Ellington Flashcards

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0
Q

who plays the introduction?

A

reduced ensemble

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how many choruses are there?

A

7

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2
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who plays chorus 1?

A

valve trombone solo - juan tizol

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3
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who plays chorus 2?

A

trombone solo - joe ‘tricky sam’ nanton

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4
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who plays chorus 3?

A

trombone solo

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5
Q

who plays chorus 4?

A

piano solo - duke ellington

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6
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how plays chorus 5?

A

trumpets in unison

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7
Q

who plays chorus 6?

A

double bass solo with ensemble

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8
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who plays chorus 7?

A

full ensemble

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9
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who plays in the coda?

A

reduced ensemble

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10
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who plays the alto sax?

A

johnny hodges, otto hardwick

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11
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who plays clarinet?

A

barney bigard

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12
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who plays tenor sax?

A

ben webster

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13
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who plays bari sax?

A

harry carney

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14
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who plays trumpet?

A

wallace jones, cootie williams, rex stewart

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15
Q

who plays trombone?

A

lawerence brown, joe nanton, juan tizol

16
Q

who plays guitar?

A

fred guy

17
Q

who plays piano?

A

duke ellington

18
Q

who plays double bass?

A

jimmy blanton

19
Q

who plays drums?

A

sonny greer

20
Q

time signature

A

4/4

21
Q

key

A

e flat minor (aeolian)

22
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tempo

A

vivace

23
Q

chords used

A

rich 7th chords

24
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texture

A

mixture of homophonic &polyphonic

25
Q

musical features

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  • chase chorus
  • shout chorus
  • 7th chords
  • motifs/riffs
  • dissonance - tritones
  • walking bass
26
Q

the ellington effect - key features

A
  • chords arranged for sections (one player on each note)
  • unison melodies or riffs for a section
  • antiphonal effects eg. call and response
  • solo improvisation with accompaniment from a contrasting section