Hey What up,
What chord do you end a blues on,or series of chords, and why on recordings do they just fade it out, without a real ending, did they run out of time on the recording, or just couldn't come up with an ending.
Kenn
Hey What up,
What chord do you end a blues on,or series of chords, and why on recordings do they just fade it out, without a real ending, did they run out of time on the recording, or just couldn't come up with an ending.
Kenn
You can try the IV in a #9. That's on the jazzy side, but yummy.
"...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field;
that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little,
shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour."
-Edmund Burke
So you end on the IV to the I, any other ways for endings
You could do a backwards turnaround and then end on the I chord with a 7th thrown in.
Or, at the end of the turnaround hit a quick VI9 down to the V9. There are countless options, experiment, see what you like best.
I'm betting in 99% of the cases, it's because they couldn't come up with a distinctive ending.Originally Posted by amc93472
There are rare exceptions...I Want You (She's So Heavy) would be one. Although where do you go from that riff? Maybe it was necessity after all.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
I've been playing the same never-ending 12-bar in E for thirty years and counting.
disappearing in a plume of brimstone is pretty effective
The Lee Morgan ending is not recommended...
A great blues ending is to get shot by a jealous man who loves a hard-hearted woman. Or get runned over by a lonesome train, or to die of a broken heart 'cause you cain't be satisfied.
But the easiest blues ending is to find simple fail to woke up dis morning.
Last edited by Gravity Jim; 09-10-2007 at 02:26 PM.
I can't think of one tune on Clapton's "From The Cradle" that fades out. They all have great, traditional Blues endings. Check that out if you can.
Also check out Robert Johnson. I believe every song on The Complete Recordings has a proper ending. The fade-out-because-we-couldn't-think-of-an-ending thing is a later invention, and more of a pop thing.
"I haven't slept for ten days...because that would be too long." -- Mitch Hedberg
In the case of Jimmy Reed, there were quite a few fades. I guess it was hard enough to get Jimmy going...
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