Thrill Is Gone This is a standard minor blues: Form is: –||: Im | | | | IVm | | Im | | bVI|V7| Im | : || Song is in the key of Bm: –||: Bm | | | | Em |

Thrill Is Gone

• This is a standard minor blues:

• Form is: – ||: Im | | | | IVm | | Im | | bVI|V7| Im | : ||

• Song is in the key of Bm:– ||: Bm | | | | Em | | Bm | | G|F#7| Bm | : ||

• We will start with an outline of the beginning solo which is also the introduction to the song.

Start by listening to the recordFor “The Thrill Is Gone” Write down as much as you can for each section of the song. Start with the overall form of the song:

1. Key of the song?

2. Form

3. Instrumentation

4. Number of measures in form

5. Type of song (Slow Blues, Fast Blues, Shuffle, Rock, Jazz, Country etc.)

Now go on to each section and write down as much as you can. Be sure to list the instruments in each section and as much as you can about what they are doing. Write down as much as you can using the reference sheet as a guide – use the back of the paper for added space: Introduction:

1. Form

2. Instruments

3. What each instrument is doing

4. Techniques used

5. Phrase length

6. Other items.

Thrill Is Gone Bm Thrill is gone Thrill is gone away Em Thrill is gone baby Bm Thrill is gone away G7 F#7 Know you done me wrong Bm You'll be sorry some day Bm Thrill is gone The thrill is gone away from me Em Thrill is gone The thrill is gone away from me G7 F#7 Oh I'll still live on baby Bm But so lonely I'll be Thrill is gone Thrill is gone for good Oh the thrill is gone baby It's gone away for good Some day I know I'll be open baby Like I know I should I'm free now baby I'm free from your spell Free, free, free, now baby Baby I'm free from your spell Now that its all over All I can do is wish you well Thrill is gone Thrill is gone away for good Thrill is gone baby Thrill is gone away for good Know you done me wrong baby Bm You'll be sorry some day Bm The thrill is gone I'm free from your spell......(fade)

Thrill is gone Thrill is gone for good Oh the thrill is gone baby It's gone away for good Some day I know I'll be open baby Like I know I should I'm free now baby I'm free from your spell Free, free, free, now baby Baby I'm free from your spell Now that its all over All I can do is wish you well Thrill is gone Thrill is gone away for good Thrill is gone baby Thrill is gone away for good Know you done me wrong baby Bm You'll be sorry some day Bm The thrill is gone I'm free from your spell......(fade)

The first 4 measures are all in Bm. If you look closely you will see that mostof the notes are chord tones. If you think of the chord as a Bm7 then all but the 3 E’s are chord tones. This entire section is played in 7th position. Not even one noteis out of that position.

The scale used for this is the B minor pentatonic scale in the E from. Make sure that you learn that scale.

(e)

Start at 10th position At this point play in 7 th position.

The melody on the G to F#7 is really exciting. But for the G it is the 5th of the chord to the 6th to the 5th back to the 3rd of the chord.F#7 is the 7th to the 6th back to the 7th. Again chord tones. Then the BmUses the 3rd and the root. The double stop at the end is the root and 5th. Chord tones all the way.

While not adventuresome it is very melodic this way and works well in thissong. Lot’s to think about with this.

Thrill Is Gone Parts

This whole first section is a Bm7 arpeggio except for a couple of notes

Bending Notes

• This could be a whole course but we will start with the basics.

• On the first 2 strings you always bend the strings upward towards the sky. On the bottom 2 strings you must bend them downward. Typically the middle 2 strings are also bent up but could be bent either way if you are only bending one note and not holding another note.

• There are a variety of bends that need to be accomplished.