Blues For A Forgotten Ancient Music by Roger Aldridge Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Roger Aldridge

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Roger Aldridge

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement Jazz Ensemble

Publisher Roger Aldridge

Product ID 1075816

Genre Blues Jazz

Performance Group Jazz Combo

Product Description

A slow, soulful blues for those times when we need to play a slow, soulful blues. The title comes from a day when I was reflecting upon lost ancient civilizations and wondering about their music. What did the music sound like? Did the musicians back then have steady gigs? This is a fairly conventional 12-bar blues, however it has some interesting quirks. The 4th bar has a sustained C with V7 (#9) chords moving chromatically upwards against it. In terms of conventional harmony, the C is a "wrong note" on several of the chords (like the Db7). The chord changes have reharmonization in several places. The ending, with a shift to major 7th chords, is unusual for a blues.

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YEAR OF RELEASE: 2000

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