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  • -- 4/4 // Keys: Dm; Ebm // Allegro
    __3__
    -- eighth notes (1 &) are "swing" 8ths: closer to 1 & & . . . .
  • DAH duh
    -- what follows is the opening of the tune (after some Debussy-esque
    ad-lib piano diddling by Evans), apparently the only pre-composed
  • part of the song; it's a neat interplay of bluesy bass and quartal
    piano chords, both integrated into the following guitar "arrangement":
     
  • Form (32-bar): ||: A (8 measures) - A (8) - B (8) - A (8) :||
     
    {pick-up measure} A:: Em7/11 Dm7/11 Em7/11 Dm7/11
  • -----------------||----------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
    -----------------||----------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|
    -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  • -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
    ----------5-/7---||--5==-----7==---5--|----------5-/7----|--5-------7==---5-|
    --3/5-7-8------8-||-------------------|--3/5-7-8------8--|----5==-----------|
  • 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     
    Em7/11 Dm7/11 Em7/11 Dm7/11
  • |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
    |------------------|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
    |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  • |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
    |----------5-/7----|-5==-----7==---5--|---5/7--/7--/7-5==|==5==-----7==---5-|
    |--3/5-7-8------8--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  • 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     
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  • | 1. [repeat A]| 2. [to B->]
    |-----------------||-------------------|
    |-----------------||-------------------|
  • |----------------o||-------------------|
    |----------------o||-------------------|
    |----------5-/7---||----------6-/8-----|
  • |--3/5-7-8------8-||--4/6-8-9------9---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     
  • B:: Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 Fm7/11 Ebm7/11
    |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
    |---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|------------------|
  • |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
    |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
    |-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------6-/8----|
  • |------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--4/6-8-9------9--|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     
  • Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 Fm7/11 Ebm7/11 [to A->]
    |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|-----------------||
    |---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|-----------------||
  • |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o||
    |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o||
    |-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------5-/7---||
  • |------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--3/5-7-8------8-||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
     
  • --------------------------------------------------------------|
    ... rest of tune a free-form improv over the same A-A-B-A 32--|bar form: two
    8-bar sections ("A-A") of Dm dorian, 8 bars of Ebm dorian ("B"), and 8 more
  • bars ("A") of Dm dorian. The bass starts "walking," the piano comps/
    ad-libs quartal-modal chord voicings, and Miles & the other horn players
    take leads in Dm & Ebm Dorian. (Dorian in Dm: d-e-f-g-a-b-c-d; Eb Dorian
  • a half-step higher). . . . Here's the start of Miles' lead, to give you a
    better idea (note that the D dorian scale "fits" whether the chord is Dm7/11
    or Em7/11: both consist of notes from this very scale)--
  •  
    {pick-up} A::
    -10=====-||------------------|------------------|------------|
  • ---------||------------------|------10-8----10--|------------|
    ---------||--7============---|--10--------------|--7-7=------|
    ---------||------------------|------------------|------------|
  • ---------||------------------|------------------|------------|
    ---------||------------------|------------------|------------|
    3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &
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