All Blues - Miles Davis

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Music (All Blues - Miles Davis) Mind Map on All Blues - Miles Davis, created by bethanygrace7 on 17/04/2013.
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All Blues - Miles Davis
  1. Background: 1959; modal jazz.
    1. Rhythm and metre: 6/4; 156 crotchet bpm; solos make much use of syncopation.
      1. 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
        1. 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
          1. Instruments: piano (trill), bass, drumkit, trumpet (muted), alto sax, tenor sax.
            1. Tonality: mixolydian mode on G. Mixolydian mode on C.
              1. Texture: mostly homophonic.
                1. Harmony: G7 G7 G7 G7 C7 C7 G7 G7 D7# Eb7#; D7# G7 G7
                  1. Musical features: improvisation, 12 bar blues, syncopation, modes.
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