Miles Davis- All Blues Flashcards
What is the metre?
6/4
Melody: the head is …
Slow and mainly conjunct (moves by step)
Melody: the solos are…
Improvised and more melodically free
The melodies are based on…
Modes, scales and broken chords
The muted trumpet is played in the…
Head
Texture: each solo is divided by…
A link with thinner texture
The piece is based on…
The 12 bar blues
Structure: the solos are divided by…
4 bar links
Tonality: the piece is in the… Mode
Mixolydian
Harmony: he uses extended chords like…
D7#9 and Eb7#9
Melody: as the solos progress the melodies…
Become more complex and virtuosic
What is the chord sequence in All Blues?
G7, G7, G7, G7, Gm7, Gm7, G7, G7, D7#9, Eb7#9, G7, G7
The main melody is called the…
Head
Melody (4)
The main melody is called the head which is slow and mainly conjunct
There is much chromatic movement
The solos are improvised and much freer
The melodies are based on modes, scales and broken chords
As the solos progress, the melodies become more complex and virtuosic
Texture: the piece starts with just the…
Rhythm section: drum kit (played with the brushes), bass and piano
Harmony and tonality (5)
Based on the chords of the 12 bar blues The use of extended and altered chords like D7#9 and Eb7#9 Some chromaticism and dissonance Mixolydian mode Here is slow harmonic motion
Texture (5)
The piece starts with just the rhythm section: the drum kit (playing with brushes) bass and piano
The texture builds up as more instruments are introduced
The saxophone enters with a chordal riff followed by the trumpet with the head
The solo actions include 1 instrument plus the rhythm section
Each solo is divided by a link with thinner textures
Structure
Stars with Intro which has the piano, drums and the saxophones. Then they play the head section with all the instruments twice. After that, they play through the trumpet improvisation four times, then there four alto sax improvisation and then they play the tenor sax improvisation four times. Then there is two piano improvs, two head sections and then the Outro to fade
The solos arid died by four bar links
Rhythm (4)
The metre is 6/4 Played using swing quavers Use of grace notes Much use of syncopation and polyrhythms Rhythmic displacement is used to make use of the short melodic motifs
Date and genre
1955
Jazz
