016 Alone Together

TEXT: Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz
TEXT: [email protected]
MARKER: Dm phrase uses locked hands - chord tones take a Dm6 - non chord tones take a diminished chord
MARKER: LH plays a 4th voicing, RH plays melody in octaves with a perfect 5th between.
MARKER: Dm blues scale type licks
MARKER: On D7 a lick from the altered scale
MARKER: More Red Garland' type 2 handed chords - LH voicing and RH octaves with perfect 5th between, all played together as one BIG chord
MARKER: Phrase moves up in minor 3rds
MARKER: More Red Garland
MARKER: More upper and lower neighbours approach chord tone targets
MARKER: Brief phrase with each note in the voicing moving in parallel with the melody
MARKER: On G half diminished an Ab Maj scale (= locrian)
MARKER: 'Counry-ish' lick on dominant chord
MARKER: Drop 2 harmony on Dm chord
MARKER: Phrase with LH in contrary motion to RH melody with chords
MARKER: Phrase over Gm chord - chord (target) tones with upper and lower neighbours
  • Path: Disklavier Jazz 1/016-Alone Together.mid
  • Size: 35 KB
  • Updated: February 10, 2026

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