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Jazz compositions originally or most commonly played in the key of E-flat major. Pages in category "Jazz compositions in E-flat major" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"), which is a variation of the twelve-bar blues. The progression uses a series of sequential ii–V or secondary ii–V progressions, and has been used in pieces such as Parker's " Blues for Alice ".
If two chords are in the box they are each played for half a bar, etc. The chords are represented as scale degrees in Roman numeral analysis. Roman numerals are used so the musician may understand the progression of the chords regardless of the key it is played in. "Eight-bar blues chord progression": [10]
It is a twelve-bar blues in 6 8; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of seventh chords, with a ♭ VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord. In the composition's original key of G this chord is an E ♭ 7. "All Blues" is an example of modal blues in G Mixolydian. [2] [clarification needed]
In major keys, the chords iii and vi are often substituted for the I chord, to add interest. In the key of C major, the I major 7 chord is "C, E, G, B," the iii chord ("III–7" [11]) is E minor 7 ("E, G, B, D") and the vi minor 7 chord is A minor 7 ("A, C, E, G"). Both of the tonic substitute chords use notes from the tonic chord, which means ...
Antonio Vivaldi used this key for the "Spring" concerto from The Four Seasons.. Johann Sebastian Bach used E major for a violin concerto, as well as for his third partita for solo violin; the key is especially appropriate for the latter piece because its tonic (E) and subdominant (A) correspond to open strings on the violin, enhancing the tone colour (and ease of playing) of the bariolage in ...
"Hill Street Blues" is a 1981 instrumental by Mike Post. It is the theme from the TV series Hill Street Blues , and features Larry Carlton on guitar. The single spent over five months on the charts and reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .
Called "a classic Texas shuffle", [2] it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E [2] (although with Vaughan's guitar tuned one-half step lower, [3] resulting in the pitch of E ♭) in 4 4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like ...