Re: substitutions : Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Bert Ligon ( BLigon@mozart.music.sc.edu )
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:04:46 -0500
>A great holiday tune by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
>
>The first eight bars in the original sheet music are:
>
>F C7 | F | F/A Abdim | C7/G ,D7/F# |
>Gm D7 | Gm Abdim | C7/G C7 | F |
>
>I tried:
>
>F Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
>Gm7 D7 | Gm7 Bdim7 |C7sus C7 | F/A,Abdim7 Gm7, C7 |
>
>The next eight are the same except for the modulation to C
>on the bridge:
>
>F Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
>Gm7 D7 | Gm7 Bdim7 |C7sus C7 | F Dm7 G7 |
>
>The first four bars on the bridge I basically leave alone and get:
>
>C | C#dim7 | Dm7 G7 | C Dmi7,G7 |
>
>The next four are originally:
>
>C | C,B+ Gm,A7 | D7 G7 | C7 |
>
>I used:
>
>C Bb7 | Am7 A7 | D7 G7 | C7sus, C7 |
>
>THen the last eight are the same as the second eight so I get in total:
>
>F Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
>Gm7 D7 | Gm7 Bdim7 |C7sus C7 | F/A,Abdim7 Gm7, C7 |
>F Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
>Gm7 D7 | Gm7 Bdim7 |C7sus C7 | F Dm7 G7 |
>C | C#dim7 | Dm7 G7 | C Dmi7,G7 |
>C Bb7 | Am7 A7 | D7 G7 | C7sus, C7 |
>F Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
>Gm7 D7 | Gm7 Bdim7 |C7sus C7 | F |
>
>enjoy.
>
>reed
How about this for the last A section? The Bdim7 becomes the B=F87 (ii=F87 o=
f
Am) and cycles back to one as the end of Stella and other tunes.
=46 Gm7,C7 | F Bb7 |Am7 Abdim7 | Gm7 Am7, D7 |
Gm7 E=F87 A7|Dm7 B=F87 E7 |Am7 D7 Gm7 C7| F |
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