Who Will Buy? - Lionel Bart

[engelbach]

Who Will Buy? - Lionel Bart (Reharm)

This is a reharmonized swing version of the tune from Oliver.

Who Will Buy? Rev - Lionel Bart

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

Another winner!
Is there a reason why FINE is necessary in the last bar of the coda?
)BOB

 

[engelbach]

Another winner!
Is there a reason why FINE is necessary in the last bar of the coda?
)BOB

Thanks, Bob. Good question.

The iReal Pro program automatically goes past the last written bar and ends on the first beat of the next (non-existent) bar.

I put an "End" command under the last D-6 to make it end there, but "End" doesn't show except in Edit mode, so I stuck in "FINE" just to indicate that no extra beats would be automatically played.

I notice that a lot of charts, including some of mine, simply leave off the last ending tonic, since the program automatically plays it after the ending bar line. But I think that's sloppy and would rather show the final chord.

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

Thanks, sounds reasonable. In this case, as info for the musician rather than instructions for the iRp player.
)BOB

 

[engelbach]

Thanks, sounds reasonable. In this case, as info for the musician rather than instructions for the iRp player.
)BOB

Exactamente.

 

[Kalokagathon]

stuck in "FINE" just to indicate that no extra beats would be automatically played

Perfectly agree (although guilty of same, sometimes

Why not prefer the Fermata sign? The FINE tag has player functionality, so might create confusion, while (unfortunately) fermata does not.
(Just curious. Of course, it's a matter of what structure you're setting up, and how complicated; and for full disclosure, I'm a coherency-addict and purist

 

[engelbach]

Perfectly agree (although guilty of same, sometimes

Why not prefer the Fermata sign? The FINE tag has player functionality, so might create confusion, while (unfortunately) fermata does not.
(Just curious. Of course, it's a matter of what structure you're setting up, and how complicated; and for full disclosure, I'm a coherency-addict and purist

A fermata means to hold the note beyond its alloted time. In normal notation the value of the final note is specified by the note itself, and if necessary, a tie to the next measure, so a fermata is rarely used there.

(It would be nice if the fermata symbol had function in iReal Pro. As a sub for it, I add an extra beat to the measure, as in the three and four bars before the end of Quiet Now:
Quiet Now - Denny Zeitlin

I want to do the opposite: end immediately on the note with no extra time and without the rhythm of the rest of the measure being played by iReal Pro.

I suppose one could just write in "END" rather than "FINE" to indicate that the END command was being applied, although that's pretty nonstandard.

I don't know that "FINE" would be confusing, since it appears at the very close of the tune and not in one of the previous endings.

Cheers,
Jer

P.S. Just curious: Are you Italian, or an ex-pat like me?

 

[engelbach]

Seven years later, here's my updated (and in some ways simplified) version of this tune.

Who Will Buy?-Rev JE 2 - Lionel Bart

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

Nice job. On my copy, I added a start-repeat bracket at the A's start so there would be no confusion as to where I should return.
I also tweaked the spacing and a rehearsal mark.
The player wasn’t confused, just me.
)BOB

Who Will Buy?-Rev JE 2 - 1 - Lionel Bart

 

[engelbach]

Nice job. On my copy, I added a start-repeat bracket at the A's start so there would be no confusion as to where I should return.
I also tweaked the spacing and a rehearsal mark.
The player wasn’t confused, just me.
)BOB

Good improvements, Bob. Thank you. I should've had that repeat sign up there. And there was no reason for me to use a B section label a second time when the C label is more accurate and gives the same result.

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

I like rehearsal marks. Since iRp doesn’t add bar #'s the marks make it easier to discuss the chart with others. eg. “Let's play staccato 3 bars after B” etc.

It's always easier to edit than create!

Thank you Jer for the nice chart.

)BOB

 

[engelbach]

Actually, I wasn't using the letters as rehearsal marks, but to force the program to play in Swing 2/4 or 4/4. On the head (as you know) the A section(s) will play in Swing 2/4 and the B, C, and D sections will play in 4/4.

Cheers,
Jer

 

[pdxdjazz]

Actually, I wasn't using the letters as rehearsal marks, but to force the program to play in Swing 2/4 or 4/4. On the head (as you know) the A section(s) will play in Swing 2/4 and the B, C, and D sections will play in 4/4.

Cheers,
Jer

That makes perfect sense. I'm glad my edit of the B-mark to a C-mark (luckily) didn’t screw that up.
Your arrangements are both tasty and instructive.
)BOB