Strange Meadow Lark

TEXT: Dave Brubeck
TEXT: [email protected] - solo piano
MARKER: First chorus rubato
MARKER: Played very lightly - sparsely
MARKER: 2 voices only - in contrary motion
MARKER: RH and LH  a tenth apart
MARKER: Hands in unison 2 octaves apart
MARKER: Chromatic LH descending from C to its tritone F# (Root of C7 /F#7#11 chords)
MARKER: Pedal tone (A) in bass but in middle register of piano
MARKER: Again LH takes root down in chromatic run from A7 to Eb7
MARKER: Run on F#7 altered - LH plays F#, RH plays C triad
MARKER: Same thing - this time down as a modulation - from A7 - to C7
MARKER: On F7 #11, LH plays Eb, RH plays F,G,A,B
MARKER: On G7#11 - LH plays Db & Eb, RH plays FGAB (whole tone scale - pedal DOWN)
MARKER: Run on Bb7#11 RH plays Ab, LH plays C triad - pedal DOWN
MARKER: On turnaround, in tempo
MARKER: Next chorus begins
  • Path: Disklavier Jazz 3/248-Strange Meadow Lark.mid
  • Size: 17 KB
  • Updated: January 31, 2026

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