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I have always seen Tom Jobim’s “Águas de Março” as a beautifully-conceived usage of Shepard’s Tone in a song: https://youtu.be/wBEesrdaRog https://youtu.be/wBE

• daviddaviddavid 4y ago
  I have been in love with this song for decades. There is definitely a feeling of circularity going on. Here are a couple of my favorite versions, if anyone wants to go down the rabbit hole. SF Jazz Collective (heavy modern jazz arrangement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-F_1OvPdqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-F_1OvPdqA Cassandra Wilson (earthy, lyrics in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIehPcFebHo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIehPcFebHo Trio Mocoto (melody played on Cuica, which is nuts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTlFa3Fnlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTlFa3Fnlk
  • anderiv 4y ago
    These are fantastic. Thank you! I can't imagine how in the world that person in Trio Mocoto played the melody on that instrument. Mind-blowing. As an aside, I recently heard on the radio a cover of this by Art Garfunkel, which may be one of the worst things I've heard. As you may expect, he mananged to strip all of the life out of the song, which made me sad.
• trbleclef 4y ago
  I always heard it the other way... constantly descending (like rain)
  • anderiv 4y ago
    Same. Shepard's Tone can refer to either perceptually-rising or falling tones.