Re: Bluesette
reed kotler ( (no email) )
Wed, 09 Oct 1996 15:36:22 -0700
At 02:56 PM 10/9/96 -0700, you wrote:
>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).
>
>
For the next four how about:
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gmi7 | C7 | Fmi7 Fmi7 B7 | Bb7 |
Ebmaj7
I mean lets not be too gready. We got out of those first four
bars still alive which isnt bad for bluesette.
reed
Reed Kotler
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