MusicianCV · TRTwelve-bar blues
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Form and flow
Twelve-bar blues · I I I I / IV IV I I / V IV I V → 4 + 4 + 4
Letters represent musical sections. A returning letter signals recognisable material. Introductions and transitions can prepare sectional boundaries.
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Formal route / short plan · I I I I / IV IV I I / V IV I V / 4 + 4 + 4
Formal route / short planI I I I / IV IV I I / V IV I V 4 + 4 + 4
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How can the arrangement reveal the sectional boundaries?
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At each entry, note changes in bass, texture or melody. Do not assign letters solely from bar counts.Related topics
Harmonic rhythm: when chords changeReferences
Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom · Further reading
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