Harmony TuneFile Table of Contents P.6
Harmony 4 topics are heard clearly in these tunes. They also contain many concepts from Harmony 2 and 3. If possible try to listen to the recorded versions listed here, but at least try to find transcriptions or published scores for analysis and application.
Concept: Deceptive Resolutions
“Day Dream” Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn)
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Bass ostinato [intro]
Deceptive resolutions of Secondary Dominants to unexpected target qualities
Constant Structure: dominant quality chords at the end (not notated)
“Early Autumn”] Woody Herman Early Autumn featuring Stan Getz (Ralph Burns and Woody Herman)
Interpolated II-7
Literal melodic sequence
Guide tone line (strong, w. 5th and leap though: bars 9-13)Guide tone line (strong)
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Modulations: Direct into bridge; transitional out of bridge
Extended SubV7
SubV7 with related II-7
Interpolated substitute dominants
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Deceptive resolution: V7/III resolving like SubV7
Deceptive resolution: subV7/III resolving down P5
“Felicia and Bianca” Toots Thielemans The Brazil Project (Oscar Castro-Neves)
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Modal interchange IV-7, bVII7
Secondary Doms and related II-7
Interpolated II-7
Diatonic sequence with interval alteration
Motivic manipulation
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Modulation
#IV-7(b5)
V7 standard deceptive resolution (bar 34)
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Deceptive resolutions of Secondary Dominants
Possible VII7, VI7 and III7
Lydian intro and outro
Concept: Contiguous II V and Contiguous Dominants
“Blood Count” [2409] Duke Ellington ...And His Mother Called Him Bill (Billy Strayhorn)
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Line cliche in major and minor
Modal interchange
Extended dominants
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SubV7 with chromatically related II-7
Modulation
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Contiguous Dominants
Special function dominants
Constant structure
Dominant and Tonic Pedal
“Angel Eyes” Sonny Stitt and the Hank Jones Trio The Good Life (Matt Dennis)
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Minor key harmony, VI-7b5
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SubV7/V
Direct Modulation
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Contiguous II V
bVI7
Short tonic pedal
“Eye of the Beholder” Chick Corea Eye Of The Beholder (Chick Corea ) Contiguous II V
Constant Structure
Hybrids
Polychords
Inversions
Deceptive Resolutions
Concept: Special Function Dominants
“Here Comes the Sun” The Beatles Abbey Road (George Harrison)
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bIII and bVII Modal interchange chords
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Standard deceptive resolution of V7
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II7
Inversion
“Dream” Sarah Vaughan The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. 3 Disk 1 (J. Mercer - Chappell)
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VII7 with related II-7
Deceptive resolution of V7/III
“Sweet Zurzday” Duke Ellington The Great Paris Concert (Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn)
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SubV7
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bVI7
Concept: Pedal
Harpsichord Concerto #1 Excerpt Glen Gould Bach - Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 4, & 5 (J. S. Bach
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Tonic Bass Pedal in Minor
Short Tonic Soprano pedal
Symphony #1 Excerpt [7834] Brahms Symphonie No. 1 Berliner Philharmoniker (J. Brahms) P. 22 show play
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Alto and Tenor clefs
Many notes on leger lines
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Motivic manipulation: diatonic sequence with interval alteration
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Tonic Pedal in bass
“Free Fallin'” [10421] Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne)
Double Pedal: Tonic and Dominant
Bass Ostinato
4113. “Takin' It to the Streets” The Doobie Brothers Takin’ It To the Streets (Michael McDonald)
IV-7 Modal Interchange chord
Secondary Dominants: V7/V, V7/IV/b7
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Dominant bass pedal
Tonic soprano pedal
Inversions
“Looking for Answers” Susan Tedeschi Just Won’t Burn (S. Tedeschi)
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Tonic Pedal in Bass
II7
Inversion
Concept: Ostinato
“Prayer (Oh Dr. Jesus)” [124] George Gershwin’s Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin, arranged by Gil Evans)
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Layered ostinato
Tonic pedal at beginning
Tonic Dorian
. “Time” Mary J. Blige Mary (Mary J Blige, Chucky Thompson, and Stevie Wonder) P.
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Layered ostinato
Concept: Modal Harmony
“X Marks the Spot” Joe Sample The Pecan Tree (Joe Sample
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· SubV7
· Direct modulation
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· Dorian Modal Harmony
· Aeolian Modal Interchange
· Hybrids
· Bass ostinato
“Eleanor Rigby” [246] Beatles Revolver (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
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· Aeolian and Dorian Modal Harmony
· Tonic pedals
· No V7 in the tune
“King of the Hill” Spirit Trail Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby)
· Mixolydian/Dorian mixture; b3 in Bass, Mixolydian Melody
· Bass Ostinato
Concept: Modal Interchange
“Little Sunflower” Freddie Hubbard Backlash (Freddie Hubbard)
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· Dorian harmony with Phrygian and Ionian Modal Interchange
· Dorian melody in the ‘A’ section
· Bass Ostinato
“Crystal Silence” Chick Corea and Gary Burton Crystal Silence
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· Modal Interchange
· Aeolian with Dorian and Phrygian Modal interchange chords
· Harmonic Sequence
· Quartal voicings
Concept: Hybrids
“Don’t Take Me Alive” Steely Dan Royal Scam (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen)
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· Hybrids
· Aeolian Harmony with Hybrid Reharmonizations
· Modal interchange
· Short example of Constant Structure in bars 25 through 27
· Tonic Pedal with Hybrids in bars 54 to 58
“Passage” Chick Corea Elektric Band Eye of the Beholder (Chick Corea)
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· Hybrids
· Polychords
· Ostinato
“Lakes” [3904] Pat Metheny Watercolors (Pat Metheny)
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· Hybrids
· Tonic Pedal
· Brief four tonic system at Letter B
· Harmonic Sequence
Concept: Polychords
“Blue And Green” Bill Evans Affinity (Miles Davis)
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· Modulation
· SubV7s
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· Ambiguous Tonality
Concept: Constant Structure
“Povo” [4452] Freddie Hubbard Sky Dive (Freddie Hubbard, arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky).
· Motivic development–melodic repetition
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· Constant Structure
· Special Function Dominant: bVI7
· Bass Ostinato
“I’ll Be Around” Chaka Khan C.K. (Alec Wilder, arranged by Dave Grusin),
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· Modulation
· Substitute Dominant
· #IV-7(b5)
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· Constant Structure
· Rhythmicized Dominant Pedal
· Deceptive Resolution
“Visions” Stevie Wonder Innervisions (Stevie Wonder)
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· Constant Structure Related to Dorian Modal Harmony