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Re: For Charlie Parker fans

Author: Bruno
Date: 2006-08-20 16:17

Quote from linked article: "He liked the melody transposed for E flat (alto sax), but also the changes in concert (pitch) under the staff -- which nobody does."
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What's this about? What does concert pitch have to do with a song's key signature?
I think what he meant to say was that although Parker liked to read the changes transposed for alto sax he liked also to see the chord progression in the original key. E.g. he played "Out of Nowhere" in E because it's written in G but he like to see the line in G as well as in E.
Since Parker used a lot of tritone substitutions and extended chords this was (and is) a good idea.
Wish I knew a fraction of what he forgot.

b/

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