Anyone have this one? Thanks.
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Anyone have this one? Thanks.
I'll String Along With You - Dubin-Warren
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I have a new(better:)) one version, but I need help to send a file
Your attempt to post a song chart/playlist was not successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by zizakvv
There are detailed instructions inside the app in Settings - Tutorials, Help & Support.
(You can also select the "?" in a circle at the top of an app page)
Also at: http://irealpro.com/manual
And: http://www.irealpro.com/support/
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I'll String Along With You - Diana Krall
Third unsuccessful attempt (2nd was deleted)Quote:
Originally Posted by zizakvv
Read this:
https://www.irealb.com/forums/showth...5938#post45938
Also, Diana Krall is not the composer
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"I'll String Along With You" is a song with words by Al Dubin and music by Harry Warren. It is from the 1934 film "Twenty Million Sweethearts." The song, with its sweet sentiment, has a standard 32-bar AABA form and is typical 1930s fluff. Harry Warren was a prolific film composer, with songs in over 300 films with such hits as "I Only Have Eyes For You," "We’re in the Money," "Lullaby of Broadway," "September In The Rain," and "There Will Never Be Another You."
It works well as a medium ballad, with Jazz-Swing Two/Four style at 120 bpm. Note that this chord chart does not correspond to the Diana Krall version, which is a lush, slow ballad.
I'll String Along With You - Warren
Ah, well. Here's Diana's version, as a beautiful, sensual ballad.
I'll String Along With You - Krall Version - Warren
Sorry, zizakvv. Still looking forward to yours.
Cheers,
Jer
Hi guys--
I just don't hear this tune as a slow ballad, and my chart reflects that. Differences between Jerry's chart and mine should provide good illustrations for newcomers who write chord charts. Songs at faster tempos often have fewer chord changes because each chord has less time (in the absolute sense) to fill. In Jerry's chart of the Krall version, there is a bunch of chords that fill the first two measures; my chart has but one chord for these two measures. The same goes for the turnaround in the first ending. It's all a matter of solving the basic problem in music: How does one fill time? Another good tidbit can be found in the third and fourth measures: how to get from the tonic to the V of ii? I do it chromatically, Jerry does it I, VIIb7, iii (or V7sus of ii), V of ii. Two different solutions to address the same musical issue.
I love Diana Krall. I happen to think her version of this tune drags and is overly sentimental. That being said, you are listening to her version on Youtube and not mine!
Regards,
Keith
Keith,
I wouldn't have thought the tune would work as a ballad.
But I love what Krall does with it. I'm going to try playing it that way.
Normally I would use more tritone subs, but I don't hear them in the Krall version.
Cheers,
Jer
Ah, the bassist's dilemma. So many choices/paths available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith88
Pedal, then jump. Chromatic up (or down). Via tritone. Follow the circle. Feel the Force....
Always hoping the musical slot machine will pay-off when you pull the handle.
Ecstatic when it does, mystified when it doesn't. Always striving to make *it* happen.
When it comes together, the players just know it. It's difficult to explain that feeling to 'civillians'.
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Ain't it the truth!Quote:
Originally Posted by pdxdjazz
If you check out the lyrics to the song, you'll see that it's meant to be a ballad, not a swing tune. To my ears, the melody would sound hokey as a swing tune.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith88
Not exactly a ballad starting about 3:00 min in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hVZpItG5gpY
Definitely not a ballad
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UzqjgmmkzxE
BB King
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kBTROSBShME
Louis givin' it the Satchmo treatment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6AvXWqm7k
1934
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAyKfQvFeo
My opinion, a good tune just has "legs. And can stand however it's performed.
that's reflected in the multiple styles and variable tempo settings in this wonderful app.
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I learned the lyrics to this tune almost 60 years ago. There is nothing about them that suggests a tempo for this song. The lyrics are not "wordy" making them difficult to sing at a medium tempo, in contrast to those of a song like "Midnight Sun." If you examine my chord chart, you would note that I list the style as a medium ballad and suggest a tempo of 120 bpm.
Early recordings of the song do not take a slow tempo. Dick Powell, who introduced the song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OZ14N_WZ4), in a 1934 performance sings it at a tempo of about 102 bpm. Al Bowlly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzqjgmmkzxE) in what sounds like a 1930s performance, comfortably sings the tune at 160 bpm. A 1934 performance by Smith Ballew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW_5-dLQ3Wc) goes a little more slowly at about 148 bpm. Another 1930s performance, this one by Harry Roy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6AvXWqm7k) goes at about 126 bpm.
To be sure, there are slower performances. Louis Armstrong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6AvXWqm7k) sings it about 104 bpm and Frank Sinatra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRwXYyQ_FQ) sings it at about 88 bpm. Both Nat Cole and Dean Martin sing it about 70 bpm. However, she sings it at about 60 bpm, which is even slower.
All this is to show that this tune can be comfortably sung at many different tempos, and that nothing in the lyrics suggests a particular choice. I stand by my own opinion that her rendition drags and is overly sentimental, and that 120 bpm is a reasonable tempo for both a vocal and instrumental performance of it. You are free to disagree.
I'll String Along With You (Diana Krall) - Dubin-Warren
First recording (1934):
I'll String Along With You - Dubin-Warren (Ted Fio Rito - 1934)