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All Blues Miles Davis
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GCSE Music Mind Map on All Blues Miles Davis, created by Miss Pearson on 07/01/2014.
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All Blues Miles Davis
INSTRUMENTATION
Sextet
Trumpet (Miles Davis)
Harmon mute for Head
Alto Sax (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
Tenor Sax (John Coltrane)
Piano (Bill Evans)
Tremolo at start. Comping accompanying with chords and short melodies
Bass (Paul Chambers)
played PIZZICATO
Drums (Jimmy Cobb)
played with wire brushes at start
Frontline - main melody instruments
Rhythm Section - piano, bass, drums provide harmonic/rhythmic backing
METRE
6/4
TEMPO
Jazz Waltz - each bar sounds like 3/4
RHYTHMS
Swing Quavers - each pair of quavers is played with the first one slightly longer (a bit like a dotted feel)
SYNCOPATION
TEXTURE
simple
drum plays steady beat
wind instruments play in 3rds and 4ths
simple riffs played by double bass
DYNAMICS
mf - moderately loud
ensemble plays quietly while the soloist is playing
STRUCTURE
12 bar blues
one playthrough of the chord sequence is called a chorus
4-bar riff in parallel 3rds separate each section
Five sections known as a 'Head arrangement'
Introduction
4 bars - rhythm section followed by riff
Head 1
Head melody followed by riff, played twice
Solos
trumpet/alto sax/tenor sax/piano each followed by riff
Head 2
Head melody followed by riff, played twice
Coda
muted trumpet solo
HARMONY/TONALITY
G major
12 bar blues
Chord sequence is known as changes
uses flattened 7th (blue notes)
modal jazz as G major with flattened 7th is mixolydian mode
chords are ectended bu using 7ths, augmented 9ths (#9)
MELODY
Head melody - simple using rising 6ths
4 improvised solos
Ghost notes - hinted notes but not necessarily played
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