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Music - All Blues by Miles Davis
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- 1When was this piece first composed?1959
- 2What is the style of this piece?MODAL JAZZ
- 3METRE&TONALITY&TEMPOThe metre of this piece is 6/4
The tonality (key) of this piece is G modal or G mixolydian mode
Tempo:156 beats per minute - 4STRUCTUREThe overall structure is called the HEAD ARRANGEMENT but broken down this is:
Intro - Head - Solos improvised (Trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano) - Head - Outro
Between these sections there are links which is basically the intro riff from the piano connecting all of the piece together. - 5MELODY~ The melody is improvised around the head- head melody comprises a rising 6th followed by melody, moving by step.
~ Uses blue notes 3rd, 5th & 7th
~Laid back feeling because more virtuosic
~Trumpet has ghost notes& glissandi(s)
~ Riffs- bass riff throughout - 6MELODY~ Linking idea- joins sections together (played on saxophone a 3rd apart)
~ Grace notes - 7TEXTURE~ Sparce at the beginning
~ Dominated by solos
~ Melody with accompaniment - 8HARMONY~ Based on a 12 bar blues chord sequence:
G G G G
Gm Gm G G
D Eflat G G - 9RHYTHMThere are swung rhythms, syncopated rhythms in the melody line.
- 10INSTRUMENTATIONFront line; Trumpet, Alto saxophone, Tenor saxophone
Rhythm line: Drum kit, Bass, Piano
Trumpet: plays with a Harmon mute
Piano: accompanies with chords-'comping'
Drum kit: plays 1st with brushes,changes to sticks,switches back to brushes - 11FEATURES OF MODAL JAZZ MUSIC~ Improvisation
~ based on a 12 bar blues
~ Blues notes