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Leonard Bernstein’s ONE-TWO-THREE theory of melody...

Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
edited June 2020 in Welcome Posts: 1,868

Once you become aware of this pattern you begin to hear it everywhere!

Will

PS This video is from 1962, hence the all-male orchestra...


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."
Buco

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  • edited June 2020 Posts: 92

    Cool. So, it seems the basic melodic pattern is theme, repeat (or slight variation) and then the take off, if I am understanding correctly. If so, this is everywhere in our music. Like in Made in France: theme, slight variation then take off to the B section. Return to the theme in the second A, slight variation, then take off again in the C. This is literally everywhere.

  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    edited June 2020 Posts: 1,868

    Some ONE-TWO-THREE examples from the Beatles...

    ONE: Michelle, ma belle, sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble

    TWO: Michell, my belle, these are words that go together well, my Michelle...

    THREE: I love you! I love you! i LOOOOVE you!


    ONE: You think you lost your love, well I saw her yesterday

    TWO: It’s you she’s thinking of, and she told me what to say

    THREE: She says she loves you! etc


    ONE: Of all the loves I have won or have lost, there is one love I should never have crossed

    TWO: She was a girl in a million my friend, I should’ve known she would win in the end

    THREE: I’m a loser! And I’ve lost some one who’s dear to me, etc.


    ONE: Oh, yeah, I’ll tell you something I think you’ll understand

    TWO: When I say that something

    THREE: I wanna hold your hand!!!!!

    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."
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    Posts: 1,868

    Reinhardt- Grappelli examples... Daphne... Nuages...

    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."
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    Posts: 1,868

    And of course any twelve bar blues follows this pattern to a T...

    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."
  • Posts: 4,962

    I just saw a DC music school video where Frank Vignola talks about his approach to soloing over rhythm changes. He said he's using simple blues riffs and refered to this 1-2-3 melody concept he's using to develop the idea


    billyshakesrudolfochrist
    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Posts: 92

    Very cool

  • billyshakesbillyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E
    Posts: 1,403

    Even the Ramones can figure out this one...

    ONE: We're a happy family

    TWO: We're a happy family

    THREE: We're a happy family, me, Mom, and Daddy!

    Buco
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    Posts: 1,868

    Thanks for the Frank Vignola clip, Buco... what a surprise to hear him mention the same Leonard Bernstein clip we are talking about!

    I’m definitely going to make this one-two-three thing part of my playing... tried it today over a BIAB track for rhythm changes and it felt very natural...

    Buco
    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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