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This is not quite that, but does have a piece that had a lot of chord motion converted to all C major: (Coltrane's) Giant Steps in C. https://www.youtube.com/w
by yesenadam 7y ago
This is not quite that, but does have a piece that had a lot of chord motion converted to all C major:
(Coltrane's) Giant Steps in C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYzYpb1MY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYzYpb1MY0
For jazz musicians it's very funny, in a horrifying kind of way, maybe listen to the 1959 original first if you don't know it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu0Lhysn_X8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu0Lhysn_X8
And thank you! While getting the links I found this wonderful animation of a shortened version of the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6WTAHKYTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6WTAHKYTc
p.s. Woohoo! Coltrane on HN! :-)
- jackhack 7y agoGiant Steps _in C_? That's like a 6 color crayon coloring book version of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Thanks for posting this link. It's... musically obscene. To understand why shifting this piece to one key is such an abomination, it's important to know that Giant Steps normally has 26 chord changes in 16 bars. That's a furious pace, and it's changing keys, marching its way around the circle of fifths, as it goes. It's a simple concept, in a way, but devilishly difficult to execute at any tempo. The article below describes it as a M.C. Escher neverending staircase of music keys. It's evidence that Coltrane was the best. http://www.openculture.com/2018/11/jazz-deconstructed-makes-john-coltranes-giant-steps-groundbreaking-radical.html http://www.openculture.com/2018/11/jazz-deconstructed-makes-...
- yesenadam 7y agoSigh, I'd delete your comment if I could. I really wish you hadn't done that. Almost every sentence is cliché-ridden, crass and/or wrong, like the worst kind of journalism. Sorry.
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