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Is there a term for this?

Newby nerdy question: From the original Minor Swing to Giniaux's (and everybody else's I've heard) version of Appel indirect to countless songs in between, there's an eight note/chord coda at the end of the song. You've all played it a jillion times. Let's say it's in A - you start at E, down to D#, then chromatic up to A and bob's yer uncle the song is done. Is there a term for that thing?

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  • Bob HoloBob Holo Moderator
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    Well, generically, I suppose you'd call it a 'tag', but I don't know if it has a name. It probably does.

    Some tags have names, so I suppose that one could. Funny story - A few years ago my brother did a gig in Mexico City - some kind of upscale party - I can't remember what it was. He did the "Shave and a Haircut" tag at the end of a song and it dropped a few jaws. Evidently it means something entirely different there... an Oedipal Epithet to put it politely.
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  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    edited January 2015 Posts: 1,854
    IIRC, on one of Bette Midlers old records from the seventies, maybe "In the Mood" she sings this phrase with the lyrics "Why don't we go somewhere and jive?"

    So if no other term for it shows up, I guess you could call it a "jive" ending...
    Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

    Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."

    Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
  • BonesBones Moderator
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    I think some people call it an 'Ellington ending' or a variation of that???
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    Posts: 1,854
    I googled "Ellington ending" and found this...

    http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Jazz_Endings_Common_Ways_to_Come_to_a_Conclusion

    ..but the one shown there isn't the same one as Double Scotch was asking about.
    Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

    Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."

    Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
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