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ATTENTION: Buck mp3 files link is about halfway down (scroll if necessary).
my original set list notes start under that and after the UPDATES section.
V is commonly played as turnaround in last bar (as opposed to I).
8 Bar Blues
Another 8 bar blues example is "It's Not My Cross To Bear."
("Cross to Bear" plays I7 throughout bar 7.)
For more on the above "Blues Section" see: this page.
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UPDATE: 1.4.09
two new set list (these include 3 songs ted sings), these are .doc (Word) files so you'll have to download them (clicking should auto download to ...wherever you download to):
1. alphabetical
2. by key
the previous set list is here:
previous list .doc, (ted's 3 are not in this one).
UPDATE: 12.18.08
click HERE to open a pdf of 'Set List with Notes' that i have been using since i completed the effort (started below)... this is what i am currently using. note all the "rockin' sixths" numbers that are listed in the above pdf file.
i did not delete my previous notes below - left to serve as a sort of version history. ;-)
UPDATE: 10.14.08
These notes are from the songs on CD I gave out (also uploaded at the link above). Note how many "rockin sixths" are listed below (underlined titles). The Set List above is NOT updated to reflect the notes below:
original notes and list follow(list not for use, but the notes may be useful):
Buck's Set List (original as given to me, includes only my initial notes below it):
As far as "rockin sixths" or Chuck Berry style goes -- play message2s at upper left -- the Set List above references that rhythmic style only once (see: Wait). I have updated that particular aspect and other things in the UPDATE below; turns out there are number of of songs in that style, BUT also see Conclusion at bottom of page.
The Conductor
I get how it's played (on Buck's CD), but we did (I did) the guitar train sound start at JD Jags and we didn't do it the next night. Also, personally, I think with one chording instrument (guitar) The Conductor should probably be played using the rockin sixths style, but I don't know. It's also a 12 bar quick change form. The CD has some sort of break down turn around ending, but it's a cluster puck --sounds like it's suppose to be a slow down ending, again I don't know.
Biscuit Bakin' Woman
It has stops with no "sliding" into each stop chord (except for the drums) -- on the CD the bass is doing it (playing a pick-up note before the stop) the guitar isn't. I suggest no slide (or pick-up) because other songs have that so differentiation is avaiable here... OR everybody do it... which really only means me (guit) but that's different from what's on the CD and if there are other songs with this then it gets monotonous and boring. If the guit and bass do only the one stop, they have to be tight -- together. It's actually harder without the pick-up note because the tendency is to do it.
Be Careful
Rockin sixths (during harp solo anyway) -- has stops during vocals with embellished slides/pick-ups. 12 bar quick change. also has stops at solo begins (each).
Seves You Right To Suffer
mono-chord (no changes/med-slow drone blues, occassional stops if desired at verse or solo starts).
Wait
rockin sixths. I - IV changes only. uses dynamics. stops at end of verses--not on 1st "wait, stop a minute" vocal but after 2nd "wait stop a minute" line--then IV-IV I.
it does this IV-IV I after solos, i guess. then they do various stops (if there's a studio version i could decifer if there's a pattern --patterns are better when MEMORIZING. they seem to try to get heavier at the end and end with two bars (not counting last hold) of hits:
I I I I IV IV IV IV I (hold).
Hard Drivin' Man
mono chord verse start and start of verses; very distorted bass lick; stops; goes into rockin sixths for chorus section. solos: 12 bar, NO quick change. back to monochord; rinse and repeat.
Call Me The Breeze
rockin sixths (med-fast). 12 bar NO quick change. to be continued...
Built For Comfort
12 bar quick change; med-shuffle.
I'm A King Bee (Muddy Waters)
form:
rockin sixths feel only; med slow.
Pack Fair and Square
rockin sixths. med-fast. 12 bar NO quick change. stop before *solos* if desired.
End with 5 hits (I chord), drum lick, then hit & hold.
Killing Floor
Floyd's Hotel
rockin sixths; med.; 12 bar NO quick change.
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Conclusion...
whether i play all those "rockin sixths" above is whole other story! i mean, as long as it's up to me, first i'll forget (with no other instrument to remind me), and second i'll opt for some attempt at something to "mix it up" from song to song... well, it's either a pop-song, a shuffle, or the "rockin sixths"... so not much choice -- really there's only two, which brings me full circle to why i made this "notes" effort.
at least, the idea is to NOT play them where they aren't listed.
despite my best efforts mistakes will be made... by yours truly.