[Dixielandjazz] Theory question

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

This may exhibit my ignorance of music but that's a term I have never heard.
There are "passing tones" and "passing chords" but I have no idea what a
"guide tone" is.  It sounds something like how I remember a tune.  I
remember the first note of the tune and the first note of the bridge and
everything else falls into place and I think of them as sign posts or guides
but that's my own personal thing and not in the books.

What's the example?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Gates" <keng at iswest.com>
To: "Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:29 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Theory question


> I have a question regarding "guide tones".  How they are
> useful etc.  Off list, of course.  Boring subject for most.
> Anyone?   (I do have a specific example).
>
> Ken Gates
> keng at iswest.com
>
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