Melissa C.

Or I might just have musical apophenia!

Jim R. She was at a rehearsal at the home of pianist Larry Willis. His mother called and asked to speak with “Lawrence,” but with a heavy Southern accent—“Lawns”

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Jim R. Darn it! That was the favorite, most evocative part! Now I’ll never hear it in the same way. Or maybe the Chipmunks were just deeper than we knew…yeah that’s it. The existential angst of chipmunks. BTW you know the story of how she named this tune and who for?

06 Aug 16:32

https://youtu.be/xTRdQiGnHAI?is=yQXCuekOkP7MR6yg

When American pop was quite jazzy!

06 Aug 13:10

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06 Aug 13:09

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I asked Google (which is I guess Claude?) for a harmonic analysis of Lawns and it did a fantastic job! One argument for ai.🤖

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05 Aug 18:16

This may be wrong but in the Altered Dom lesson, the resolutions reminded me of the beginning of “I Can’t Help It” by Stevie Wonder. I guess he is going tritone sub for 5 to 1. Then the song goes a different, more cheerful direction. Your thumbline melodies reminded me of that first part though. Ok that’s all. 😉

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04 Aug 16:49

I like 30s jazz guitar!

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04 Aug 16:48

Hi! Newly subscribed here. Can we make requests? I’d love a breakdown on Carla Bley’s Lawns. I know it’s a ballad and the melody is simple, but the harmony is different for me and I’d love a lesson on how to approach it. It’s haunting me right now! I guess Sco did it but for some reason swang it vs straight 8s 😀. Please excuse if requests are gauche. 😌

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