitted to other rhythm patterns as well. There is a Blues chromatism or Blues scale which has African origins and differs from the West European scale. In order to play the correct Blues notes it is necessary...
...meaning of the word "Blues." The next question then is, just what of all this Blues is being revived today. This is a simpler matter because one can say with reasonable confidence that the Blues coming out of the contemporary rock-scene is a version of the Blues form which has been developing in Chicago and other Northern urban centers sinces World War II. However, this Blues, primarily dominated by electric guitar, had its origins, in turn, in the Mississippi Delta. We must examine the Mississippi Blues form first...
When Jill O'Hara, a girl with a voice that is a strange cross between country-western twanginess and Dionne Warwick inflection, sings about "Knowing When to Leave" a lover, music and rhythm change as the character's thoughts move form a detached statement of principle ("Knowing when to leave won't ever let you reach the point of no return/ Fly") to an upbeat assertion of hope ("Foolish as it seems/ I still have my dreams") to an angry stream of abuse ("Keep your eyes on the door/ Never let it get out of sight/ Just be prepared when...
There is no doubt that Bruce has found his groove this year. Although at first shaky with his defensemen, Chris Gurry and Terry Flaman, the three have settled down to form one of the best hockey defenses in the East. "Bruce has developed into one of the finest goalies I have ever seen," Kinasewich said. "He has that innate ability that every great goalie has which can't be taught. If we ever had a goal-tender who could beat Dryden, it's Durno...
John Imrie, who lost the second match of his Harvard career against Rutgers when he was knocked unconscious, will try to regain his winning form tonight at 177. Bob Panoff will wrestle at 191 again in place of the injured Howie Freedman, but Freedman may return in time for the Yale meet...