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A Tale of Two Ditties
Actually, it’s two versions of the same ditty – in this case, the Harry Warren example we’ve been working with so far. You’ll remember the first version in which we simply used the guide tone lines. Here’s what it looks … Continue reading
Posted in chord progression, common tones, contrary motion, counterpoint, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, neighbor tones, Orchestration
Tagged big band orchestration, big band writing, changes, Charles Dickens, chord extensions, chord progressions, counterpoint, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, jazz theory, jazz theory guide tone lines, music theory guide tone lines, section writing
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Guide Tone Lines In Action, Part 3 – Colors of the Winds
So – what’s wrong with the guide tone line in the second ending in terms of orchestration? Nothing, provided we drop the line an octave. In simplest terms, the second ending of the “A” section in the current example (Harry … Continue reading
Posted in Big Bands, cadence, changes, chord progression, common tones, counterpoint, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, Improvisation, Orchestration
Tagged big band orchestration, big band writing, changes, chord extensions, chord progressions, color tones, colors of the winds, counterpoint, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, jazz theory, jazz theory guide tone lines, reed section, section writing
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Guide Tone Lines In Action, Part 2
It is said that the only thing two music theorists can agree on is how a third got his analysis wrong. I’ll start out with a disclaimer: this is not a true Shenkerian analysis of the Harry Warren classic. I … Continue reading
Posted in big band singers, Big Bands, changes, chord progression, common tones, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, Orchestration, Shenkerian Analysis
Tagged anne shelton, big band orchestration, big bands, changes, chord progressions, Glenn Miller, guide tone lines, harry warren, heinrich schenker, hollywood, hollywood musicals, jazz theory, music, music theory, reed section, shenkerian analysis, standards, sun valley, sun valley serenade
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Guide Tone Lines in Action, Part 1
Today, let’s start off with a short musical interlude: The song of which this is the definitive recording will be the example used for the next couple of posts. But before going much further, I want to talk about someone … Continue reading
Posted in Big Bands, changes, chord progression, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, Improvisation, neighbor tones, Orchestration, Shenkerian Analysis
Tagged al dubin, changes, chord progressions, Glenn Miller, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, heinrich schenker, hollywood, jazz theory, music theory, music theory guide tone lines, shenkerian analysis, standards
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