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Friday, August 10, 2012

I've Got Major Blues

I wrote this piece back in 2006.  It's a typical twelve-bar blues in G, and the boogie riff is commonly played by guitarists, but I added some variations, especially during the solo, and a twist.  Instead of climbing up to the usual flatted seventh, I went to a major seventh.  This gives a very mellow, stable feel to each of the chords.

I recorded the piece in 2006 during two sessions in a small Utah studio.  I laid down the rhythm part during the first session.  I composed the melody and the solos the next day by improvising over the recorded rhythm track, and then I overdubbed them the next night.  I used my Walden Natura DC550CE acoustic-electric guitar.