Music Monday Melodique was inspired by John Coltrane’s compositions such as Mr. Sims and Naima. It uses the sound of Major chords over different pedal points. The bi- tonal chords are similar to the chords in my song J Mood. Melodique is also reminiscent of my composition Aural Oasis. I put in a bar of 2/4 in the solo section similar to the bar of 3/4 that is in Delfeayo’s Dilemma. I point this out because I’m consciously making an effort at this point in my career to develop a compositional style. The song starts on an E Flat pedal. This first chord is an E Flat Major, followed by D Flat Major (same as E Flat sus) and E Major over E Flat. The C7 (#5 #9) functions as an E Major 7 chord. I made the D Flat in measure 8 a Minor 7 Flat 5 chord rather than a dominant to try and mask the fact that we are going to F Sharp. Again, I use a pedal point with Major chords in measures 13 & 14. If you consider that the C Major 7 (#11) chord is really a D Major/C, then it moves in two different directions. The D Major moves up a half step to E Flat and the root moves down a whole step from C to B Flat. Likewise, in measure 9, view the F Sharp Major 7th (#11) as a G Sharp (A Flat) Major over/F. Then you have a tradition harmony of the 4 Major chord, to the iv Minor chord, but instead of resolving to the I, it surprises you by going to the D Major/C (the C Major 7 (#11). Enjoy, Wynton
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:06:25 +0000
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