Re: [Harp-L] Autumn Leaves
Always a good idea to learn to play the tune properly; but playing the tune well is one thing, while taking a decent solo over the changes, particularly on the diatonic, is entirely another.
RD
>>> Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 22/11/2007 9:07 >>>
I beg to differ.
Check out these performances of the original French song, "Les feuilles
mortes" -
by Yves Montand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwJclybPhM
and Juliette Greco (main melody starting about 1:42 after the
recitative):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGNRQzzfaE
The section in question contains no chromatic-scale notes that would
require an overblow in fourth position. In A minor, Montand's would be
D (draw 4) for "but", E (Blow 5) for "I", and F (Draw 5) for "miss".
Greco's is a bit more florid but still requires no overbends.
Winslow
--- George Brooks <gbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Martin is right. I don't know the tune and Martin's memory is
> perfect.
> On the line "But I miss you most of all...", I played "But" and "I"
> as
> the same note. I found the version Martin posted about, and the
> "But"
> is a half step below the "I" and thus requires the 4OB. Mea culpa,
> and
> sorry for any confusion. You can always play the song the way I used
>
> to play it ("But" and "I" both played as 5 blow), but to play the
> song
> correctly requires the OB.
>
> George
>
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