Lesson 1 Group 2. Cotton Tail Composed by Duke Ellington. This version is from Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.

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1 Lesson 1 Goup 2 Cotton Tail Composed y Duke Ellington. This vesion is fom Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgeald and Duke Ellington. Leste Leaps In Composed y Leste Young. This vesion is fom Chalie Pake, Chalie Pake: azz at the Philhamonic Wam Up: Apeggiate the tiads of the chod pogession to Rhythm Changes (oksheet). Play the dominant9 chod tones ( ) using the azz Poem (oksheet). Play sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Root Pogession in sequence (oksheet). