[Dixielandjazz] Bill Bailey last 7 bars

[Tamas Ittzes]

For me, the most important aspect is how many well known tunes use the
last seven bars.  It's the last seven bars which clinches the Bill
Bailey progression.
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Why seven bars? Everybody has been mentioning that darned seven bars.
Sorry folks, but this drives me crazy. Either 8 bars or you can say, 7
bars out of the last 8, excluding the very last one (that could be tonic
or dominant, too). As far as I know, the 32 bars are divided into 4
times 8 bars and as far as harmonical structural identity can be found
in those tunes, the sections that could be treated as units harmonically
are mostly adequate with the form, i.e. you can split them into 2 or 4
or 8 or 16 bar sections. No sense to mention 7 bars. OKOM is a
mathematically simple style. Only a few composers, like Jelly Roll used
those extra "inner extensions" (see Black Bottom Stomp's chorus - it's
20 bars instead of 16, just like Creamer and Layton's After You've
Gone). So, let's stick to the even-numbered bars and let's avoid the
odds. IMHO. Regards,

Tamas
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Tamas ITTZES
violin teacher, ragtime pianist, festival organizer
Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band
Kecskemet Jazz Foundation
Mailing address: H-6001 KECSKEMET, Pf. 652., Hungary
Phone: +36(20)82-447-82
E-mails: tamas at bohemragtime.com, bohem at fibermail.hu
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