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Chapter 3: The Scheme of Things: Elements of Jazz Theory
(Pause for four beats)
(Pause for four beats)
I’m gonna be standin’ on the corner
of 12th Street and Vine
(Pause for four beats)
(Pause for four beats)
With my Kansas City baby
My bottle of Kansas City wine
(Pause for four beats)
(Pause for four beats)
Now, as in most any song, comes the drama in the form of a transition section
called the bridge. It also fits the 12-bar structure, but its first few lines (through
“I’m goin’ just the same”) provide contrast with the rest of the piece. Without
pauses in between, these lines — each spread over four beats — pick up the
song’s momentum:
I might take a train
I might take a plane
But if I have to walk
I’m goin’ just the same
I’m goin’ to Kansas City
Kansas City here I come
(Pause for four beats)
(Pause for four beats)
They’ve got some crazy little women there
And I’m gonna get me one
(Pause for four beats)
(Pause for four beats)
There are many examples of the 12-bar format in jazz, from the New Orleans
Rhythm King’s “Tin Roof Blues” to Duke Ellington’s “Koko” and Thelonious
Monk’s “Misterioso.”
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