So What Miles Davis
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"So What" (Miles Davis)--opening "theme" <br/>
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-- comp. Miles Davis & Bill Evans (from _Kind_of_Blue_, 1959) <br/>
-- guitar arr., tcg, '8?, '94 <br/>
-- 4/4 // Keys: Dm; Ebm // Allegro <br/>
__3__ <br/>
-- eighth notes (1 &) are "swing" 8ths: closer to 1 & & . . . . <br/>
DAH duh <br/>
-- what follows is the opening of the tune (after some Debussy-esque <br/>
ad-lib piano diddling by Evans), apparently the only pre-composed <br/>
part of the song; it's a neat interplay of bluesy bass and quartal <br/>
piano chords, both integrated into the following guitar "arrangement": <br/>
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Form (32-bar): ||: A (8 measures) - A (8) - B (8) - A (8) :|| <br/>
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-----------------||----------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
-----------------||----------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-| <br/>
-----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
-----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
----------5-/7---||--5==-----7==---5--|----------5-/7----|--5-------7==---5-| <br/>
--3/5-7-8------8-||-------------------|--3/5-7-8------8--|----5==-----------| <br/>
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & <br/>
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Em7/11 Dm7/11 Em7/11 Dm7/11 <br/>
|------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
|------------------|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
|------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
|------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-| <br/>
|----------5-/7----|-5==-----7==---5--|---5/7--/7--/7-5==|==5==-----7==---5-| <br/>
|--3/5-7-8------8--|------------------|------------------|------------------| <br/>
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & <br/>
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__________________ __________________ <br/>
| 1. [repeat A]| 2. [to B->] <br/>
|-----------------||------------------|- <br/>
|-----------------||------------------|- <br/>
|----------------o||------------------|- <br/>
|----------------o||------------------|- <br/>
|----------5-/7---||----------6-/8----|- <br/>
|--3/5-7-8------8-||--4/6-8-9------9--|- <br/>
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & <br/>
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B:: Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------| <br/>
|---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|------------------| <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------| <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------| <br/>
|-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------6-/8----| <br/>
|------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--4/6-8-9------9--| <br/>
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & <br/>
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Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 [to A->] <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|-----------------|| <br/>
|---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|-----------------|| <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o|| <br/>
|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o|| <br/>
|-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------5-/7---|| <br/>
|------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--3/5-7-8------8-|| <br/>
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & <br/>
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... rest of tune a free-form improv over the same A-A-B-A 32-bar form: two <br/>
8-bar sections ("A-A") of Dm dorian, 8 bars of Ebm dorian ("B"), and 8 more <br/>
bars ("A") of Dm dorian. The bass starts "walking," the piano comps/ <br/>
ad-libs quartal-modal chord voicings, and Miles & the other horn players <br/>
take leads in Dm & Ebm Dorian. (Dorian in Dm: d-e-f-g-a-b-c-d; Eb Dorian <br/>
a half-step higher). . . . Here's the start of Miles' lead, to give you a <br/>
better idea (note that the D dorian scale "fits" whether the chord is Dm7/11 <br/>
or Em7/11: both consist of notes from this very scale)-- <br/>
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-10=====-||------------------|------------------|------> <br/>
---------||------------------|------10-8----10--|------- <br/>
---------||--7============---|--10--------------|--7-7=== <br/>
---------||------------------|------------------|--------- <br/>
---------||------------------|------------------|---------- <br/>
---------||------------------|------------------|-----------> <br/>
3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & <br/>
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--:--tcg <br/>
) <br/>
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