1 Official It is

edition illegal
to make

Railroad Blues
unauthorised
copies of this
C:1 copyright
music.

David Blackwell
(born 1961)

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‘Blues’ is an African-American type of folk music from the 20th century, related to jazz. This blues piece creates a sound picture of the railroad
– that is, the North American railway. The composer tells us to make a ‘noisy’ (both hands) and ‘heavy’ (left hand) sound on the piano. The
standard 12-bar blues (bars 2–13) is followed by a louder, varied repeat (bars 14–25) as the engine driver blows his whistle.
© Oxford University Press 1999
Reproduced from Piano Time Jazz, Book 2. All rights reserved.

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