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<div dir="ltr">Subject: [Dixielandjazz] a sensible set list<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Rocky wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">>>Interspersing fast, medium tempo, and slow music (so that you don't play<br>
too many of the same tempo in a row) is very important. <br>
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And Jim wrote:</div>
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>>We go a step further and make sure we don?t follow a tune in F, for example,<br>
with another song in F. Dunno if it makes a difference to the audience, but<br>
it helps the band not end up mixing one tune with another. Try playing an<br>
up-tempo Margie followed by Avalon, for instance, and you?ve got a good<br>
chance of some band member slipping back into playing Margie during his<br>
solo!! Not really the best of examples, as we wouldn?t probably ever follow<br>
one fast tune by another, but the mixing of tunes has happened to the best<br>
of us (if you?re willing to admit it!)<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Extreme example of mixing up tunes: In the seventies the Queen City Jazz Band (Denver) started out playing Coal Cart Blues. When we got to the trio, everybody looked around at each other as we realized that along the way we had seamlessly moved into Sidewalk Blues. When we were done, we announced what had happened and elected to try it again. This time Coal Cart Blues arrived at the trio as Riverside Blues. Not having learned our lesson, we tried it again. Upon reaching the trio, Coal Cart Blues had morphed into yet another number, which I have mercifully forgotten. Since the third time had not been the charm, we moved on to something else. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Other criteria for constructing a set list: </div>
<div dir="ltr">Follow a multi-strain number (Fidgety Feet, say) with a 32-bar song. Or a Blues. </div>
<div dir="ltr">Similar but not quite the same: mix structured numbers with those that allow more stretching-out room for your soloists. </div>
<div dir="ltr">Don't do consecutive songs by the same band or same composer (so your tune announcer isn't as likely to have to repeat her- or him-self). </div>
<div dir="ltr">Don't do back-to-back numbers by the same vocalist. This of course doesn't apply if you are bringing up a featured vocalist in mid-set.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Maurie Walker</div>
<div dir="ltr">Semi-retired Queen City banjoist</div>
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