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Analisi Miles Davis - Freddie The Freeloader
Analisi Miles Davis - Freddie The Freeloader
Analisi Miles Davis - Freddie The Freeloader
Frank Markovich
Before we dig in!
Remember the process
• Start by listening to the piece.
• Then Analyze the chords.
• Listen closely to the repeated bass line. Sing it!
• Now the melody. It is built largely off of intervals of a
2nd.
• Learn the Melody, then the chords, then the bass,
combining chords and bass.
• For this it is possible to do all of the parts at one time.
• Do the scales used.
• Analyze the solo.
• Do your own solo
• Put it all together.
This is just a 12 bar blues
• Freddie the Freeloader is a 12 bar blues with a slight
twist at the end. Very common to do this at that time.
• Original key is Bb – that is a good key for Trumpet and
horns in general.
• We will do it in Bb to start.
• The next page has the chords and the melody. Again
start with analysis of the chords.
• Bb7 = Bb D F Ab
• Eb7 = Eb G Bb Db
• F7 = F A C Eb
• Ab7 = Ab C Eb Gb
Chords
• Take chords from All Blues and move
them up 3 frets (easy chords) and you will
have the basic chords to this.
Chords
Chords are as follows:
6/4 ||: Bb7 | | | | Eb7 | | Bb7 | | F7|Eb7 | Ab7 | : ||
Bb7 Eb7
These are just basic chords.
You can make it more
6th 6th complex by using 9th’s 13th’s
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 etc. Chord substitution can
fret fret
2 work also but be careful in
this tune as the simplicity is
3 3 4 one of the items that makes
this work!
Ab7 at the 4th fret F7 at the 8th fret!
Freddie melody. Play in 5th postion
Chord tones
C7 = C E G Bb
F7 = F A C Eb
G7 = G B D F
Bb9 = Bb D F Ab C
Again notice how many chord
tones!! I tell you the chord rules!!