Lady Day (and John Coltrane)

Question 1

Blues notes

Answer 1

Eb and Gb

Question 2

Hammond organ plays…

Answer 2

Syncopation

Question 3

It is a tribute to

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Billy Holiday and John Coltrane

Question 4

What key is the piece

Answer 4

C mixolydian with blues scales on top

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Verse chorus

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

Melody dominated homophony

Question 7

At the beginning you can hear…

Answer 7

Turn table affect (sample of a news broadcast)

Question 8

“Oh”

Answer 8

Mellisma

Question 9

In terms of harmony at the beginning you can hear…

Answer 9

A pedal grounded on C

Question 10

Verse 1 (in terms of structure)

Answer 10

Loosely follows 12 bar blues

Question 11

Melody in verse 1

Answer 11

Small range

Question 12

“To do” (interval jump of a…)

Answer 12

Minor 6ths

Question 13

What is the harmonic pace like in the 1st few pages

Answer 13

Slow

Question 14

What ornamentation is there in the melody (saxophone)

Answer 14

Acciaccaturas

Question 15

Between the sax and the singer there is…

Answer 15

Call and response

Question 16

In the chorus (in terms of harmony)

Answer 16

Maths harmonic rhythm is faster and it is the turning point of the piece

Question 17

What note does the sax play in the chorus and why

Answer 17

Plays a G because it is the turning point

Question 18

The bass riff changed in the chorus to a…

Answer 18

Stop time effect

Question 19

In the chorus the tesitura…

Answer 19

Widens

Question 20

Vocals are..

Answer 20

Multitracked

Question 21

Back up singers sing in…

Answer 21

3rds and 5ths

Barbershop influence (I.e. Beatles and beach boys)

Question 22

The saxophone plays a …. Which is …. Before his extended saxophone solo

Answer 22

C (lowest note it can play)

Question 23

Instrumentation

Answer 23

Hammond organ
Drum and base
Singer
Saxophone
Turn table samples

Question 24

All chords are…

Answer 24

Either extended or added

Question 25

Throughout the sax solo the style is…

Answer 25

Bebop or hyper version of jazz

Question 26

The solo is…

Answer 26

Improvised and syncopated

Question 27

In bar 44 the notes are composed of…

Answer 27

The pentatonic scale

Question 28

In bar 45 during the sac solo there is

Answer 28

A long note bend

Question 29

You can hear..in the melody

Answer 29

Sequences

Question 30

After the long note bend the harmonic pulse gets…

Answer 30

Faster and there is a new chord sequence

Question 31

The saxophone plays an….which is…in its solo

Answer 31

Eb highest note it can play

Question 32

Techniques the saxophone uses

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Scoopes / pitch bends Glissandos Key clicks - percussion sounding Multiphonic

Question 33

Half way through the saxophone solo there is

Answer 33

A circle of 5ths progression (Blues influence)

Question 34

During the circle of 5ths progression the melody has

Answer 34

Triplets and becomes more scalic and chromatic HIGHLY VIRTUOSIC

Question 35

When the saxophone solo becomes extremely virtuosic, the bass riff becomes

Answer 35

More simple and plays a rhythmic ostinato

Question 36

Riff is based around

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Auxiliary note

Question 37

Two bars after the extremely virtuosic section (Also mention chords)

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We are now in familiar territory because it plays the same chords as the turning point (IV V I) - makes it easy for improvisation THERE ARE ALSO PASSING MODULATIONS

Question 38

When the notes are high pitched after the highly virtuosic section… (rhythmic technique)

Answer 38

Cross rhythms

Question 39

After highly virtuosic section (bar 68) there is a long held note playing an..

Answer 39

Inverted pedal note

Question 40

During the long held inverted pedal note played in the saxophone the Hammond organ riff is…

Answer 40

Now playing in octaves . It is the same riff that played in bar 8,16 etc.

Question 41

You can hear a…in the melody

Answer 41

Fast chromatic descending scale

Question 42

In the coda the harmony…

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Is based around the neopolitan chord - it goes from a Bb to a B (goes up one semitone) to connect with modal harmony specifically with the Phrygian mode

Question 43

In the coda when it says “your troubleeeeeeeees test test awayyy” (harmony)

Answer 43

No chord is used to accentuate the riff and the word “away” - releases the tension from climax

Question 44

In the coda when it says “your troubleeeeeeeees test test awayyy” (Accompaniment)

Answer 44

Plays the same thing

Question 45

Performance technique heard when the saxophone plays really long low notes with pitch bends towards the end

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Piano ad lib. Meaning freedom

Question 46

When it says “be alright baby” the chord sequence is…

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IV V I I IV V I I IV V I I

Question 47

Ends with

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A sample of a news broadcast

Question 48

The last chord is

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A Bbm7add4 Significant because the next song on the track starts with this chord