Miles Davis- All Blues
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- Created on: 02-05-13 11:51
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- Miles Davis- All Blues
- Dynamics
- Mainly p throughout
- Although there is a diminuendo in the final "Head 4"
- Melody
- The main melody (head) and the solos are all played over the 12-bar blues chord sequence.
- The improvisations are ornamented and combine riffs together
- Tonaliy & Harmony
- Repeated 12-bar blues chord sequence
- Four-bar linking riff
- Modal jazz, focuses on mode or scale, solos freer
- G mixolydian mode
- Tempo & Rhythm
- Tempo of crotchet= 156
- Rather fast, feels laid back tempo of dotted minim, 152
- Rhythm section provides the harmony and rhythmic background
- Form & Structure
- Intro
- Head
- Link
- Head 2
- Solo 1
- Solo 2
- Solo 3
- Solo 4
- Head 3
- Head 4
- Outro
- (link section after each section
- Instrumentation
- Frontline- Trumpet (Miles Davis)
- Alto Sax (Julian Adderley)
- Tenor Sax (John Coltrane)
- Rhythm- Piano (Bill Evans)
- Bass (Paul Chambers)
- Drums (Jimmy Cobb
- Texture
- Made up of riffs- short rhythmic ostinato common in jazz.
- 3 riffs are used in "All Blues"- GD ED F DED, on the double bass
- 2nd- alto and tenor sax play in thirds (D/B, E/C, F/D, E/C)
- Facts about set work
- Call and response
- Improvisation
- Strong rhythmic content
- Uses modes
- Extending soloing
- Longer songs
- Dynamics
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