Substitutions: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star From: reed kotler This is a nice Jermoe Kern tune and I have to credit Jamey Aebersold for introducing me to this tune with the "Yesterdays", Volume 55, play along CD. Not too many players know this tune. I begin reharmonization whenever possible with the sheet music as those that have been following my mail know. This tune is no exception. I'm going to leave the tensions out. I tried that on my subs from yesterday and found it quite cumbersome and it clouds the chart. If people find them necessary I can consider putting them in future charts. In the sheet music, the first eight are basically: F | C7 | C7sus/F F | C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | Not a particularly insipring set of chord changes. We begin with a simple ii7 in front of the first C7. F6 | Gmi7 C7 | C7sus/F F | C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | There are a number of approaches to the Gmi7 we can add. Dmi7 is a possibility. F6 Dmi7 | Gmi7 C7 | C7sus/F F | C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | I prefer Ab7 which is the tritone sub for D7, which is the V of Gmi7. F6 Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | C7sus/F F | C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | Another nice alteration is to replace the F6 with F/A. This provides a very nice bass line. Bill Evans begins the verse to "The Boy Next Door" on the "Explorations" CD this way. Although in place of Ab7, he plays Abdim7. F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | C7sus/F F | C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | Next we try another ii7. F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | C7sus/F F | Gmi7 C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | The C7sus/F, F is pretty week so we approch with a sequence of V7 chords. A ii/V7 is not possible because of the melody. F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 C7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | However the C7 is not a convincing approach to the F. In situations where V -> I doesnt work, it's always worth trying a minor plagal cadence, i.e. ivm -> I which works fine here. F/A Ab13 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | F | C7 | F | C7 | We do some more ii7 additions. F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | F | Gmi7 C7 | F | Gmi7 C7 | We replace the first F with iii7/vi7 and the second with the same way we open the tune. VI7 is not possible because of the melody. F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi9 C7 | The second eight are the same except that it is modulating to C major on the bridge to we use an appropriate ii/V. Thus the first sixteen are essentially: F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F6 | Dmi7 G7 | The sheet music changes for the bridge are essentialy: C | G7/D G7 | C | Cdim | Bdim G7 | Am | F | C7 | The G7/D sounds more convincing as Dmi7. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cdim | Bdim G7 | Am | F | C7 | The Cdim sounds pretty bad but it's hard to see what to change it to until we go a little further. The Bdim is the first three notes of Bmi7b5 which suggest right off a minor ii7/V to Ami since that is where things are going anyway. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cdim | Bmi7b5 E7 | Am | F | C7 | Now we see how to get right of that pesty Cdim. Just ii/V7 our way down with c Cmi7/F7. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cmi7 F7 | Bmi7b5 E7 | Am | F | C7 | For the Ami, it is begging to be a ii7/V, so I oblige. This is because we have a series of ii/V7's. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cmi7 F7 | Bmi7b5 E7 | Ami7 D7 | F | C7 | Now we are kind of in a corner. I hear something like Gmi7/C7 for the last bar, be we are already at the V7 in the bar befor F. So I just stall but going to th V7Sus and then back to the V7. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cmi7 F7 | Bmi7b5 E7 | Ami7 D7 | D7sus D7 | C7 | Instead of Gmi7 C7 for the last bar I just use a different turaround for variety and because it seems to lead nicely out of the bridge. C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cmi7 F7 | Bmi7b5 E7 | Ami7 D7 | D7sus D7 | Dmi7 Db7 C7sus C7 | The last 8 are the same as the first eight so we get in total: F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi9 C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F6 | Dmi7 G7 | C | Dmi7 G7 | C | Cmi7 F7 | Bmi7b5 E7 | Ami7 D7 | D7sus D7 | Dmi7 Db7 C7sus C7 | F/A Ab7 | Gmi7 C7 | A7 D7 | Gmi7 Bbmi7,Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F6 | Gmi7 C7 | For the last 8 it is possible to really thicken the changes with something like: Bmi7b5 Bbm6 Ami7 Ab7 | Gmi7 Db7 C7sus C7 | Emib5 A7 Ami7b5 D7 | Gmi7 D7 Bbmi7 Eb7 | Ami7 Dmi7 | Gmi9 C7 | F6 | Gmi7 C7 | In case this isnt clear, these changes are "head" changes. It would be pretty burdensome to try and solo over these. [end i've told every little star]