At 10:19 PM -0500 11/25/10, David W. Fenton wrote:
I can't quite figure out the purpose of this. Couldn't you just
notate the melody and the chords and add a rubric saying "keep
accompaniment below the melody"?
Disclaimer: I'm not a jazz person, although I'm not ignorant of the style.
I think the difference is that it's an instruction of a sort to
harmonize the melody homphonically (or homorhythmically, if you
prefer), rather than the kind of either counterpoint or comping that
would otherwise be used. More of a George Shearing sound, is what I
hear in my mind's ear, and I'd recognize the sound on guitar but I
can't think of an exemplar.
John
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