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Country Blues => Weenie Campbell Main Forum => Topic started by: davet on December 24, 2019, 09:29:06 AM
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Greetings
I am undertaking a little research into the earliest sheet music that included a blues pattern. I have got back as far as back as 1904. there is a ragtime piece called 'One O them things?' which has a blues pattern in it. I found it in an essay by Ray Dessy.
Any comments, information would be much appreciated.
best wishes
DaveT
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Hi davet
What do you mean by a "blues pattern"?
All best,
Johnm
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Hi Dave,
There's a very interesting book called Long Lost Blues: Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920 that came out several years back. He traces the blues prior to the recording era with a particular focus on sheet music.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/32ykh8wx9780252034879.html (https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/32ykh8wx9780252034879.html)
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Thank you both for responding to my query.
John
I started to write "12 bar pattern" and then stopped because the illustrious members of this site would have gently reminded me that blues also comes in a variety of other packages (eight, four bar and other configurations). Thanks for nudging me to provide more detail.
Jeff
Thanks for the reference. The book looks like it covers what I am looking for. I have ordered a copy.