Teasing the Korean Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 In playing situations, I have encountered this tune in these three keys. They are all close, and the harmonies to this tune are fairly straightforward, but does anyone know if one of these three keys tends to be favored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 No one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 In my head I hear it in E minor. But I think I might play it in Eb-minor even easier. It´s strange. I´m a piano player and should not have too much problems with keys like E natural, D natural, A natural and so on, but I think since I don´t play anything else but jazz, those keys are quite strange to me, since they are unusual keys for horn players and I think much more like a horn player. It´s only if I feel that a certain tune is supposed to be heard in a certain key. Maybe if I hadn´t perfect pitch I might be more flexible. But that way, the way how I hear it, I got it in my head and it sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 5 hours ago, Gheorghe said: ... those keys are quite strange to me, since they are unusual keys for horn players and I think much more like a horn player. I hear you, but d minor is related to F major, hardly a strange key to jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 E minor is great for tenor (our F# minor), it gives you that open C# (and the options for palm keys that entails) and the uber malleable A (regular and altissimo. It's also a key that works well with more..."rock"-oriented guitarists, if you got that on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Thanks all. (Both.) I am writing an arrangement, and based on the instrumentation, I think that D minor or Eb minor will be best. I have seen sheet music in both E minor and D minor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Nat's got it in D Minor Trane will do E Minor. Tenor. Miles in G Minor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 17 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: I hear you, but d minor is related to F major, hardly a strange key to jazz. Now that you say it, I agree to you. That´s it. I can play easily in d-minor but got headaches if I´d try in D major. Never new why, but now I can understand it. But I hate keys like B natural major. One time I h a d to play it, cause the guest artist a saxophonist told us "I´m tired playin the usual keys, let´s start with "Moose the Mooche" in B major. My luck was I heard so many Bird records where the speed is up so some tunes in B-flat sound like B, that´s how I managed to get thru, just having in my mind those that are too sharp because of incorrect speed. Miles´ Nature-Boy in G yeah I think that was the first version I ever heard, when I was a kid. Then I couldn´t do much with that tune, it was the abstract arrangement. Strange record anyway, that´s Mingus who somehow sounded more "western abstract/cool" in 1954/55. Complete different to the "angry Mingus" that we love so much, the Mingus with Dolphy/Byard or later with George Adams/Don Pullen. Got another version of Nature Boy by Jackie Mc Lean which I got from my wife , got to listen to it again, if I remember right, that was in f-minor, strange I don´t remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 10 hours ago, JSngry said: Nat's got it in D Minor Trane will do E Minor. Tenor. Miles in G Minor. And this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 A Minor! Here's an Eb Minor, trumpet not having the same exploitation mechanics as tenor, but Ran Blake makes all keys work, like, at all times. Indeed, Jackie in F Minor, as noted. That puts the alto in D Minor, which is a good key for any saxophone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) On April 4, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Big Beat Steve said: And this??? That Red Ingle track is amazing! Edited April 5, 2017 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 The composer prefers D Minor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 9 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: That Red Ingle track is amazing! You didnt know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said: You didnt know it? No, I have some Spike Jones stuff, but I never heard that! "A little shy/On account of that one bad eye." Hysterical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 On 4/5/2017 at 2:38 PM, Teasing the Korean said: That Red Ingle track is amazing! No kidding. I've got to poke around in these odd threads more often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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