TEXT: Vernon Duke TEXT: [email protected] TEXT: Recorded after listening to Andre Previn's version on his 'Andre Previn Plays Vernon Duke' CD MARKER: Melody is simplified - over a G pedal tone in Bass MARKER: On Am7/ D7, LH plays a descending line from the 9th (B) down to the D MARKER: Last phrase of the A section played with no chord - unison 2 octaves apart MARKER: Descending Db scale (on Ebm7 chord) MARKER: On Dm7 - arpeggio, then chord tones with diatonic neighbours MARKER: Finally a G Major triad arpeggio MARKER: Repeated 3 note figure (G,A,G) with the melody above as an escape tone MARKER: F Maj7 #5 (= A/F) MARKER: Bb used as a pedal tone under Fm7/Bb7/Ebmaj7 MARKER: Abrupt modulation to Cminor (Eb Major) MARKER: Back to C Major MARKER: In tempo - Walking bass in Left hand MARKER: No pedal used over this MARKER: Begins very simply with lots of space - bass line in LH - single note improvised melody in RH MARKER: A simple descending phrase over am7 MARKER: Previous phrase is echoed over a new chord (D7 alt) MARKER: Beginning to use chords MARKER: The rhythm and intervals of a short melodic phrase on E dim - is echoed in a new position over Ab7/G7 MARKER: Sort of 'stop' time - because the melody begins each phrase on beat 2, the root of the chord with neighbours can be plaayed on beat 1 MARKER: Back to walking bass for bridge MARKER: Melody with pedal G in LH
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