All Blues
A VERY detailed analysis of All Blues by Miles Davis covering all areas you will need to learn for the exam and more!
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?- Created by: Rebecca Holland
- Created on: 11-04-13 15:50
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- All Blues
- Context
- Miles Davis
- 1959
- Cool Jazz
- Played by a sextet
- Texture
- Changes during the piece from Polyphonic to Homophonic
- Melody
- Head melody is very simple and is characterized by a raised 6th
- Fast Scales and runs are used
- Virtuositic
- Improvised
- Rhythm and Metre
- 6/4
- Performed in swinging quavers
- Frequent use of syncopation
- 'Jazz Waltz'
- Structure
- Based on the 12 bar blues scale
- G7 (x4) , C7 (x2), G7 (x2), D7#9, Eb7#9/D7#9 and G7 (x2)
- Intro, Sax, Head, Trumpet, Alto, Tenor, Piano, Chorus, Head, Coda
- Based on the 12 bar blues scale
- Instrumentation
- Trumpet - Miles Davis
- Alto Sax - Julian Adderly
- Tenor Sax -John Coltrane
- Piano - Bill Evans
- Bass - Paul Chambers
- Drums -Jimmy Cobb
- Style
- Improvised - Score is written from the recording
- Swug Rhythms
- Harmony and Tonality
- G Major, but has a flattened 7th
- 7th and 9th Chords are used
- Mixyolidian Mode
- Context
- Fast Scales and runs are used
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