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Misty by Erroll Garner

this is a beautiful piece of music. does any body know how the progression goes?

thnx, loveforjazz

by loveforJAZZ on 08/04/2006, 21:30

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by Jazz+ on 08/04/2006, 21:49

thanks alot for that site jazz+

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by loveforJAZZ on 08/04/2006, 21:51

this is my all-time favorite jazz standard. play around with tri-tone subs the second time through the verse, they sound good. and there's lots of ii v i segments to play with. great chart.

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by DoubleZ on 08/05/2006, 12:07

remember, errol garner composed this song in his head on a plane.
he had to remember it until he got off the plane and to a piano.

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by jmkarns on 08/07/2006, 15:02

lol, is that really true?? that's pretty cool.

one of my instructors was telling me how errol garner never formally learned music; everything was by ear. hence, garner's stuff is very musically unique and he really has some cool sounding stuff. with him, it was pretty much just screw music theory, if it sounds good it's right. i like that concept!

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by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 19:20

what do you think i should do to make this song improve (using the misty from the charts page listed up above by jazz+)?

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by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 21:50

are you asking how to play it? the song doesn't really need improving, it's already perfect.

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by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 22:06

i feel like it needs a little more detail.

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by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:07

graner played it in ab, here you can listen to him playing it for a bit.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b000004773/102-0749895-7986545?v=glance&n=5174

notice the chordal accompaniment plays a straight quarter note beat. the right hand plays the melody in octaves with some chord note filled inside the octave at times. he often slightly roles the octaves.

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by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 22:11

something's wrong with my media player.

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by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:15

i like it in c, but i've played that f version too (you know how picky singers are about the key sig). embellishing misty is interesting- when i add to the song, i can't help but overdo it. i admittedly overdo misty whenever i try to add to it. it's tough because i always turn the end of phrases into fermattas, which is good for filling in, but totally breaks the rhythm of the song.

actually, a recording of me playing misty is on my site, <a href="https://www.zachzarrow.com/?r=aim&s=ljp">www.zachzarrow.com</a . check it out if you want to hear my rendition.

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by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 22:22

***wow that got screwed up^^. the address is https://www.zachzarrow.com . that's the last time i try to use html here.

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by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 22:23

that was beautiful doublez. you should write it down and send it to me in pdf format.

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by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:29

thanks a lot, man, glad you thought so. unfortunately, i despise transcribing! not to mention i can never play the same thing the same way twice, lol.

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by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 23:04

erroll played misty in ab because it seems to really lay best there, the chords are right in the middle. eb is lower and muddy, the vocal key for misty. ab is a great key for slow modified stride. i love playing misty in ab because the arrangement of the black keys in ab are like giant braille, you never have to look down at your hands.

the original misty recording in ab as played by erroll garner:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b000004773/102-0749895-7986545?v=glance&n=5174

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by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 23:11

yesss, that's why i love ab, eb, and db, because it just feels comfortable on the hands. they fit the hands very nicely.

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by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 23:21

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Misty by Erroll Garner

There are 16 comments, leave a comment.

by Jazz+ on 08/04/2006, 21:49

by loveforJAZZ on 08/04/2006, 21:51

by DoubleZ on 08/05/2006, 12:07

by jmkarns on 08/07/2006, 15:02

by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 19:20

by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 21:50

by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 22:06

by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:07

by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 22:11

by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:15

by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 22:22

by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 22:23

by loveforJAZZ on 08/07/2006, 22:29

by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 23:04

by Jazz+ on 08/07/2006, 23:11

by DoubleZ on 08/07/2006, 23:21

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