Some Day My Prince Will Come Dave Brubeck
“Some Day My Prince Will Come” -Dave Brubeck
Introduction • Starts out with a beautiful piano solo playing the melody with accompaniment for about 8 measures. • The chord progressions for the intro include: IMaj 7, III 7, IVMaj 7, VI 7, ii 7, VI 7, II 7, V 7
Form • Saxophone plays for 40 measures repeating every 8. • Piano comes in next with the same pattern.
Melody • The melody is heard all throughout the piece. • In the intro the melody is more straight forward (Less Improvisation) • Throughout the improv section, the melody is heard more through the harmonic progression rather than through a single melodic line • Listen to the bass! • What
Timbre • • Warm Blues Sweet Piano and the Saxophone contrast a little bit The piano has a warmer timbre The Saxophone has a Sweeter timbre It is most commonly played in the key of Bb.
Rhythm Time signature: 12/8 Tempo: the dotted quarter = 65 The bass line is the motor and is NOT swung The drums are part of the motor as well and do play a swung rhythm • The drums start with a triple feel in the beginning then go to a duple feel. • •
Expression • Understanding of the Piece • Lyrics: “Some day my prince will come Some day we'll meet again And away to his castle we'll go To be happy forever I know Some day when spring is here We'll find our love anew And the birds will sing And wedding bells will ring Some day when my dreams come true”
Expression Contin… • The lyrics alone give a GREAT visual of everything the composer wants to be expressed in the piece. • Love • Romance • Hope
Sources • http: //www. greghowlett. com/blog/freelessons/061111020. aspx • http: //www. learnjazzstandards. com/greatamerican-songbook/ • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=WSGm 2 x 7 DEB 8 • http: //cnx. org/content/m 11059/latest/
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