Zusammenfassung der Ressource
All Blues - Miles Davis
- Background: 1959;
modal jazz.
- Rhythm and metre: 6/4; 156
crotchet bpm; solos make much
use of syncopation.
- Structure: 19 repeats of 12-bar blues
sequence. Intro, Head x2, Trumpet solos
x4, Alto sax solos x4, Tenor sax solos x4,
piano solos x2, Head x2, Coda
- Melody: Head: based on leap of
a major 6th, 2nd phrase rises
and falls conjunctly, use of
mordents and acciaccaturas.
Solo melodies are all improvised
- Instruments: piano (trill),
bass, drumkit, trumpet
(muted), alto sax, tenor sax.
- Tonality: mixolydian
mode on G. Mixolydian
mode on C.
- Texture: mostly
homophonic.
- Harmony: G7 G7 G7 G7 C7 C7 G7
G7 D7# Eb7#; D7# G7 G7
- Musical features: improvisation,
12 bar blues, syncopation,
modes.