Have been singing "Night And Day" - not just singing it, but really trying to figure it out. So I've been listening to it far more carefully that I normally would.
It's unusual for a song of that era. It's longer, for one. Instead of the typical four 8-bar sections, if is divided into 6 sections of 8 bars - with an ABABCB structure (instead of the more typical AABA).
This song has an unusual chord progression as well. And all sorts of lovely crunchy chords such as major sevenths built on the flattened sixth of the key, resolving to dominant sevenths. My favorite part starts with a chord built on the augmented fourth of the key, and descends by semitones before hitting the supertonic minor seventh. Gorgeous.
The only reason I can somewhat do justice to this song is that the vocal melody is a bit unusual - the melody is incredibly simple, with all the notes hovering around the SAME note for the most part, with all the lovely chords meandering about underneath.
After an early dinner with BM (during which we had the first celebrity sighting of 2009 - Dan Ackroyd), I came home and went directly to my piano. It was a lovely evening.
Of course, the most noteworthy part of it was that BM and I both choose to detox and NOT drink tonight.
While I am rather proud of that, I will admit that as I type this, I am sipping a bone dry white, and still humming.
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The melody may be simple, but it's not a walk in the park--I guess because of those chords and chord progressions, the notes it hits around that central note are not always intuitive. At least to me.
I've been working on a tricky song, but with range--"Unexpected Song." It's nice of my children not to scream when I attempt the high G.
I listened to the Ella Fitzgerald rendition of that song quite a bit my senior year. Perhaps you heard it wafting through AXL's door and you are walking down memory lane?? :)
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