Re: substitutions: Prelude To A Kiss

Alan Young ( aayoung@sonic.net )
Mon, 17 Feb 1997 08:44:18 -0800

Reed, your changes are virtually identical to the ones in the New Real Book
(vol. 3), except NRB names a lot of 9ths where you just say 7ths (and the
melody indicates 13ths).

>In the areas of decending dominant chords you can approach
>them with ii chords or sus chords. Thus the first 4 bars can
>be:

I don't think either of these variations does justice to the chromaticism
of the melody. How about

D9,Ab7 G9,Db7 | C7,(b9) FM7,Bb7 | etc., or

D9,Db9 C9,Cb9 | Bb9,F#7 FM7,Bb7 | etc.

Similarly, for the last measure of the bridge, I like

Bb13,B13 C13,C#13 |

Of course changes this thick work better a slow tempos.

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