TODAY'S TIP: MILES DAVIS ALL BLUES--PART 2 OF 3
Let's continue with bars 5 and 6 of "All Blues," played over the following 12-bar blues form: G / G / G / G / C / C / G / G / D / D# D / G / G /. These chords ascend and descend to imply many voicings of C dominant. Left-hand fingering: 2-3-3-3, 2-3-3-3, 3-4-2-1, 3-4-2-1, 2-3-3-3, 3-4-2-1, 3-4-2-1, 2-3-3-3. In the fingering notation, a dash between numbers indicates that they are played simultaneously :
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B---3------5------6-------8---|---10------8------6------5---
G---3------5------7-------9---|---10------9------7------5---
D---3------5------8------10---|---10-----10------8------5---
A-----------------------------|-----------------------------
E---3------5------8------10---|---10-----10------8------5---
1 (2) 3 4 (5) 6 1 (2) 3 4 (5) 6