[Dixielandjazz] Dogfight???

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Perhaps we could simplify dogfart for dixieland newbies:
A 4 to 8 bar interlude the purpose of which is to modulate (smoothly)
between two sections having different keys.

--Sheik

>
> On Dec 25, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Jim O'Briant wrote:
>
> In American marches, the term "Dogfight" has a different meaning. It
> refers
> to a interlude in the TRIO section, often characterized by a "call and
> response" -- 4 measures in the bass instruments, with an answer from
> treble
> instruments, the same again (often in a different relative key), and then
> a
> few measures leading into the reprise of the TRIO section....
>
>
> And since a quantity of dixieland standards transmogrified from marches
> (and quadrilles, et alia), Jim's parallel is spot on.
> My £.02
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
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