Duke Ellington - THE MOOCHE - Revision Cards

• Section A uses descending chromatic melody played in 6ths by th horns. The pattern is answered by the florid, improvised Trumpet Solo
• Section B - Disjunct melody played by the horns
• Clarinet Solo uses lower register, mainly conjunct, except for descending pattern at end
• Singing Solo - Narrow range, repetitive, with guitar playing countermelody
• Trumpet Solo - Muted trumpet, virtuosic melodies

• Intro and Section A are in Cm
• Section B is in Eb (Relative Major)
• Clarinet Solo is in Eb Minor
• Sc. solo back to Eb Major
• Trumpet Solo - Abm
• Repeat of Section A - Cm
• Coda is in Cm

• A Section uses parallel 6ths in the trumpets
• Link section homophonic
• Section B is homophonic
• Solo sections use MDH
• Clarinet and Sc. solos have interjections from guitar
• The repeat of A and Coda is similar to that of A and the link section

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SECTION A (8 BARS REPEATED)

3. LINK (8 BARS BASED ON A SECTION)

4. SECTION B (HOMOPHONIC, BASED ON 12BB)

5. CLARINET SOLO

6. SCT. SOLO

7. TRUMPET SOLO

8. SECTION A (REPEAT)

9. CODA (USES FIRST FOUR BAR PHRASE FROM THE LINK, PLAYED TWICE)

• Chromatic
• Substituion and added note chords
• Tritone Substitution is in intro, opens with Cm chord, followed by V13, added c# in bass gives the tritone away from G. Also occurs in bar 7
• Link has two four bar phrases consisting of Ab7, Cm, with bars 5-8 as a repeat. Finished Bb7, leading to key change to rel. major.
• Section B harmony uses sophisticated 12 bar blues:

• Standard "Ellington" orchestra, with horn section and rhythm section (Brass, woodwind, guitar, piano, double bass and drumkit)
• Mutes on trumpet (Harmon, aka Wah-wah mute)
• Instrumental solos
• Clarinet uses chalumeau register (low)
• Female sct. singing
• Pitch bends and slides in Clarinet solo

• Moderate tempo, simple quadruple time (4/4)
• Swung rhythms throughout
• On-beat crotchet accompanying pattern
• Section A uses held semibrieve followed by quavers, syncopated quaver and crotchet-quaver figure
• Syncopation particularly in Section A

• Sct. Solo uses same chord progression as Section B
• Trumpet and Clarinet solos both underpinned by Eb chord
• Section A repeast uses the same harmonies
• Coda is based on the first 4 bar phrase from the Link