The man I love, he has done left this townĪnd if it keeps on raining, I will be Gulf Coast bound.Įxample 2. This does not happen in “Gulf Coast Blues,” but often, the repeated lyric will be set to a repeated melody, mimicking the aab structure in the music as well. “Gulf Coast Blues” by Clarence Williams (1923) is one example of this ( Example 2). The four-bar phrases that make up the 12-bar blues are commonly matched with lyrics that have an aab structure: the first line is stated and then repeated (sometimes with some alteration), and the third line contrasts. Much blues music is sung, and so lyrics play an important role in this genre. “Gulf Coast Blues” (1923), recording by Bessie Smith and Clarence Williams. As an example, this text will focus on one of the earliest recorded blues songs, “Gulf Coast Blues” by Clarence Williams, as recorded by the enormously commercially successful blues singer Bessie Smith in 1923.Įxample 1. This chapter discusses some of the trends in blues melodies that shaped the blues as we know it today. The blues scale can be rotated to begin on its second note, create a major blues scale: do–re–ri–mi–sol–la (\hat1-\hat2-\sharp\hat2-\hat3-\hat5-\hat6).The blues scale is like a minor pentatonic scale with an additional chromatic passing tone: do–me–fa–fi–sol–te (\hat1-\flat\hat3-\hat4-\sharp\hat4-\hat5-\flat\hat7).
Blues melodies often leave large gaps to allow for call and response between the melodic instrument and other instruments.\.Blues songs are often texted, and the lyrics consist of a lyric line which gets repeated, then followed by a contrasting line ( aab).
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