PG Music Inc.

2003
29 Cadillac Ave.
Victoria, BC V8Z 1T3 Canada
Phone: 800-268-6272 · 250-475-2874
Fax: 877-475-1444 · 250-475-2937
Web: www.pgmusic.com · Email: sales@pgmusic.com

Styles Set #33: “Chicago Blues”

Styles for Band-in-a-Box®
Introduction and Overview
Here is Styles Disk #33 with 23 great new “Chicago Blues” styles for Band-in-a-Box.

Note: As these styles use some of the newer Stylemaker features, you must have Band-in-a-Box Version 10.0 (or
higher) for some of these styles to work properly.

This set of “Chicago Blues” styles includes 23 “utility” styles specifically designed for Chicago Blues style
piano. Created by Miles Black these styles are part of the Chicago Blues Piano Solos and are targeted at the specific genre
of Chicago Style Blues Piano. Unlike most Band-in-a-Box styles from PG Music Inc. the “Chicago Blues” styles are
designed to sound great best in this genre. These “utility” styles are an excellent aid for practice and performance of
Chicago style Blues.

Our customers have requested stand-alone styles to be included with new Solo additions to Band-in-a-Box and
we have fulfilled those wishes with Styles Set #33 “Chicago Blues.” As always, we thank you for your many excellent
suggestions as posted in the Styles wishlist forum.

Remember, it’s easy to make your own styles for Band-in-a-Box as any style can be modified, altered and saved
with the StyleMaker. If you’re interested in editing or tweaking Styles or even making them from scratch, be sure to check
out the “Secrets of the StyleMaker” Audio-Visual CD.

One of the easiest ways to explore the new styles is from the “select style” window (press the “STY” button). If
you scroll to near the end of the categories list on the left, you can select the “Chicago Blues 33” category, then highlight
the individual styles and press the “Load song demo button.” It’s a good idea to un-check the “Auto-change Melody
instrument” so that you’ll hear the correct demo melody instrument. You can also sort the styles by Styles Disk number if
you like. More detailed information about each style is available by pressing the Memo button of the Demo tune. The
Demo tunes for these styles follow the same naming convention as the styles themselves. For example, the DEMO song for
MOJO2.STY is MOJO2.MGU.

By all means visit the PG Music home page on the Web at www.pgmusic.com. There are lots of interesting
downloads, demos, magazine and customer reviews, including streaming audio-visual program tutorials and radio
interviews and more. Review your favorite products or stop by the Styles wish-list page, where you can request specific
styles or leave feedback and suggestions – that’s how we stay in touch with you. So drop in and check it out.

We hope you enjoy these “Chicago Blues” styles.

Have fun.
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“Chicago Blues” styles

PG Music Inc. 2003

29 Cadillac Ave.
Victoria, BC V8Z 1T3
Canada
Phone: 800-268-6272 · 250-475-2874
Fax: 877-475-1444 · 250-475-2937
Web: www.pgmusic.com
Email: sales@pgmusic.com

There are 23 new “Chicago Blues” Styles in Styles Set #33.

Band-in-a-Box Style Descriptions

FILE NAME STYLE NAME # INSTR. DESCRIPTION

BLZTRIO1.STY BluesTrio 1 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 Organ type Blues à la JimmyS, BookerT etc
BLZTRIO2.STY BluesTrio 2 - Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 This is a Swing 8ths minor key Blues style
BLZTRIO3.STY BluesTrio 3- Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 Strut-style ala RayCh & WyntonK
BLZTRIO4.STY BluesTrio 4 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 Kansas City blues shuffle style
BLZTRIO5.STY BluesTrio 5 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 4 Modern Urban Blues shuffle Chicago style
BLZTRIO6.STY BluesTrio 6 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 Jazzy Blues Piano - Swing 8ths feel – à la Nat
BLZTRIO7.STY BluesTrio 7 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 Old stride style in “2.” LH Piano stride ballad
BLZTRIO8.STY BluesTrio 8 - 3/4 Chig.Blues LH-Pno 3 Fast 3/4 (like 6/8) Modern “cool” Modal Jazz style
BLZTRIO9.STY BluesTrio 9 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 Fast Bebop Jazz Blues style left hand piano comp
BLZTRI10.STY BluesTrio 10-Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 A very slow 12/8 Jazz Blues - Chicago Style
LHBLZ1.STY LH Blues 1 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 Slow left hand piano Blues
LHBOOG1.STY LH Boogie 1 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 Chicago Blues Boogie style. Blues Shuffle
LHBOOG2.STY LH Boogie 2 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 8 to the bar straight 8ths LH Boogie piano Boogie style
LHBOOG3.STY LH Boogie 3 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 Chicago style Boogie Blues
LHBOOG4.STY LH Boogie 4 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 Left-hand piano Chicago style Boogie
LHBOOG5.STY LH Boogie 5 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 8 to the bar, straight 8ths Boogie
LHBOOG6.STY LH Boogie 6 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 Slow 12/8 feel Chicago Blues - LH piano Boogie
LHBOOG7.STY LH Boogie 7 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 Classic left-hand piano Boogie Woogie pattern
LHBOOG8.STY LH Boogie 8 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 2 This Hard Rockin' straight 8ths LH Boogie
LHBOOG9.STY LH Boogie 9 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 This Blues style features left hand piano walking bass
MOJO2.STY Mojo 2 Fast 24-bar Chicago Blues 3 Fast Mojo style 24 bar Blues in the style
SLOBLZ1.STY Slow Blues 1 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 3 Very Slow 12/8 Chicago Blues style
STRIDE2.STY Stride 2 -Chicago Blues LH-Pno 1 40's style, Swing 8ths, slow Stride
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23 new “Chicago Blues” Styles

