All Blues

Question 1

Album

Answer 1

Kind of Blue

Question 2

Composer

Answer 2

Miles Davis

Question 3

Modal jazz

Answer 3

Focuses more on creating or improvising melodies based around a mode rather than a chord sequence

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

Strophic 12 bar blues
Intro
Head
V1, L, V2
Solo breaks 
Head
Outro

Question 5

Tonality

Answer 5

Mixolydian on G

With added blue notes

Question 6

Harmony

Answer 6

12 bar blues
Chord substitutions are used to create interest
Extended chords, or chords with added 7th, 9th

Question 7

Instruments

Answer 7

Jazz sextet
Trumpet
Alto sax
Tenor sax
Piano
Bass
Drums

Question 8

Trumpet soloist

Answer 8

Miles Davis

Question 9

Alto sax

Answer 9

Cannonball Adderley

Question 10

Tenor sax

Answer 10

John Coltrane

Question 11

Piano

Answer 11

Bill Evan

Question 12

Bass

Answer 12

Paul Chambers

Question 13

Drums

Answer 13

Jimmy Cobb

Question 14

Texture

Answer 14

Starts with drum kit, bass, piano
Texture builds up with instruments are added
Solo separated by rhythm section link, thinner textures
Overall homophonic
Solos accompanied by rhythm section

Question 15

Dynamics

Answer 15

Mf generally but dynamics shading throughout

Question 16

Tempo

Answer 16

Jazz waltz

156 bpm throughout

Question 17

Melody

Answer 17

Improvisation used in solo section of piece and recorded with no rehearsal but given overall structure, basic chord sequence, main melodic idea, mode to improvise
Head motif played in thirds by saxes

Question 18

Solos trumpet

Answer 18

Muted in head

Unmuted in solo, short and syncopated

Question 19

Solos alto sax

Answer 19

Wide range of notes, fast paced, ornamentation, note bends in solo

Question 20

Tenor sax solo

Answer 20

Fast scales, ornamentation and interesting articulation, fast trills in solo

Question 21

Piano solo

Answer 21

Tremolo in head

Calm simple followed by varied rhythm of chords in solo melody

Question 22

Drums techniques

Answer 22

Wire brushes, different areas of ride cymbals and snare drum to produce interesting timbres

Question 23

Double bass techniques

Answer 23

Pizz

Question 24

Metre

Answer 24

6/4

Question 25

Rhythm

Answer 25

Swung quavers, syncopation

Polyrhythms