sgcim Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 I've been fooling around with arranging "African Flower" for guitar, and was wondering if Duke wrote any other small group, modern, modal sounding pieces like this.Anyone know of any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 How about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Modal? Sorta? It's been covered, but it can be done better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 JSngry, you don’t like the MMW aversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted September 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 9 hours ago, JSngry said: Modal? Sorta? It's been covered, but it can be done better... That was a pisser! Some great Harold Ashby takin' it out. It definitely had modal qualities, quartal harmony, static tonal center, etc..., but I was just wondering if he wrote another tune like African Flower that could also be adapted into a solo guitar arrangement. Chinoiserie would be hip for a quartet, though. It sounds like Gordon Goodwin was trying to write something like Chinoiserie on one of his more experimental charts that we play. It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Guy Berger said: JSngry, you don’t like the MMW aversion? I don't mind it, I just think it could be better. It seems a bit on top of the beat to me, I'd like it to lay a litter deeper in the pocket. But it's certainly enjoyable as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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