DavidASkelton
Blues Newbie
This is from Rev Robert Jones Blues Chronicles. Many of these chord progressions don’t follow standard harmony for major or minor scales. I can’t make sense of the theory. Is it borrowed chords? Or just chalk it up to the blues does whatever it wants to do. If you can’t read it. It says
I-IV (Two chord blues)
i-iv-V (minor one, minor IV, major V)
I-V-IV
i-VII-VI-V (again minor i)
I-VI-II-V (more of a jazz progression but here he plays the 2 as major rather than minor)
I’ve taken Griffs theory course. I think I’m hip with theory and even understand Tritone substitutions and altered harmony. But I don’t get why some of these progressions work. I know they do bc Rev plays songs they come from, but theory wise why do they work?
Help me Griff Kenobi. You’re my only hope
I-IV (Two chord blues)
i-iv-V (minor one, minor IV, major V)
I-V-IV
i-VII-VI-V (again minor i)
I-VI-II-V (more of a jazz progression but here he plays the 2 as major rather than minor)
I’ve taken Griffs theory course. I think I’m hip with theory and even understand Tritone substitutions and altered harmony. But I don’t get why some of these progressions work. I know they do bc Rev plays songs they come from, but theory wise why do they work?
Help me Griff Kenobi. You’re my only hope