Lady Day and (John Coltrane)

Question 1

What styles of music is the song most closely related to?

Answer 1

Blues & soul

Question 2

What is heard before the printed introduction starts?

Answer 2

Turntable effects

Question 3

Describe the tempo.

Answer 3

Fast (160bpm)

Question 4

What is the opening chord & the only chord in the introduction?

Answer 4

C7(#9)

Question 5

How has the #9 been notated?

Answer 5

Eb (enharmonic of D#)

Question 6

What sound/instrument is the keyboard set?

Answer 6

Hammond Organ (used in early blues & soul)

Question 7

How has the sound of the keyboard/hammond organ been altered?

Answer 7

Vibrato effect has been added

Question 8

What rhythmic device is heard throughout the introduction?

Answer 8

Syncopation

Question 9

Describe the vocals in the introduction.

Answer 9

Melisma on “Oh”

Question 10

How are the vocals in the introduction typical of blues?

Answer 10

Includes blue notes (flattened third (Eb) & flattened fifth (Gb))

Question 11

The bass plays the same rhythm throughout the verse. What is this called?

Answer 11

Ostinato

Question 12

What instrument plays fills in between the vocal phrases in the verses?

Answer 12

Saxophone

Question 13

Describe the saxophone fills in the verses.

Answer 13

Short & improvised

Question 14

What chord is played for the first 8 bars of the verse?

Answer 14

C7(#9) - same as the introduction

Question 15

What chord follows 8 bars of C7(#9)?

Answer 15

F7(#9) - subdominant

Question 16

How is the harmony the same as standard blues?

Answer 16

It moves from the tonic to the subdominant

Question 17

What effect is added to some of the saxophone fills?

Answer 17

Slow lip vibrato (vibrato is controlled by lips rather than by breath)

Question 18

How is the harmony in the chorus different to the verses?

Answer 18

There is a faster harmonic rhythm in the chorus

Question 19

What does a “faster harmonic rhythm” mean?

Answer 19

The chords change more frequently

Question 20

In bar 25, the chords are: Gm7, F#7 and Fm7. Describe the movement of these chords.

Answer 20

Descend chromatically

Question 21

In bar 28, what does N.C. mean?

Answer 21

No chord

Question 22

Verse 2 includes backing vocals. What interval do the backing vocals mainly sing?

Answer 22

Fifth apart

Question 23

Verse 2 has the same music as verse 1. What is this called?

Answer 23

Strophic form

Question 24

Which instrument plays the extended instrumental solo?

Answer 24

Saxophone

Question 25

What technique does Courtney Pine use within the first few bars of the instrumental solo?

Answer 25

Extended pitch bend (gradually slides from D up a semitone to Eb over the course of a bar)

Question 26

In the instrumental solo, after the extended pitch bend, how would you describe the pitch of the next few bars?

Answer 26

In a high tessitura