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Miles davies- 'All Blues' Flashcards

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Genere

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Jazz/blues

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Date of composition

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1959

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Gente stylistics

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12 bar blues structure
Improvisation
Extended chords
Blue notes- flattened 3rd, 5th, 7th
Frontline, head, rhythm section
Solos
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Tempo

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156 bpm

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Metre

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3/4 time written in 6/4

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Rhythm

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Swung quavers and syncopation

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Melody

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The head- Main body, improvisational around it
Mordent (baby trill)
Middle range pitch
Only one solo at a time

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Harmony/Tonality

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Modal key
G mixolydian
Chords used- G7, C7, D7#9, Eb7#9
Altered chords
Bass riff played throughout
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Instrumentation

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Sextet- 6 musicians
Trumpet
Alto sax
Tenor sax
Piano- short solo's
Bass- pizzicato throughout
Drum kit- brushes used at start
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Trumpet

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Harmon (wah wah) mute
No vibrato
Grace notes
Falls of notes, glissando’s

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Alto Sax

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Angular solo
Leaps, short phrases
Scales, arpeggios
Triplets, semi quavers
Few rests/ long notes
Thick sound
Wide vibrato
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Tenor Sax

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Frantic
Fast rhythms
Occasional clashing sounds
Notes across full register
No vibrato long sustained phrases
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Piano

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Starts the whole piece with a trill

Improvised chordal accompaniment

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Drum kit

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Simple waltz rhythm
Initially with brushes so as not to overpower
Syncopated snare
Simple rhythm on ride cymbal

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Dynamics

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Quiet trumpet solo
Dynamics pulled around
Last solo of the chorus is Davies loudest, gradually builds

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Structure

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12-bar blues sequence, 4 bar linking riff between sections
12 bar sequence repeated 19 times
A solo is over 4 choruses

Solos: trumpet, alto, tenor, piano(shorter)

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Texture

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Homophonic throughout (melody+accompaniment)
Link takes the texture back down, building anticipation
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Frontline

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Trumpet- intro head, harmon mute, no stem
Alto sax
Tenor sax

(Extended solos 4x chorus)

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Rhythm section

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Piano- tremolo (2 chorus solo)
Drum kit- brushes, keeps time, changes to ride sticks
Double bass

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Vamping/ comping

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Piano chooses how to voice the chords

Chooses a rhythm

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Structure

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Intro
Riff
Head
Riff
Head
Riff
Trumpet solo (4)
Riff
Alto sax (4)
Riff
Tenor sax (4)
Riff
Piano solo (2)
Riff
Head
Riff
Head
Riff
Coda (12)
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Chords used

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G7 x4 
Gm7 x2
G7 x2
D7#9
Eb7#9
D7#9
F
G
F
G

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