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
Vocals are..
Multitracked
Back up singers sing in…
3rds and 5ths
Barbershop influence (I.e. Beatles and beach boys)
The saxophone plays a …. Which is …. Before his extended saxophone solo
C (lowest note it can play)
Instrumentation
Hammond organ
Drum and base
Singer
Saxophone
Turn table samples
All chords are…
Either extended or added
Throughout the sax solo the style is…
Bebop or hyper version of jazz
The solo is…
Improvised and syncopated
In bar 44 the notes are composed of…
The pentatonic scale
In bar 45 during the sac solo there is
A long note bend
You can hear..in the melody
Sequences
After the long note bend the harmonic pulse gets…
Faster and there is a new chord sequence
The saxophone plays an….which is…in its solo
Eb highest note it can play
Techniques the saxophone uses
Scoopes / pitch bends
Glissandos
Key clicks - percussion sounding
Multiphonic
Half way through the saxophone solo there is
A circle of 5ths progression
(Blues influence)
During the circle of 5ths progression the melody has
Triplets and becomes more scalic and chromatic
HIGHLY VIRTUOSIC
When the saxophone solo becomes extremely virtuosic, the bass riff becomes
More simple and plays a rhythmic ostinato
Riff is based around
Auxiliary note
Two bars after the extremely virtuosic section
(Also mention chords)
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
When the notes are high pitched after the highly virtuosic section… (rhythmic technique)
Cross rhythms
After highly virtuosic section (bar 68) there is a long held note playing an..
Inverted pedal note
During the long held inverted pedal note played in the saxophone the Hammond organ riff is…
Now playing in octaves . It is the same riff that played in bar 8,16 etc.
You can hear a…in the melody
Fast chromatic descending scale
In the coda the harmony…
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
In the coda when it says “your troubleeeeeeeees test test awayyy” (harmony)
No chord is used to accentuate the riff and the word “away” - releases the tension from climax
In the coda when it says “your troubleeeeeeeees test test awayyy” (Accompaniment)
Plays the same thing
Performance technique heard when the saxophone plays really long low notes with pitch bends towards the end
Piano ad lib. Meaning freedom
When it says “be alright baby” the chord sequence is…
IV V I I
IV V I I
IV V I I
Ends with
A sample of a news broadcast
The last chord is
A Bbm7add4
Significant because the next song on the track starts with this chord
