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work_cxoqb4uja5ctrhdxq764cqjxuq	HANS WEISETHAUNET	Is there such a thing as the 'blue note'?	2001	18	.pdf	application/pdf	10677	677	72	will be that most musicological analyses of these styles are still based on an oversimplified idea of harmony: the applied Western major/minor theory concept with blues, rock, and some jazz styles, in emic terms and performance practice, in fact The blues structure, like ragtime, was an admixture of African influence (the call-andresponse pattern) and European harmonically derived functional form. The aesthetics behind this practice – being crucial to the 'meaning' of blues performance – is that of 'putting things to the notes' as described by B.B. King in his book, experience of playing blues music, however, some simple conclusions might nevertheless be drawn as far as 'harmony' is concerned. of the minor third over the major chord!7 Seeing the idea of the 'blue note' in such Often the performer will play two or three notes simultaneously – also in solo guitar playing – and the effect of 'blue harmony' seems to	./cache/work_cxoqb4uja5ctrhdxq764cqjxuq.pdf	./txt/work_cxoqb4uja5ctrhdxq764cqjxuq.txt