Mixylodian? I always heard that it was called a pentatonic setup, but have no training in the theory of blues so couldn't say for sure.

To my cashew sized brain, it's more of a feelatonic or mebbe a bendamatic mode, whereas if you catch yourself on the wrong fret, just bend it til it sounds right. It's pretty easy once you just let yourself go with it. Blues is a style that should never be played using tabs or sheet music. There's just no way to accurately transcribe it. It's the music of human beings' spirits talking and comes from your insides and never shows up or sounds remotely convincing if played from a piece of paper. It's peculiar stuff, especially the real back country stuff.

Click this link and listen to Rule Burnside on Highway 61 radio and see can you transcribe what he and Ranie Burnette and Mr.Fred are playing in there. It may make you to lose your mind.


Tweed