![]() ![]() You continue to use these chords and riff over the same extensions you will have a solo that sounds perfect for rockabilly. The solo section riffs over the same progression of A-D-A-E and back to A. The second time we riff on the A and A7 we stay on it an extra 4 bars before going into the added riffs above. The chords and boogie woogie rhythms are the easy part, it is the swing that you need to practice. Want that syncopation as you hit the chords. ![]() Not as hard or intense as a funk strum mute but Remember when playing these chords we need to keep a swing in the rhythm, and our playing will have a staccato and almost muted feeling. With the A giving us the flattened 7th that is so popular in rock and then back to the A chord again. After we upstroke on this first strum we play the G note along And his initial vocal line sets the listener up for aĪfter we sing the intro line we must give the A chord just the right accented up strum, to get that well-known da-da-dun. Rock is all about the tension and release of the downbeat and upbeat. Is what really sets it apart and makes it so era defining. But that late entry of the music after the first Most of Blue Suede Shoes is the same as other rockabilly tunes, it uses the same 12 bar blues, extended chords, and heavy syncopation. And it was that vocal line that really helps define the song. Questionable, he for sure took the first line from the famous nursery rhyme "One for the Money". While the underlying story of why Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes is ![]() Many early guitar centered rock bands were simply bass, drums, and lead guitar and yet they played incredible songs.ĭuring this time Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash were all touring the south before their major fame hit. The first Rock'n'roll was piano driven so when guitars were featured they usually What makes it rockabilly is the use of riffs that are essentially boogie woogie lines from the piano. You can take the backing drum and bass of this song and it would be suitable for any blues shuffle, swing, or driving jazz TheĪ simple backbeat shuffle and the bass a walking line. The song itself uses a common 12 bar blues chord progression with just the I-IV-I-V, it can vary in keys depending on the artist, but is generally played in A as Elvis did. Rockabilly! The Musical Structure of Blue Suede Shoes The song's use of extended chords and syncopation was a mixture of boogie woogie, country, R&B, and swing which helped lead to the whole new genre ![]()
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