Re: Bluesette
reed kotler ( (no email) )
Wed, 09 Oct 1996 14:56:25 -0700
At 02:44 PM 10/9/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Frank,
>
>I'm really busy today and bluesette is a tricky tune to find subs for.
>I mean you saw my post. I didnt do anything clever.
>
>>Check these reharms on the first eight bars of Bluesette and give me your
>>criticism please.
>>
>>/ Gm7/ C9 / Eb/F / F13b9 / Bb/Eb / A/D / Dbmaj7 / Gb9b5 E7#11 /
>>/Ebmaj9 /
>>
>
>Okay you have some good ideas here. Lets try for four bars today.
>
>I really like bars two and three. Bars one and two have intellecutally
>correct bass lines that just don't work for me. However you are right
>that you need to ii/V into the Eb/F (The same as F7sus) but you do
>it too early. I can't accept the sound of Gm7 for the first bar of
>bluesette.
>
>Here's how I would fix things and I would consider playing this myself.
>
>(For those that don't know, the tune is in 3/4)
>
>Bbmaj7 Am7b5 D7b9 | Gm7 C7sus4 C9+ | F7sus4 | F13b9 |
>Bbmaj7 ....
>
You'll notice that if you play the bass line against the melody,
the F doesnt really sound all the great against the Eb melody
note but the bass line itself is so solid that the resolution
makes it work.
Also notice that F9 (with the bass) is an enhamonic to Ami7b5
(the original chord).
reed
>
Reed Kotler
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