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Farewell to Sam Ash Music It is a sad thing to note that after 100 years in business, Sam Ash Music has closed down all of its retail stores. Jerry Ash, Sam's last surviving son, died last year, and his son Sammy, who was the COO, died in 2023 as well. I grew up several blocks away from the...

The recent death of Burt Bacharach brought this lovely tune to mind and I wanted to post a chord chart of it. It is very interesting musically and worth some discussion. "Make It Easy On Yourself" is a 1962 song by Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David. It was a hit that year by Jerry Butler and...

"Loie" is a composition by guitarist Kenny Burrell (1931–) and included in tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's 1963 album "Soul Samba" and Burrell's 1965 album "Guitar Forms." It is a lovely bossa nova with much musical interest for the jazz musician. Burrell was (and is) a popular jazz guitarist...

Loie - Kenny Burrell "Loie" is a composition by guitarist Kenny Burrell (1931–) and included in tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's 1963 album "Soul Samba" and Burrell's 1965 album "Guitar Forms." It is a lovely bossa nova with much musical interest for the jazz musician. Burrell was (and is) a...

Updated version with Break Some years ago, I submitted a chord chart for this song and thought that if iReal Pro ever added a tacet feature, I would update the arrangement to incude it. A "Break" feature was eventually added, so I am submitting an updated version that some may like better than...

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Hi Cielo, I saw your YouTube post with the four pages of a chord chart for Besame Mucho as played by Diana Krall. Please post these pages on the forums. If you do not know how to post them, please reply to this message and I'll try to help. The charts are very good and I would like to download...

Additional thoughts about chord chart submissions Hi GG, You're welcome. I'm always happy to satisfy a request when I can. Because you mentioned the tips, I'll submit another. What is a pianist (or guitarist) to do when he sees an A9#11 chord in a chord chart. An average Joe or Jane might...

Small Fry - Hoagy Carmichael-Frank Loesser Additional thoughts about chord chart submissions What is a pianist (or guitarist) to do when he sees an A9#11 chord in a chord chart. An average Joe or Jane might simplify it because he hasn't the experience to correctly handle it and instead just...

Hi Jer, I thought about doing just that but since the melody wanders about, I decided to keep it simple and just call it an Ab9. The D automatically makes it a #11 chord anyway. I hope you are doing well in the Mexican mountains. Regards, Keith P.S. There is a cute 1939 cartoon built around...

Small Fry (Carmichael and Loesser) "Small Fry" is a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser from the 1938 film "Sing You Sinners." It has a straightforward 32-bar AABA structure. The harmony, by itself, is not particularly adventurous, but the way it interacts with the melody has one item of...

Small Fry - Hoagy Carmichael-Frank Loesser "Small Fry" is a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser from the 1938 film "Sing You Sinners." It has a straightforward 32-bar AABA structure. The harmony, by itself, is not particularly adventurous, but the way it interacts with the melody has one...

If You Love Me by Gardot, Carvalho, Aderne Hi Timothy, "If You Love Me" is a slow ballad by Melody Gardot, Dadi Carvalho, and Pierre Aderne. It has a straightforward 32-bar AABA structure and is built around a I-vi-ii-V progression. When I first heard it this afternoon, it reminded me of many...

If You Love Me - Gardot-Carvalho-Aderne Hi Timothy, "If You Love Me" is a slow ballad by Melody Gardot, Dadi Carvalho, and Pierre Aderne. It has a straightforward 32-bar AABA structure and is built around a I-vi-ii-V progression. When I first heard it this afternoon, it reminded me of many...

Really sad--he was one of my heroes.

Voicing a dominant 7th alt chord on the piano It's a bit more sopisticated than "whack all the black keys." A pianist (at least I would do it this way) would often voice a C7alt chord with the 3rd-7th tritone in the left hand (E and Bb) and the #9 and b13 in the right (D# and Ab), often with...

Dominant 7th alt chord A pianist (at least I would do it this way) would often voice a C7alt chord with the 3rd-7th tritone in the left hand (E and Bb) and the #9 and b13 in the right (D# and Ab), often with the root in the middle; it would look like E and Bb in the left hand and an Ab triad...

There is a chord chart for the 1957 Mathis hit "Wild is the Wind" here: https://forums.irealpro.com/threads/Wild-Is-The-Wind-D-Tiomkin.1536/

A lead sheet for this song can be found in the Jazz of the 50s fake book by Hal Leonard. The chord changes in both the Simone and Bowie performances are very different from the original changes in the published lead sheet. The chord changes in the 2011 posts are also different from those in the...

I Have Dreamed -- another version "I Have Dreamed" is a song from the 1951 Broadway musical "The King and I," with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and music by Richard Rodgers and the 1956 film of the same name. It was also featured in the 1995 film "The American President." It is a companion...