Re. [Dixielandjazz] The Bridge

[Patrick Cooke]

Begin the Beguine fits no standard pattern...One chorus of the tune is well
over 100 bars....I lost the ability to count that high a few years ago.
Each 'A' strain is 32 bars, then the "bridge" is 32 bars, another 32 bars
after that, and just when you finally think it's going to end, it goes "Oh
yes, let them begin the beguine! Make them plaaaayyyy...which goes on for
another 32 bars, and with a 16 bar double ending you lose count.....Let's
see, where did I put that calculator?
   I used to play with a piano player who played 3 entire choruses. By the
time he was done, so was I.
   Pat Cooke


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Re. [Dixielandjazz] The Bridge


>
>
> Bill Gunter wrote: (polite snip)
>
> > Ps . . . the "bridge" is simply the third eight.
>
> While that might be the case in many popular songs adapted to jazz,
> there are
> also many songs that either don't have a third eight, or a when they do,
the
> third eight is not really a bridge. Besides "Indiana" there are "Chimes
Blues",
> (in fact just about all blues) "Copenhagen", "Panama", "After You've
Gone",
> "Darktown Strutter's Ball", "Up A Lazy River", "Flee As A Bird", "Didn't
He
> Ramble", "Muskrat Ramble", "Ja Da", "Struttin With Some BBQ", "South",
"Love
> Songs Of The Nile",  etc.  (and "Somebody Stole My Gal" with it's 40
measure
> chorus)
>
> For the song's third eight to be a proper bridge, the song construction
> probably has to be "aaba" with each section being 8 measures. There must
be
> at least 500 songs that do not fit this pattern. Anybody care to start a
list?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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