{"id":871,"date":"2016-10-01T23:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T03:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/?p=646"},"modified":"2021-11-07T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:17:12","slug":"root-systems-part-4-elijahs-bounce-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/2016\/10\/01\/root-systems-part-4-elijahs-bounce-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Root systems, part 5 \/ Elijah’s Bounce"},"content":{"rendered":"

To conclude this series of posts on root position voicings of the major ii-V-I progression, here’s a tune I composed called ‘Elijah’s Bounce<\/a>‘.\u00a0 I borrowed the chord progression from the Charlie Parker tune ‘My Little Suede Shoes<\/a>.’\u00a0 At the risk of stating the obvious, it is crucial to listen to the Charlie Parker tune a number of times to understand my tune.\u00a0 To outline the ‘short’ ii-V and ii-V-I progressions in this tune, I’ve used patterns based on root position voicings, including those discussed in Part 3 of this series<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 As a introduction to the concept of rootless voicings, I’ve also included patterns based on rootless voicings built ‘off the 3rd’ and ‘off the 7th’ , including some of those shown in the ‘Midnight Donna and Reets In Paris’ exercise that appears in an earlier post<\/a>.\u00a0 I will be discussing the comping and melodic uses of rootless voicings in upcoming posts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the written left hand comping, each ii-V or ii-V-I lick in the right hand line is accompanied by a voicing that matches its shape.\u00a0 My point here is not to imply that all right-hand melodic shapes should be based on left-hand voicings; this tune is just an example of how voicings can be one of many sources for melodic ideas.\u00a0 ‘Melody outline voicings’ such as these can also horizontally condense a melodic line in a way that makes it easier to memorize.\u00a0 (Disclaimer: any resemblance to the following tunes in the measures listed is purely accidental: Round Midnight (m. 1); Moody’s Mood for Love (m. 3); Boplicity (m. 5); Four Brothers (m. 6-7); Dancers in Love (m. 9); Peri’s Scope (m. 11); Donna Lee (m. 15); Afternoon in Paris (m. 21); Radioactivity by Billy Taylor (m. 25); 26-2 (m. 27).) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The left hand part of this tune also is an example of using upbeats in comping to accent upbeats in a melodic line, which helps maintain a sense of forward motion.\u00a0 I have added suggested fingerings in some places.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy playing this tune, which is named after a student of mine who shows up for his lessons with a wonderfully bouyant energy.\u00a0 A recording of the tune can be heard here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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To conclude this series of posts on root position voicings of the major ii-V-I progression, here’s a tune I composed called ‘Elijah’s Bounce‘.\u00a0 I borrowed the chord progression from the Charlie Parker tune ‘My Little Suede Shoes.’\u00a0 At the risk … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":865,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423512,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-root-systems-root-position-voicings","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1746,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/1746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}