BLZTRIO1.STY BluesTrio 1 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: An Organ type Blues à la JimmyS, BookerT etc. With 3 instruments: Acoustic Bass, Drums (brushes),
Left Hand Piano figure. Tempo = 120
Examples: Beale St. Blues, Any medium Blues

BLZTRIO2.STY BluesTrio 2 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: This is a Swing 8ths minor key Blues style with 3 instruments: Acoustic Bass, Drums (brushes), Left
Hand Piano figure pushes. Am Blues scale = A, C, D, Eb, E, G. Tempo = 110
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO3.STY BluesTrio 3 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Strut-style à la RayCh & WyntonK. Left Hand Piano quarter notes, Acoustic Bass & Drums (brushes).
Tempo = 120
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO4.STY BluesTrio 4 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Kansas City Blues Shuffle style with 3 instruments: Walking Bass, brushes, Offbeats Piano. Left Hand
off-beats help establish a steady swingin' groove. Tempo = 130
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO5.STY BluesTrio 5 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Modern Urban Blues Shuffle Chicago style. Swing 8ths feel. Left Hand Piano, Acoustic Bass, Drums
(brushes), Guitar. Organ at “b.” Tempo = 120
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO6.STY BluesTrio 6 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Jazzy Blues Piano - Swing 8ths feel – à la NatC, GeneH. 3 instruments: Acoustic Bass, Drums (brushes),
Left Hand Piano Jazzy comping. Tempo = 110
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO7.STY BluesTrio 7 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Old stride style in “2.” Left Hand Piano stride ballad à la TeddyW, RayBr. 3 instruments: Piano, Bass &
Drums. Tempo = 75
Examples: Any Blues

BLZTRIO8.STY BluesTrio 8 - 3/4 Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Fast 3/4 (like 6/8) Modern “cool” Modal Jazz style with 3 instruments: Acoustic Piano (left-hand only),
Bass & Drums (brushes). Tempo = 135
Examples: All Blues, Any Blues in 3/4 time

BLZTRIO9.STY BluesTrio 9 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Fast Bebop Jazz Blues style – Left Hand Piano comping, Walking Bass & Drums (brushes with pushes).
Tempo = 235
Examples: Straight No Chaser, Bloomdido, Any Blues

BLZTRI10.STY BluesTrio 10- Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: A very slow 12/8 Chicago Style Jazz Blues with 3 instruments: Left Hand Acoustic Piano, Bass & Drums
(brushes). Tempo = 60
Examples: Any 12/8 slow Blues

LHBLZ1.STY LH Blues 1 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Slow Left Hand Piano Blues in the style of CrippleC & CowCowD. Left hand swing pattern is root,
octave, 3rd, 5th, 3rd, 5th. Tempo = 70
Examples: Any slow Blues
LHBOOG1.STY LH Boogie 1 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano
Memo: Chicago Blues Boogie style. Left Hand Blues Shuffle - Piano and Drums style: Familiar Left Hand
Shuffle Boogie pattern. Tempo = 110
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG2.STY LH Boogie 2 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: 8 to the bar straight 8ths Left Hand Boogie piano style. 2 instruments: Left Hand Acoustic Piano &
Drums (brushes). Tempo = 125
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG3.STY LH Boogie 3 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Chicago-Style Boogie Blues with typical left-hand Blues pattern. Piano only. Tempo = 110
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG4.STY LH Boogie 4 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Left hand piano Chicago-Style Boogie with 2 instruments: Left Hand Acoustic Piano & Drums (brushes).
Notice how the 8th notes are almost straight. Tempo = 130
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG5.STY LH Boogie 5 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: 8 to the bar, straight 8ths Boogie. Left Hand Cow-Cow pattern. Piano only. Tempo = 130
Examples: Any straight 8ths Blues

LHBOOG6.STY LH Boogie 6 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Slow 12/8 feel Chicago Blues – Left Hand piano Boogie. Swing 8ths feel in a slow GutBucket Boogie
style à la AlbertA , OtisS. Tempo = 65
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG7.STY LH Boogie 7 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Classic left hand piano Boogie Woogie pattern at a bright tempo. This style is a variation of Boogie 4. 2
instruments: Piano & Drums (brushes). Tempo = 180
Examples: Any Blues

LHBOOG8.STY LH Boogie 8 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: This Hard Rockin' straight 8ths left hand Boogie Blues style is a variation of LHBoog2.sty. 2
instruments: Left Hand Acoustic Piano & Drums (brushes). Tempo = 155
Examples: Any straight 8ths Blues

LHBOOG9.STY LH Boogie 9 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: This Blues style features left hand piano (only) walking bass in the style of Monty A, DaveMcK,
BennyG. Tempo = 100
Examples: Any Blues

MOJO2.STY Mojo 2 -Fast 24-bar Chicago Blues

Memo: Fast Mojo 24 bar Blues in the style of OtisS, CharlesB & MuddyW. 3 instruments: Acoustic Piano (left
hand only), Bass & Drums (brushes). Tempo = 230
Examples: Any fast Blues, 24 bar blues

SLOBLZ1.STY Slow Blues 1 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: Very Slow 12/8 Chicago Blues style – Left Hand Piano, Acoustic Bass & Drums (brushes) 12/8 feel.
Tempo = 60
Examples: Any Blues

STRIDE2.STY Stride 2 - Chicago Blues Left Hand Piano

Memo: 40's style, Swing 8ths, slow Stride Blues in the style EarlH, FatsW, TeddyW & JayMcSh. Tempo = 85
Examples: Any Blues