Members windmill Posted May 25, 2013 Members Share Posted May 25, 2013 So is this song really just the riff and jamming ? Is in minor pentatonic ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted May 25, 2013 Members Share Posted May 25, 2013 It's a 12-bar blues in C major, and the melody is entirely in C blues scale. (Ie, C minor pent with added b5)Kenny Burrell's solo is also pretty much entirely C blues scale, AFAIK. (I haven't listened closely enough to SRV's version, but I suspect it's pretty much the same material. He plays in B, of course, because he'd tuned down a half-step.)When you say "just", of course, that's correct (given that there is a chord sequence, not just a one-chord jam), but undersells the subtlety of phrasing, feel and vibe. Not everything has to have fancy chords and scales to be great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted May 28, 2013 Members Share Posted May 28, 2013 The version I always went by was Junior Wells, though I'm pretty sure I heard SRV's first. I've always heard it (and done it) as one long jam. The trick is to make it entertaining and interesting. Gotta have some ups and downs and back and forth between the various instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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