#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir) -=> "ALL BLUES" <=- (Miles Davis) *=========* -- comp. Miles Davis & Bill Evans (from _Kind_of_Blue_, 1959) -- guitar arr., tcg, '8?, '94 -- !6/8! // Key of G(7) // Moderately -=>INTRO (and Vamp between each 12-Bar "Verse")-- (G7) ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||o---0-----0-----0-----0-------o|| ||o---0-----2-----3-----2-------o|| ||-------------------------------|| ||----3---3---3---3---3---3------|| 1 & & 2 & & -=>VERSE (12-Bar Blues)-- @ Measures 1-4:: G7 G13/11 G9 G13/11 [4x] ||-----------------.--------------------.--------|| ||----3------------5------6=======------5--------|| ||o---3h4p3h4p3h4--5------7=======------5-------o|| ||o---3------------5------7=======------5-------o|| ||-----------------------------------------------|| ||----===trill===--------------------------------|| 1 & & 2 & & @ Measures 5-6:: C13/11 C C13/11 CM7[*] C13/11 C C13/11 C |---------------.-----------------.--|---------------.-----------------.--| |---3======-----5-----6======-----8--|---6======-----5-----3======-----5--| |---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--| |---3======-----5-----7======-----9--|---7======-----5-----3======-----5--| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & & [variation for C measures: ||: --333- --555- --677- --555- :|| 2x (i.e., same as G7 measure, without the major 3rd)] [*sic: whole "C" chordal series better considered as Gm-type chords...] @ Measures 7-8 (G7...): a` la measures 1-4, but only 2ce thru... @ Measures 9-10:: D7#9 Eb7#9 D7#9 |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------6============--|---7============-----6============--| |---------------------5============--|---6============-----5============--| |---------------------4============--|---5============-----4============--| |---5=====------5============-----5--|---6============-----5============--| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & & @ Measures 11-12:: G7/11 GM6/9[G13] G7/11 G7/6[*] |---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--|| |---1============-----3============--|---1============-----0============--|| |---0============-----2============--|---0============--------------------|| |------------------------------------|---------------------3============--|| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---3======-----3-----3======-----3--|---3======-----3-----3======-----3--|| 1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 & & [* or: 3-345-] --SEQUENCE: Intro--||: Verse--Intro :||--Verse(fade out)-- -=>Miles' "head"-ish LEAD over the twelve-bar pretty easy to follow on the guitar, especially if yu' start at the VIIth position, e.g.-- (G7) ||-----|--7============------|--7---8-7========----------------------| ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------| ||--/7-|------------------/7-|------------------------------- tcg ---| ||-----|---------------------|------------------------------- '94 ---| ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------| ||-----|---------------------|---------------------------------------| & 1 & & 2 & & 1 & & 2 --but then, this is JAZZ, 'n'you're supPOSED to improvize yourself! . . . (but a final note: if you're playin' as "slow & tasty" as Miles himself does over some sections, Wes-style octaves are awfully nice. . . .) | --:--tcg )