Stompin' at the Savoy
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- Created on: 15-02-16 12:34
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- Stompin' at the Savoy
- Written by Benny Goodman, made famous by Edgar Sampson
- AABA - 32 bar song form every chorus
- Harmony & Tonality
- Db Major introduction, with a walking bassline
- Harmony added to the melody in the B section of chorus 1
- D major for chorus 4
- Melody
- Saxophone and brass play the opening melody
- 'A' melody repeats every other bar - beats 3&4, with call and response
- Different melody for 'B' section - conjunct, beats 1 & 3
- New melody for chorus 2, sustained accompaniment for section 'B'
- Improvised trumpet solo at chorus 3, 'A'
- Notated ending
- Instrumentation
- Tutti at intro and final chorus
- Sax solo (low register) - chorus 1, Clarinet solo - chorus 2, Trumpet solo 'A' & tenor sax 'B' - chorus 3 - brass accompaniment, improvised clarinet solo - chorus 4
- Rhythm
- Crotchets in the bass - chorus 1
- Crotchet bassline comes back at chorus 3
- Brass accompaniment plays a quaver movement at chorus 4, 'A'
- Written by Benny Goodman, made famous by Edgar Sampson
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