[Dixielandjazz] Lead Sheets

Gary Lawrence Murphy garym at teledyn.com
Wed Sep 18 18:33:16 PDT 2013


it is often instructive to see more than one lead sheet as they can be
based on different versions, or vary between bare minimum chords to
Aebersold Extravaganzas or be a basic melody vs an exact
transcription.  So it never hurts to have second opinions ;)

On 9/18/13, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Jim makes a very good point:
>
>>snip
> For those of us that do have various books, but occassionally have an
> interest in the odd song that we can't find on our own, this list is
> invaluable for coming up quickly with a lead sheet.
> <snip
>
> I occasionally fall into that category when I have to write a chart on a
> tune I don't have in my library and have found listmates to be generous and
> quick in sharing, which is hugely appreciated by me. Usually I'd just put
> the headphones on and take it down the old-fashioned way, but if the chart
> has to be written in a tight timeframe, it can save a heck of a lot of time
> if I've got an accurate melody line and chords in front of me. I'd certainly
> not wish to undermine the income of listmates who have books out there, but
> I'd hate to see the free exchange of lead sheets disappear from DJML. Some
> of the stuff I take down from recordings just isn't available in most books
> and I'm happy to swap these with listmates.
>
> Ken
>
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