Lady Day (and John Coltrane) Flashcards
Courtney Pine
Blues notes
Eb and Gb
Hammond organ plays…
Syncopation
It is a tribute to
Billy Holiday and John Coltrane
What key is the piece
C mixolydian with blues scales on top
Structure
Verse chorus
Texture
Melody dominated homophony
At the beginning you can hear…
Turn table affect (sample of a news broadcast)
“Oh”
Mellisma
In terms of harmony at the beginning you can hear…
A pedal grounded on C
Verse 1 (in terms of structure)
Loosely follows 12 bar blues
Melody in verse 1
Small range
“To do” (interval jump of a…)
Minor 6ths
What is the harmonic pace like in the 1st few pages
Slow
What ornamentation is there in the melody (saxophone)
Acciaccaturas
Between the sax and the singer there is…
Call and response
In the chorus (in terms of harmony)
Maths harmonic rhythm is faster and it is the turning point of the piece
What note does the sax play in the chorus and why
Plays a G because it is the turning point
The bass riff changed in the chorus to a…
Stop time effect
In the chorus the tesitura…
Widens