Courtney Pine: Back In The Day, Inner State Of Mind Flashcards
WL for melody line
What is another similarity?
Summertime by Gershwin
‘Summertime & the living aint easy’
‘Inner state of mind & the living aint easy’
Similar harmony
What was Summertime by Gershwin written for?
1935 opera Porgy & Bess
WL for falling 2 note idea
So What by Miles Davis
Who is the vocalist for Inner State of Mind?
Who is the rapper?
Eska Mtungwazi
MC Mello
What is Inner State of Mind a fusion of?
Old school house style music & orchestral
What are the blue notes?
What is this an element of?
What does it create?
G flat
Jazz
Devils interval tritone
How are the phrases structured?
What are they interrupted by?
2 bar phrases - short
Diatonic interjections
When is there a glissando?
What is it made of?
Bar 90
7ths
Describe the harmony at the beginning
Parallel harmony - harmony moves with singer
What do the chords alternate between?
Dm7 & Cm7
What is the mode?
But what blue note is used?
How is this different to other notes?
Dorian mode on C
G flat 5th
All other notes diatonic
What are extended chords an element of?
Jazz
Describe the rhythm (4)
Syncopation
Cross rhythms
Improv - free singing
improv alto sax solo
What is the texture?
Melody-dominated-homophony
What creates a counter melody?
Multi tracked vocals
When does Eska sing using skat vocals?
Bar 53
What sampling is used at the start?
Guitar distorted rhythm
How is the sax virtuosic?
Pitch bends
Slides
Trills
Gliss
How is Summertime by Gershwin referenced apart form the lyrics?
Initial major 3rd interval on ‘inner state’
What is the vocal style at the start?
What happens as the vocal line ascends?
A cappella
Harmony breadthens
Describe the beat
Heavy rock beat
How are chord extensions created?
Chords based on 7ths
When is the texture reduced?
What happens to the chord sequence at the same time?
Bar 10-21
Changes - C to F (jazz common)
What happens in the vocal in bars 36-53?
What happens at the same time?
Turntabling effects
Flute improv
Rap returns
When the rap returns bars 36-53, what does it return over?
Returned Cm & F
Describe he instrumental in bars 54-72
Interesting homorhythmic tutti instrumental
When is a long rise gliss played?
From 91
As pitch bends
When does the soprano enter?
90 - end
What happens in bar 94?
Long improv bar
How does the piece end?
Long high sax trill on 9th above Cm7 - virtuosic
