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Lady Day (and John Coltrane) Flashcards

Courtney Pine

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1
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Blues notes

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Eb and Gb

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2
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Hammond organ plays…

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Syncopation

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3
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It is a tribute to

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Billy Holiday and John Coltrane

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4
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What key is the piece

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C mixolydian with blues scales on top

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5
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Structure

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Verse chorus

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6
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Texture

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Melody dominated homophony

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7
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At the beginning you can hear…

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Turn table affect (sample of a news broadcast)

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8
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“Oh”

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Mellisma

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9
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In terms of harmony at the beginning you can hear…

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A pedal grounded on C

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10
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Verse 1 (in terms of structure)

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Loosely follows 12 bar blues

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11
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Melody in verse 1

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Small range

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12
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“To do” (interval jump of a…)

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Minor 6ths

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13
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What is the harmonic pace like in the 1st few pages

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Slow

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14
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What ornamentation is there in the melody (saxophone)

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Acciaccaturas

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15
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Between the sax and the singer there is…

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Call and response

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16
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In the chorus (in terms of harmony)

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

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17
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What note does the sax play in the chorus and why

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Plays a G because it is the turning point

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18
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The bass riff changed in the chorus to a…

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Stop time effect

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19
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In the chorus the tesitura…

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Widens

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20
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Vocals are..

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Multitracked

21
Q

Back up singers sing in…

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3rds and 5ths

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

22
Q

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

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C (lowest note it can play)

23
Q

Instrumentation

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Hammond organ
Drum and base
Singer
Saxophone
Turn table samples

24
Q

All chords are…

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Either extended or added

25
Q

Throughout the sax solo the style is…

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Bebop or hyper version of jazz

26
Q

The solo is…

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Improvised and syncopated

27
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In bar 44 the notes are composed of…

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The pentatonic scale

28
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In bar 45 during the sac solo there is

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A long note bend

29
Q

You can hear..in the melody

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Sequences

30
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After the long note bend the harmonic pulse gets…

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Faster and there is a new chord sequence

31
Q

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

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Eb highest note it can play

32
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Techniques the saxophone uses

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Scoopes / pitch bends

Glissandos

Key clicks - percussion sounding

Multiphonic

33
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Half way through the saxophone solo there is

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A circle of 5ths progression

(Blues influence)

34
Q

During the circle of 5ths progression the melody has

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Triplets and becomes more scalic and chromatic

HIGHLY VIRTUOSIC

35
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When the saxophone solo becomes extremely virtuosic, the bass riff becomes

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More simple and plays a rhythmic ostinato

36
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Riff is based around

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Auxiliary note

37
Q

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

38
Q

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

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Cross rhythms

39
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After highly virtuosic section (bar 68) there is a long held note playing an..

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Inverted pedal note

40
Q

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

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

41
Q

You can hear a…in the melody

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Fast chromatic descending scale

42
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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
43
Q

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

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

44
Q

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

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Plays the same thing

45
Q

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

46
Q

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

47
Q

Ends with

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A sample of a news broadcast

48
Q

The last chord is

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A Bbm7add4

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

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