Coltrane changes (Coltrane Matrix or cycle, also known as chromatic third relations and multi-tonic changes) are a harmonic progression variation using...
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John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential...
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the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in March 1961 on Atlantic Records. It was the first album to feature Coltrane playing soprano saxophone...
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named John Coltrane often used a cycle composed of a sequence of major thirds for his unique key changes, hence the namesake for "coltrane changes". His popularity...
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the music of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. David Damsey is a co-author of John Coltrane Plays Coltrane Changes and a professor of music and coordinator...
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contrafact of Miles Davis's "Tune Up", which is reharmonized to the Coltrane changes. The original recording has been described as having "resolute intensity...
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The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"), which...
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door is V7) 3 Major Bird changes 20 Major Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence 4 Mix. Circle progression 4 Major Coltrane changes 6 Major Eight-bar blues...
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outside, that include side-stepping or side-slipping, superimposition of Coltrane changes, and polytonality. The term outside is commonly used by jazz musicians...
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Giant Steps (composition) (category Compositions by John Coltrane)
composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as Coltrane changes. The composition has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists...
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concerned, it was the precursor to more complex substitution patterns like Coltrane changes. Tritone substitutions are sometimes used in improvisation—often to...
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John Coltrane (1926–1967) was an American jazz saxophonist. Coltrane may also refer to: Coltrane (surname) Coltrane (1957 album), an album by John Coltrane...
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over the original progression, which adds interest for listeners. Coltrane changes Passing chord Blatter, Alfred (2007). Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide...
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in fifths, as for example in the "thirds cycle" used in John Coltrane's Coltrane changes, as influenced by Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and...
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alter the changes to make the tune sound more contemporary or progressive. Art Tatum was a pioneer of reharmonization, and later on John Coltrane, Miles...
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of tonality. Interval cycles are also important in jazz, such as in Coltrane changes. "Similarly," to any pair of transpositionally related sets being reducible...
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Tadd Dameron turnaround (redirect from Coltrane turnaround)
would eventually lead to John Coltrane's Coltrane changes. The Dameron turnaround has alternately been called the "Coltrane turnaround". Further examples...
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original chord changes used by Coltrane in a number of his compositions. This harmonic modification is commonly known as Coltrane Changes, which have been...
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Some of these later idioms included many or predominantly leaps. Coltrane changes Giant Steps (composition) Linear progression Transposition (music)...
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Davis signed with Columbia and formed his "first great quintet" with John Coltrane on saxophone. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for the label....
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octave. Altered chord Diminished triad Giant Steps (composition) and Coltrane changes Palmer, H. R. (1876). Palmer's Theory of Music. J. Church. pp. 91–92...
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"Bird" changes Borrowed (contrafact) Circle Coltrane changes Omnibus Passamezzo antico Passamezzo moderno Ragtime Royal road progression "Rhythm" changes Stomp...
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by Paul Wilson in The Music of Béla Bartók (1992). Acoustic scale Coltrane changes Cooper, p.29 Cooper, p.30 Lendvai, p.5 Lendvai, p.4 Lendvai, p.3 Tomalin...
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shift Bebop scale Bird changes Block chord Blue note Cadenza Call and response Chord-scale system Chordioid Coltrane changes Comping Constant structure...
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Giant Steps (category John Coltrane albums)
album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label...
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Rosco Purvis Coltrane is a fictional sheriff character who first appeared in the 1975 film Moonrunners, which inspired the creation of the American TV...
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Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard is a live album by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released in February 1962 through Impulse...
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and composer John Coltrane. It was released through Impulse! Records in February 1966. It is considered a watershed in Coltrane's work, with the albums...
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Mr. P.C. (category Compositions by John Coltrane)
form, composed by John Coltrane in 1959. The song is named in tribute to the bass player Paul Chambers, who had accompanied Coltrane for years. It first...
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that is played like a ballad. Central Park West employs Coltrane changes. In the song, Coltrane divides the octave into four, producing an ascending cycle...
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