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Area of Study 3: Popular Music Set-Work 7 – Miles Davis “All Blues”

Area of Study 3: Popular Music Set-Work 7 – Miles Davis “All Blues”. Key Words you need to learn and define. Changes Head Riff Modal Jazz Frontline R hythm section Comping Voicings Altered Chords Dominant 7 th Chord. Basic facts about “ALL BLUES”.

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Area of Study 3: Popular Music Set-Work 7 – Miles Davis “All Blues”

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  1. Area of Study 3: Popular Music Set-Work 7 – Miles Davis “All Blues”

  2. Key Words you need to learn and define • Changes • Head • Riff • Modal Jazz • Frontline • Rhythm section • Comping • Voicings • Altered Chords • Dominant 7th Chord

  3. Basic facts about “ALL BLUES” • This track is from the album “Kind of Blue” which was recorded in one take in New York in 1959 • Theline-up is trumpet /alto sax / tenor sax / piano/bass / drum kit • Unusually for jazz the time signature is 6/4 and is marked JAZZ WALTZ • This is MODAL JAZZ – this means that rather than relying on complicated chord patterns, the harmony focuses on a MODE or scale and the improvised solos are freer

  4. The recording • Miles gave his band for this track the minimum of preparation before they went into the studio in New York in 1959. • They were given some scales (MODES) and melody lines to improvise on. • Each track including this one on the album had only one take and the whole album was recorded in just 2 sessions. However all the musicians were at the height of their playing abilities.

  5. The bandMILES DAVIS - trumpet CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - alto sax JOHN COLTRANE - tenor saxJIMMY COBB - drums BILL EVANS – piano PAUL CHAMBERS - bass

  6. Chord progression for ALL BLUES G7 G7G7G7 C7 C7 G7 G7 D7#9 Eb7#9-D7#9 G7 G7 • This is basically a 12-bar Blues in G, but with some additions… • Note that there are dominant 7th chords used and that the last line has altered chords, where basically the harmony is made more interesting by adding notes such as the sharpened 9th

  7. Structure of ALL BLUES • INTRO • HEAD – this is where the original tune or melody is played • IMPROVISED SOLOS - trumpet / alto sax / tenor sax / piano • HEAD - the main theme returns • OUTRO - this fades out

  8. RIFFS – what are they? • A RIFF is a short rhythmic ostinato - very common in Jazz, Blues & Pop • KIND OF BLUE uses two short riffs • The first G D ED F DED is the bass riff (played on Double Bass) • The second riff is taken by the alto and tenor saxes who play in the intro in 3rds (in harmony)

  9. THE INSTRUMENTS & THEIR ROLES • The rhythm section provides the harmony and rhythmic background- in this case it is the drum kit, double bass and piano • The frontline instruments are trumpet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone • The word comping means accompanying - playing the background chords & rhythms. This term usually refers to the piano in a jazz piece.

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