Too Close For Comfort Flashcards
Intro
C Major 8 bars, antiphony, two-note riff featured heavily fits with instructions in lyrics. Sense of dialogue between with singer and band. Final two bars syncopated imperfect cadence (only band)
Verse 1
11 bars, vocal + sync sax chords walking bassline and swung rhythm. Harmony descends as melody rises and falls in disjunct motion. Overlaps four-bar link with cross-rhythm from trumpet to make 11 bars
Verse 2
8 bars similar to verse 1, no brass instruments added and changes to Torme’s vocal melody and no link
Bridge
8 bars 2 new 4 bar vocal phrases punctuated by horns, begins on subdominant chord (common for jazz standards
Verse 3
Torme improv around words and melodic rhythm, sync stabs from sax
Coda
6 bars, 3 2-bar phrases (diff lyrics) similar in melody to bridge and begins subdom, band and Torme work together
Link
4 bars (modulating), alto sax and Torme do pre written 4 bar phrase which changes key to Eb (chromatic mediant modulation or tertiary modulation), sings scat
Alto sax solo
16 bars (Eb), follows verse changes and punctuated by band stabs
Intro (reprise)
7 bars Antiphonal 2 note riff slightly abridged and modified to modulate from Eb to Db
Middle Section
24 bars, 2 similar 8 bar phrases (each 4 2 bar phrases), end of phrases 2 and 3 trumpets answer short conjunct decorated idea. Final 8 bars Torme band exchange ideas (starts IV) forms a shout chorus as form of climax, all lead instr in homorhythm, Torme at top of vocal range plus more scat
Verse 3 Reprise
8 bars mostly rhythm section in contrast with previous full band shout
Extended Coda
24 bars, full 8 bar form twice, each repeat linked with break for bass 2 bar improv fill, second break drum takes lead, instrumentation more sparse for build up
Extended Coda (Continues)
8 bars, Final part recalls riff of intro, ending phrase singer and tuba contrary motion, ends on complex chord with dissonant alto sax decoration
