Theory to know for Kind of Blue Test #2
11.
Dorian Mode
22.
Phrygian Mode
33.
Mixolydian Mode
44.
Spanish Phrygian or Phrygian Dominant Scale
55.
Spanish Phrygian is the 5th mode of
the Harmonic Minor Scale
66.
Form of Blue in Green (10 measure form)
77.
There are 5 modes that complete a single cycle
on Flamenco Sketches
88.
Not all sections on Flamenco Sketches were given
the same amount of time based on who was performing and which take it was.
99.
Know about the album Everybody Digs Bill Evans
and which introduction to which piece on that album is almost identical to what
was played on Flamenco Sketches.
110.
What is the name of the Leonard Bernstein piece
that was also on Everybody Digs Bill Evans that uses a similar introduction as
well. (Some Other Time)
111.
How long in advance of the sessions were these
pieces written?
112.
Why did Cannonball possibly not play on Blue In
Green?
113.
Know about the introduction on Blue In Green as
it relates to Chet Baker’s Album entitled “Chet.”
114.
What is a palindrome?
115.
Of the 5 pieces on Kind of Blue, Flamenco
Sketches is the only one that really doesn’t have a melody.
116.
Know how Miles handles the Spanish Phrygian
section of Flamenco Sketches differently than Coltrane or Adderley.
117.
Understand the circular nature of Blue in Green
in a general way. Why was it circular in nature?
118.
Who played against the slowest harmonic rhythm
on Blue in Green?
119.
What are the two textural changes that occur on
the coda to Blue in Green?
220.
Know that all the horn players approach the 9th
and 10th measures of the All Blues form with mostly altered extensions
in their improvisations.
221.
Know what happens in the 5th bar of
All Blues. It does not move from G7 to C7 as would be expected. Where does in
go to in bar 5?
222.
What unexpected way does Miles handle the ending
melody on All Blues?
223.
Flamenco Sketches was the only piece from the
two Kind of Blue sessions where two complete takes were done.
224.
Who makes the greatest use of the whole-tone
scale on All Blues?
225.
Which landmark album of Coltrane’s was he
working on during the Kind of Blue sessions? Giant Steps.
226.
Also be familiar with the recordings of Blue in
Green, All Blues and Flamenco Sketches as there will be 13 listening examples.
