[Dixielandjazz] Collision at the bridge

David W. Littlefield dwlit at cpcug.org
Thu Apr 7 11:50:47 PDT 2005


If played in F, then Db. Please note that the "standard" key (which is also
the original key), at least among non-dixielanders, is *G*, in which case Eb. 

BTW, it's from 1931, and was revived in 1968 by Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas
and the Papas)

--Sheik

At 04:42 PM 04/07/05 +0100, Louis Lince wrote:
>No contest............ it's Db.

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ken Gates" <keng at iswest.com>
>> "Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a lovely song from 193x.
>> Last night at a small jam session sixteen bars went nicely
>> until the bridge was met with a Db chord from one source
>> and with a D chord from another (starting with the key of F).
>> No time for debate---the next tune was called quickly.
>> 
>> Wondering what the preference is from listmates.
>> And it is just a matter of preference, or is there a "correct"
>> key change?
>> 
>> Ken Gates 





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