FREE BLUES in G — Improv — "I Have Seen"
Channel: DPend
Date: 2019-06-16

This is a "free blues" improvisation played by Daniel Pendergraft on a Yamaha P-155 keyboard on June 13, 2019 entitled "I Have Seen." The tuning is A=444 hz and the tones are a combination of a rhodes and a jazz organ patch.

It is "free" in the sense that it does not follow any specific blues form, although it is centered around the key of G (it briefly modulates to the key of E.) It is, however, played to a steady tempo of 113 bpm.

Blues are where I first started when I began improvising music many years ago. I haven't played them much soon, and this was extremely fun!

Another odd thing about a "free blues" is there is no specific melody per se, though much of the melodic component mimics a vocal jazz tradition. Snippets from this piece could be sampled to create a more complete track, or could inform the timing and changes of a fuller composition.

There are plenty of "rough around the edges" moments here, but I'm content with it as is to share with all of you! After all, the blues aren't meant to be perfect, but to tell a story. I hope this speaks to you somehow.