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	All About Jazz Orchestra - Work in Progress     "Allusion"  More Information   Home   About FJI   Contact Us  Departments   Linear Jazz Improvisation   Transcriptions   Theory & Analysis   Changes   Originals   Discussions   Announcements   Private Instruction   Resources   Ear Training  All About Jazz Orchestra   Work In Progress   Archive   Concerts   Summer 2010   Summer 2009  Help   How To Post   MWSnap to Insert Images  jeffbrent   wwwTrio7.com "Allusion" submitted: 2009/09/05 20:27:43 revised: 2010/03/16 00:19:43 The Genesis I took the 12 letters "AAJORCHESTRA" and mapped them out as below: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z therefore A = A A = A J = C O = A R = D C = C H = A E = E S = E T = F R = D A = A Giving each note four beats, then, yields this 12-bar bass line: | A | A | C | A | | D | C | A | E | | E | F | D | A | Using the first 8 bars as the verse looked pretty cool to me. The C in bar three implies that the A chord ought to be minor, and the fact that it goes to the sub-dominant on bar 5 and the dominant on bar 8 made it look like it was do-able. The C chord in bar 3 proved problematic, so I just squeezed in a little C bass note at the end of bar 2 on beat 4, and then left the four bars of the entire first line as an Am. Going to the IV chord on bar 5 was a no brainer (obviously Dm) and in bar 6, I followed that with another Dm chord but this time with a C root (as dictated by the original bass line). As regards bar 7, it seemed that a line that begins with a D and a C then ends on A pretty much implies that a B bass note would work well in there just before the A (and it does!!). So the first eight evolved into | Am | Am | Am | Am | | Dm | Dm/C | Bm7b5 Bm7b5/A | E7#9 E7#5 | The last four measures (the last "STRA") gave me a little run for my money. Not being able to reconcile ending the verse on an E chord and beginning the bridge on an E, I decided that since I had two "different" kinds of E chords in measure 8, that I could whittle those last four bars down to three: | F | D | A | (Food and Drug Administration). I was originally thinking of | F | Dm | A | A | for the first four bars of the bridge, but then decided on | F/G Dm | F/G Dm | A | A | (just 'cause it's so darn purdy). While the first eight turned out to be just a simple i-iv-iių-V7 formula, the bridge just knocks me out with its unexpected yet majestic textures. This file contains: · Conductor's Score (as piano arrangment) [4 pgs] · Lead Sheet [1 pg] · Trumpet part [2 pgs] · Alto Sax part [2 pgs] · Tenor Sax part [2 pgs] · Trombone part [2 pgs] · Electric Guitar part (tab & changes) [2 pgs] · Lyrics [1 pg] · Suggested Arrangement [2 pgs] · Score with the individual instrument lines all in Concert Key [8 pgs] · Electric Bass part [1 pg] · Electric Piano part (RH w/ changes) [1 pg] · mp3 audio: 8 pieces (d,b,g,p,tb,ts,as,tp) arrangement: | intro | verse 1 | verse 2 | bridge | verse w/ coda || Below is the Conductor's Score written out as a Piano Arrangement (4 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Lead Sheet (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is theTrumpet Part (2 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Alto Sax Part (2 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Tenor Sax Part (2 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Tombone Part (2 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Guitar Tablature and Chart for the Verse (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Guitar Tablature and Chart for the Bridge (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below are the Lyrics (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   In the world of lyricists, this is known as a 'Fish Story' - "Ya shoulda seen the one that got away!!!" In reality, she didn't dump me. She just went over to the bar for a moment to get more Corona. Below is the Suggested Arrangement (2pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the score with the individual instrument lines all in concert key (8 pages)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Bass Part (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   Below is the Piano Part (1 page)   click here to display PDF in a new window   MP3 AUDIO Below is the mp3 audio of this arrangement of the song "Allusion" (scored for 8-piece orchestra as in the charts above): | intro | verse 1 | verse 2 | bridge | verse w/ coda| All real instruments: Drums, 5-string Bass, Electric Guitar, Rhodes Piano (Velvet), Trombone, Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Trumpet. Recorded/Mixed/Mastered at Sound Sanctuary Studios www.ssrstudio.com. J.Brent(c)2010 click here to display audio file in a new window   Log in to Post or Reply

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