RE: [Harp-L] Re: work Song

["Gary Lehmann" <hqr@xxxxxxx>]

The reason to require the missing note is that it is the "leading tone", the
strongest cadence in all of music.
If it hadn't been in the original, you wouldn't miss it--but that is the
"hook" of the tune, with the rest of it being very pentatonic.  The other
hook is the flat five in the last part of the melody (bar 11-12--it's the
"and" of 4 in bar 11).
Gary
-----Original Message-----
Michael Peloquin pointed out:

the missing note is an essential part of the melody (IMO) it it a contrast 
with the Eb heard constantly thoughout the tune. PB could have played it in 
3rd in the first octave-no problem.

After jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
>I don't understand why people get all "worked" up about Butter changing a 
>note or two in "Work
>Song."   Charlie Musselwhite took much greater liberties with Donald Byrd's

>"Christo Redentor" but
>you don't hear anyone complaining about that. (Except me! ;>)