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"Lollipops And Roses" was composed by Tony Velona. It is a waltz, first recorded by Jack Jones in 1961, with sweet lyrics appropriate to its time. Jones won a grammy in 1962 for this performance, which can be found on YouTube. It has a AABA form, with interesting changes in the bridge. It is...

It depends on the song and the chords. Often, they are more interesting; they may be tritone substitutions or reharmonizations. They may be a different turnaround or a ii-V-I in the relative minor or something like that. It is a matter of your taste and preference. I sometimes use alternative...

Hi Bob, I generally play my ballads faster than 60 bpm. Most are at least 80 or 90 bpm and the Ballad Swing style really sounds good here. I really love the idea of the two-four style at tempi slower than 180, but I cringe every time I use it. I suggest that the algorithm of the Ballad Swing...

"I've Told Every Little Star" is a 1932 composition by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein from the musical "Music In the Air." Unfortunately, it suffers from many poor performances, particularly the awful Linda Scott 1961 hatchet job which changed both the melody and words to attract a...

I have complained in the past about the "two" part of the Swing Two/Four style being rhythmically dead. Therefore I arranged this song specifically to be used with the Ballad Swing style by writing in a walking bass line in the bridge of the tune. For those who haven't noticed the difference...

Steve, thanks for posting this song. I had never heard of it until now. The chord chart should be changed to reflect that Jimmy Webb is the composer. There are so many fine vocal performances: Radka Toneff, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt and by the composer himself. I think that the duo of Pat...

G-7 = G Bb D F C7 = C E G Bb F7 = F A C Eb Nine varieties of seventh chords: major 7 chord = major third - minor third - major third ex: C E G B minor 7 chord = minor 3rd - major third - minor third ex: C Eb G Bb dom 7 chord = major third - minor third - minor third ex: C E G Bb minor 7 b5...

"It Only Takes A Moment" is another of the unjustly underperformed tunes of the 1960s. A lead sheet can be found in the Ultimate Broadway Fake Book published by Hal Leonard. Thanks for posting this very nice arrangement.

Brian, I play several tunes (The Boy Next Door, Fascination, Someday My Prince Will Come) using Ballad-Swing at 130 bpm. Note, however, that I'm a pianist and always mute the chord instrument, which means that I'm happy with the way the drums and bass are rendered. You may like another style...

The issue is that the lead sheet is a transcription of the head from Steve Kuhn's recording, not from the original score by Ravel. That's where there might be a copyright issue.

"Gypsy In My Soul" with interlude After having posted the chart above, I listened to versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day on Youtube. In both versions, there was an eight-bar interlude followed by a repeat of the last A section. After having heard these versions, I extended my chord chart...

"Gypsy In My Soul" is a tune from 1937 with music by Clay Boland and lyrics by Moe Jaffe. Below is a simple chord chart for the tune. Note that I have not used the standard chords in in bridge as I prefer my version. The standard chords for the first two measures of the bridge are: |Gm C7 |Gm...

Several days ago, Jerry Engelbach posted a chord chart of a jazz piano version of "Pavane For A Dead Princess" by Maurice Ravel. This version was almost certainly by Steve Kuhn which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSV0T_URJo. Although I am a fan of Ravel and Kuhn, I had never...

Was it the Steve Kuhn version? I find his playing to be extremely tasteful. Or, as I suspect, the Art Farmer swinging version? Hello from NJ, Keith

On my iPad using iRP 7.0: create the audio file by hitting the Share icon (square with arrow), then "Share Audio" and the type of file. The recording will then be rendered. When it is complete, press "Save to Disk." When you do, you will be given instructions on how to access the file using...

The two styles that I use most are Ballad Swing and Swing Two/Four. Each style has a default tempo, 60 bpm for Ballad Swing and 180 bpm for Swing Two/Four. Be that as it may, I frequently use the Ballad style for tunes played at 80–110 bpm (or even faster); the Ballad style works very well at...

Thanks for the complement. I try to give some background for charts I write because many of the charts I post are for tunes that may be unfamiliar to iRP users. I also want to promote discussions among musicians about how to approach musical problems or issues. That's a way we can learn from...

"A Very Precious Love" is another in a series of songs written for films in the 1950s by the duo of composer Sammy Fain and lyricist Paul Francis Webster (for more, see https://forums.irealpro.com/threads/A-Certain-Smile-Sammy-Fain-Paul-Francis-Webster.14648/). This beautiful song was written...

I agree; the ability to do a retardando would be great for the ending of tunes. The issues would be: the rate that the tempo slows down; the final tempo; does it only work at the end of a tune. Stuff like that. I think that its implementation is more complicated than one might think at first...

I did the upgrade to iOS 9.2.1 and can confirm that, after several hours of use, it is compatible with iRP 7.0 on my iPad Mini 2. Thanks, Niki.