source file: m1535.txt
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:51:37 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Re: Blue note? (was Re: 9/5 on pedal steel)

From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Bob Lee wrote:
> Paul Hahn wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Bob Lee wrote:
>>>                                                 I've realized
>>> that I use the 7/4 a lot as a melody note in blues solos, but I
>>> really don't have the pedals set right to give it to me in chords.
>> 
>> Interesting.  What's your opinion on the question posed a few days ago
>> about blue thirds as 7/6s (extra-flat) vs. 11/9s (semi-flat)?
> 
[snip]
>
> I don't recall ever using the 7/6 deliberately.  I'm sure I've hit in from
> time to time in the heat of blues improvisation, but it seems to me that it
> would have to resolve fairly quickly.  It's not a note that I'd let stand
> for very long.

But you said you use 7/4 a lot, which is a 7/6 above 3/2.  I'm not sure
I understand.

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