Hanon Blues

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About This Presentation

Hanon Blues


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~ Blues Hanon

Authentic, progressive exercises and etudes
for the contemporary piano student
by Leo Alfassy.
Theory + Development + Application

Contents

Introduction
Elements of Blues Style
Melody
Hermony and Form
Bass Lin
lac Notes and Seales
Meter and Tempos
Syacopation
Parle Thirds nd
Sas (Right Hand)
lve Notes
Grace Notes
Tremolo
Parallel Sixth (Lee Hand)
Lefeand Extension Tents
Compound Meter

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Introduction

‘The blues,» primal formal structure in American popular musi, s pethaps the most
significant contribution of black 0 he musical Bertage ofthis county. Tt ad pro
found impact on the development of jazz and permested a good deal of concert mass
swell:

Although a produer of black culture, he blues san amalgamation of Afro-American
and European traditions. It makes use of elements of harmony and form from European.
musical common practice, being essentaly a stophic song set to thee line stanzas. But
the African influence is significant in many ways: 1) the melodie line consists of mostly
descending phrases, 2) she caes contain “blue!” notes (ar seveaths thirds, and HE)
5) the voice has a special open quality, employing glisandos, mesma, and falsetos:
4) there à polie Iterplay between the voice and the accompaniment.

‘The emergence ofthe blues and the closely related boogi.wooge as identifiable ent
ties is very diet to determine, manly because they were Ke alive by oral tradition.
‘Around 1900, when musicologs was ins infancy, very few eihnamusicolopst realized
‘har the musical heritage of the nonwestern world mented scene rescare We mist
rely on the memory ofthe very few musicians stl ving and other chroniclers, whose
"Vague ecollections offer ile accurate information aboot the First steps OF thi indi
‘hows American ar fo.

“The principal sources ofthe blues were Negro pics and work songs, many the
holler ng the lev: camps slong te southern sere and the elds. Fd holes
‘were nacvmpaied song In rc thy, characterized by thei waling sound, ery
Amar othe sons of the farmers nos Ati. They were “complain” aga
ele working condos, he power landlord ove problems, ete Gradually the

Freshy me hole evolved ine song with stronger mete acens and more press
formal serre. Bus the Dues crane the mest personal expression of he
depreed, dise melanchl, and roots back people of he South

From the tum ofthe century to the 1920s when he agricola South war rad
industrialized and when nern back worte found job in th nd sams OF the
norte and midwest ee, he ral vocal bacs ws asformed into an at
‘mental urban composion wih a mor dance ke character Many nern pans
payed the ble for ende hours in da jue ois ent house parte, and Deel
Fous (cheap dunking etblshmencs wih bar stacked slong the wal for sting
parpots ands dir oor for dancing. In this envionment wa rested the urlhouse
Blaye ws a quie nie pant ang, reste by self gh musicos and
dap othe rough audience an othe echnical conditions of the dpt

Inthe cary 1920, after the closing ofthe rd iii New Orleans many’
tack musicas moved now lang ie Miss ppt River and erated ne jar tete,
especial in Kana Co, Memp Se Loui and Chicago, ma Chicago tha a new
Gene of lan with muse! schooling developed cher harmon and syle
Scala introducing th bls into more pura cb eme and the recording
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“The Blac compose W.C. Handy played an inporan ol inthe development of
the ues He wan theft orchestrator who called melodie from the peters he
hear round him, hen harmonzc and published them inthe cat 1910s Ara eo,
mes generation of young jez musicians became fail with the bles chon quem
improved on hem, nd vested new melodies

In 1920, the fist blues record by a lack vocals appeared followed by thowsands
cof ace” records intended exclusively for black customers By the mid-1920s, the blues
‘reached a mixed audience, becoming a popular dance form which was no longs assoc

‘Sted with depression and lamentation ftruimental blues appeared in a varity of tem-

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“The second half of the 1940s sau the development of a more sophiseated syle,
ally after he introduction of electrically amplified instruments inthe jazz band.
he bebop, a progressive jazz style of this period, was strongly influenced by the bes
tradition,

‘The 1950s witnesed the emergence of “hythm and blues.” which ithe progenitor
‘of ck roll Even today the talent of ja: musician e judged by his abilty to
tempo spontaneously within this fundamental jazz form, which account (or
About one hi of al popular music

The next section explains he characteristic features of he blues in relation to the
base elements of must. This followed by thirythree practical exercises, cach dealing
‘with aspect echnical problem for te lef or mgt hand, In order to acquire an
absolte independence of hands, it I necessary to practice each hand separate. This
Should be done in a slow tempo and without the uae ofthe right pedal Instead the
ident can ep» steady tempo by “apping he bet with his ig foot.

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ope Elements of Blues Style
Melody |

‘The blues began as à lamentory chant with regular phrase sractaze and fee rhythm.
Gradualy, developed into simple repetitious *welve-bar melody, consisting of Gece

or brooding descending phrases witha driving rhythmie accompaniment, Each musial
> Phrase corresponds to one line of he three blues stan with an Instrumental
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piece or even in che same way as another kind of popular melody, I Fami only the
ramcwork for creative improvisations and ceaseless embellishments: he perform
being more or les he spontancous composer.

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The harmonie and formal srueures ofthe blues and the boogie ate the same, Beery
composition cons ofa succesion of twelve sections called "choruses, cach
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Bass Line

‘The development ofa good efe hand technique is essential in blues playing because of
the twofold importance of te base ine a a harmonie suppor, and asa replacement for
{the shydhm section of band. A simple bass Figure can consist of the repetition of open
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‘The bas line can also consis ofthe socalled “walking bass” (notes “walking” up
¿own a scale or in broken chords), probably derived from the common bas patterns
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*iemelodic ine often contains features ypiclof the blues, namely heso-clled blue”
notes These ae notes particulary the tl, ft, and seventh depress of he scale
‘hove Intonaion le beruern the major and minor che (For practical purposes
these degres are dated by 4 semitone) In blue singing, these notes could be easly
"ben o ded” bythe singer or played on the aca, dh mom important nsrumen
for bles actompeniment. In order fo inte the Ve notes, which were imposable to
play on a keyboard Inserent, the ls pianiı had vo develop à ll technique of
Ebelishment consisting of grace notes and des

Although mos blues melodies are based on she major scale, some use other cales
such atonal or semitonal pentatonic seis, or "blues sles” containing te be potes
‘Tonal portaron ses copo of only five notes and include no semitones.

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