Oleo - Miles Davis Solo Transcription

Download the transcription with a short analysis

The Analysis of Miles Davis - OLEO.pdf

Download PDF • 389KB

Solo Characteristics

• Rhythm Changes in Bb

• 2 Choruses

• Strong, clear motives

• Use of exact repetition, and melodic or rhythmic variations (eg. bar 17-22)

• Use of the basic chord tones (eg. roots in bars 2, 4, 25)

• Rhythmic displacement, placing the accent in a different place (eg. bars 56-61) Breaks in the last bars of the system (eg. bars 36, 40)

• Repetitive use of eight 8th notes in a rowUsing similar motivic ideas through the solo with a different rhythmic placement (eg. bars 10-11, 26-27)

• Using a Blues scale flavour (e. E natural as a blue note in bar 33, 41, 47)

• Using chromaticism (eg. bar 23 - chromatic approaching note of F#, bar 46 - B natural as a chromatic lower neighbour tone to C on Eb)

• Often the choice of pitches follows the melodic ideas rather than the chord symbols (eg. section 17-24 - Abm over D7 and G7 turning to Gm over C7; bars 37-39 - Db on Bb7, Ab7, Dm7 and G7)

• The overall structure of the solo reminds of a narration