Re: But Beautiful

Alan Young ( aayoung@sonic.net )
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 00:02:40 -0700

Reed wrote:

>What I use is:
>
>Gma7 C7 | Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 | C#m7b5 F7 |
>Gma7 | Bm7b5 E7 | A7 | Em7 A7 |
>...............

I'm glad Bob posted his question, because someone recently threw this song
at me, and I felt ill-at-ease with the Real Book changes.

Reed's C7 in m. 1 is most enlightening! But I still don't much like any of
the solutions to the change in m. 4-5. Bm7 works better than G after the F#
chord, though, to my ear. And I think, Reed, that you meant to write F#
there, not F?

I like Bob's suggestion of C9 in m. 5, but I'm not satisfied with any of
the ways discussed so far to prepare it. I'll keep tweaking and see what
comes up.

Any other ideas?

--Fathom Hummingbear > 8-) >

** Not anti-hawk, just pro-sparrow. **