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Midnight Blues Laments
A summary of Minor Blues (i - iv - i - V7). Trading between the minor tonic and subdominant sets an atmospheric late-night pulse, capped by the scorching bite of dominant E7.
“Midnight Blues Laments”, a CifraLab proposal
Am, Dm, Am and E7 is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Midnight Blues Laments” feel.
“Midnight Blues Laments” runs at 70 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 857 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 13.7 seconds. Read in A minor, its degrees are i, iv, i and V7. In Am you hear A, C and E. Dm holds D, F and A. In E7 you hear E, G#, B and D.
Am rings with two strings open and three fretted positions, leaving string 6 unplayed. Dm presses three positions and leaves string 4 open, leaving strings 6 and 5 unplayed. E7 rings with four strings open and two fretted positions.
From Am to Dm, A stays, and one hand position stays put. Dm and Am keep A in common. Also, one hand position stays put. From Am to E7, E stays, but no fretted position repeats.