Miles Davis Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the texture?

A

Homophonic

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2
Q

When was it released?

A

1959

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3
Q

What is the Tonality?

A

It is modal jazz

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4
Q

What is the rhythm

A

6/4

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5
Q

The chord sequence

A

G7,g7,g7,g7,gm,gm,g7.g7.d7sharp9,eb7sharp9,d7sharp9,g7,g7

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6
Q

Blue note

A

This is a jazzy note

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7
Q

Riff

A

A few notes repeated a short phase

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8
Q

152

A

This is the tempo,152 crotchets per minute

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9
Q

Changes

A

The chord seqence

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10
Q

Head

A

This is the main tempo

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11
Q

Trill

A

Where notes are being played quickly on top of each other

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12
Q

6/4

A

This is the time signiture

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13
Q

mute

A

The bite on the end of the trumpet.

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14
Q

what chords does it have

A

Alternate and altered

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15
Q

What did Jimmy Cobb play

A

drums

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16
Q

what did Paul Chambers play

A

bass

17
Q

what did bill evans play

A

piano

18
Q

what did John Coltrane play

A

tenor saxaphone

19
Q

what did Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley play

A

alto saxphone

20
Q

what did miles Davis play

A

trumpet

21
Q

What sort of rhythms does it have

A

swung

22
Q

what is all blues based on

A

12 bar blues chord progresion

23
Q

what is in the rhythm section.

A

Bill Evans on on piano.
Paul Chambers on bass.
Jimmy Cobb on the drums.

24
Q

What is the main melody called

A

the head

25
Q

what plays the main melody

A

the trumpet.

26
Q

what is the piece in

A

gmajor

27
Q

what can the tempo be described as

A

jazz waltz