Courtney Pine - Lady Day and John Coltrane

Melody

Melody

• conjunct

• melisma

• blue notes

• Improv

• Mostly syllabic

• Pentatonic elements

• Sax countermelodies

• Chromatic scale and slides

• Extended techniques

Harmony

• Augmented 7th chords

• 12 bar blues

• extended/suspended chords

• Turnaround features

• Complex chords

• Semitone harmonic shift in coda

• 3 chord sequence ostinato

Rhythm/Metre/Tempo

• Syncopation

• 4/4

• Faster piece

Texture

Melody and Accompaniment

Tonality

C Maj

Instrumentation

• Sax.

  • vibrato, key clicks, bends, gliss, a multiphonic

• Vocals

• Bass guitar

• Drum kit

• Samples

• Keyboard

• Trumpet

Dynamics/Articulation

• Acciaccaturas

• ghost notes

• Glissandos

• lip vibrato

• extended techniques

• multiphonic

Structure

Strophic with a coda