Hi my name is Paul Rotton
this is my first post. I am from St. Louis Missouri USA
I like bebop, blues and jazz.
I am around 44 yrs of age
and have been playing for many years altough for the last
2 years I have gotten more serious about playing.
Bump the Bop is a shuffle style blues done with a bop feel
as far as the melody is concerned. It is an 12 bar form
In the key of A Blues (D Major)
You will learn a chord melody (padding)
chord substitutions and variations.
The progression is a little different than a straight I, IV, V
in that it turns around at the Vii Chord to the IV
The riffs are in the A blues scale, the A mixolydian
and the chromatic scale.
This original piece seems simple because
the melody is very lyrical
however it may give you a challenge I hope.
The tabs are incorporated with the videos
Sincerely, Paul Rotton
New File 2-19-07
main.mov ( 7.07MB )
Number of downloads: 1276in the next post I will cover the chords
New Audio File 2-19-07
Bump_the_Bop.mp3 ( 2.4MB )
Number of downloads: 580