Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Analysis Of Mood Indigo

  • Unconventional instrument use
  • Traditional use of clarinet-high register, trumpet- middle, trombone- low register
  • Duke reverses traditional order of instrument registers, called "mike-tone"
Video: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra plays "Mood Indigo"

  • 0:00-0:15 Duke introduces piece on piano, very fast then slows down, many chords
  • 0:16-0:56 trombones with mutes, assisted by baritone saxophone, soft and slurred
  • 0:57-1:39 clarinet solo, same style as trombones, many quick runs to high notes then slows down
  • 1:40-2:23 trumpet with mute solo
  • 2:24-3:06 Duke on piano, similar runs as clarinet, bass rhythms
  • 3:06-3:57 piano and bass continue, trombone, clarinet, trumpet join in- play solo pieces again
  • 3:58-4:04 closing, all instruments play
  • throughout: bass accompaniment, same riff apparent in different instrument sections
"There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone."

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