Everybody have the blues.” When these phrases are set to song we get our blues form – the twelve-bar blues. Originally blues was sung to an aaa form, i.e. a single four-bar phrase is sung ...
We’ll focus on Monk’s unique approach to jazz forms— 12-bar blues, standard AABA form, and contrafacts, along with Monk’s own innovative forms. Learn what these terms mean (if you don’t know already) ...