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Skeletune Haiku

The gauzy, impressionistic vibe of this tune sounds really awful with a change-running approach. I came up with this stripped down paraphrase of the melody today that helps focus improvisation. I’m calling it a skeletune ( skeletal tune ) haiku. It’s mostly half-notes and draws mostly from the original melody:

By the Numbers:

|2 4 | 3 1 | #5 2 | 4 |
|2 4 | 3 1 | #5 2 | 5 |
|6 5 |b2 6,5 |1 6,5| 7|
|5 1 5 7 | 5 b7 5 6 | 2 | 4 |
|2 4 | 3 1 | #5 2 | 4 |
|2 4 | 3 1 | 6 3 | 6 b7|
|7 4| 7 #4 |5 b7 |6 3 |
|4 5| 6 7| 1 | % |

In Eb:

|F Ab | G Eb |B F | Ab |
|F Ab | G Eb |B F | Bb |
|C Bb |E C,Bb |Eb C,Bb| D|
|Bb Eb Bb D |Bb Db Bb C | F | Ab |
|F Ab | G Eb |B F | Ab |
|F Ab | G Eb | C G | C Db|
|D Ab| D A |Bb Db |C G|
|Ab Bb|C D| Eb | % |
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