Re: Midnight Voyage
Bert Ligon ( BLigon@mozart.music.sc.edu )
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:00:46 -0500
>>If anyone out there wants to help, I'm trying to figure out the harmony
>>to the tune "Midnight Voyage" by Joey Calderazzo that appears on Michael
>>Brecker's latest album (Tales from the Hudson). I've got the head and
>>the tune seems to be in D minor, but, being a horn player, I can't pick
>>out the harmony. Any help is GREATLY appriciated, as I would like to
>>play this tune at a gig I have coming up.
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>Chris <rooster1@iname.com>
>
>Listening to it right now....sounds something like this (it's in Cminor, BTW)
>
>A
>
>|| Cm7|G7alt|Cm7|A7sus|Ab7(#11)|G7alt|Cm7|Cm7 ||
>
>B
>
>|| Fm7|G7alt|Fm7|A7alt|Ab7(#11)|G7alt|Cm7|Cm7|
>
>The form seems to be AABBA
>
>I could be a little off, but this is the quick version. Watch the Ab7(#11)
>chords, the #11 will clash with the melody.
>
>Cheers,
>Dan.
Brief advice. If the chord clashes with the melody, it's probably the wrong
chord. You suggest a G7alt which calls for Db & Eb, but the melody in those
spots is D natural. On the bridge, I believe the Ab7 is Ab7sus then Ab7,
not a #11.
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