Rhythm and Blues today » Quarters http://www.awwbn.com Discussion about R&B artists and music in a contemporary setting Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Inverting a blues 1 4 5 progression going into the lower octave, in the second line A of the AAB? http://www.awwbn.com/2008/03/10/inverting-a-blues-1-4-5-progression-going-into-the-lower-octave-in-the-second-line-a-of-the-aab/ http://www.awwbn.com/2008/03/10/inverting-a-blues-1-4-5-progression-going-into-the-lower-octave-in-the-second-line-a-of-the-aab/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:02:36 +0000 admin http://awwbn.com/2008/03/10/inverting-a-blues-1-4-5-progression-going-into-the-lower-octave-in-the-second-line-a-of-the-aab/

Please help a melodically trained musician write the first rhythm bass line! After writing a new blues melody, 12 bar and AAB, I used a very simple I, IV, V, four quarters to each bar. The second version of line A is higher and harmonizes with line A, sounding good with I, IV, V, I… but it seems more interesting to invert the progression going down, from I, three and one half steps down to the IV, down one step to the IV, and back up to octave I.
The next line is IV, V, I, I an octave higher, for line B.
Is this wrong, or just unorthodox?
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