Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis' Solo, 'Kind of Blue' Miles Davis Chorus 1 med. swing G7 C7 G7 bœ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ Alto Saxophone & 4 Œ Ó Œ J Ó Œ 5 C7 G7 <b> œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ & Ó Œ J œ Œ ∑ 9 A‹7 D7 E¨Œ„Š7(#5) œ œ™ ˙ œ nœ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ bœ œ œ & œ œ œ Œ J G7 Chorus 2 C7 G7 13 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¿ œ & Ó œ Œ Ó Ó bœ œ œ 17 C7 G7 bœ œ™ bœ œ œ œ œ Jû œ ˙ œ œ œ œ & Œ Ó Œ ‰ J 21 A‹7 D7 E¨Œ„Š7(#5) œ #œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ b˙™ œ bœ nœ œ & J ˙ û Ó Chorus 3 25 G7 œ œ C7 œ œ œ œ G7 œ ™ ¿. œ œ œ ˙ œ œ & J ‰ Ó ‰ J J Ó Œ 29 C7 G7 œ œ bœ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ & û Ó œ Ó Ó Œ ‰ J 33 A‹7 D7 œE¨Œ„Š7(#5) œnœ œ œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ bw œ & œ œ Œ ‰ J Chorus 4 2 G7 C7 G7 37 w ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ™ bœ & Œ Œ ‰ J J 41 C7 G7 œ (8va) <b> œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ j & Ó Œ œ Ó Ó ‰ œ œ œ 45 A‹7 D7 E¨Œ„Š7(#5) œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ - - œ œ œ & Œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ Ó ‰ J Chorus 5 49 G7 C7 G7 œ œ w ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ & Œ Ó 53 C7 G7 œ bœ œ œ ¿ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ & Ó Œ Ó Ó ‰ J 57 A‹7 D7 E¨Œ„Š7(#5) œ œ œ œ œ œbœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ bœ œbœ œ œ & œbœbœ œ œ Ó 3 Chorus 6 G7 61 œ C7 G7 nœ œ œ bœ œ œ & œ n œ Œ Ó Œ Œ Ó ∑ C7 G7 65 (8va) bœ œ . œ œ ù œ œ œ ˙ œ & bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ‰ J œû 69 A‹7 D7 E¨Œ„Š7(#5) ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ˙ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ & ˙ bœ œ A Breakdown of The Blues 3 The Blues is a style of music that uses simple, soulful harmony and lyrics and came out of the American South of the early 1900's. It has influenced many styles of music like rock'n'roll, pop and jazz. The Blues is also the name for a particular musical form. the Blues is a chord progression that uses some variation of these four chords. Try Arpeggiating these chords over your full range (repeat all notes in all octaves) and see if you can get a sense of how each chord sounds. These chords are what improvisers think of when they play a blues: G7 C7 A‹7 D7 w w & nw bw w w from C major scale w From F major scale From G major scale #wAlso from G major scale The Blues operates on what we call a '12-bar form', meaning that the chords follow a repeated pattern of 12 bars (over and over!) In a standard 'Jazz Blues' these are the chords. Try listening to a Blues like 'Freddie Freeloader,' 'Tenor Madness' or 'Billie's Bounce' and see if you can follow along and hear where the players are in the form. Compare this to your blues transcription on the previous pages; The form repeats after every new 'Chorus' label. 1 G7 C7 G7 & V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 5 C7 G7 & V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 9 A‹7 D7 G7 D7 bar 11 & V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V In the Blues 'Freddie Freeloader' you may have noticed there's a bit of a difference at the end of each form - Miles and the band play some weird notes every once in a while. That's because this particular blues replaces the G7 of bar 11 with a chord called Ebmaj7(#5) (or E-flat major-seven Sharp Five). This is a more advanced jazz chord, but notice the notes in common with the G7 that it replaces: Both chords share a G, B, and a D! Miles sometimes plays a Db over the chord, implying a similar chord called Eb7(#5) (E-flat Seven Sharp-Five). E¨Œ„Š7(#5) (Or E ¨ 7 ( # 5 )) G7 compare - it's just missing Eb! ˙ b˙ nw & b˙ ˙ w One last thing about the Blues: it has its own scale! You may have heard of the Blues Scale before, and if not, perhaps the Pentatonic Scale, which is quite similar. This scale doesn`t always 'work' with the chords being played on the blues, but it always sounds good - try playing it full range! Listen for Miles playing parts of it in his solo. œ œ & œ bœ œ #œ œ.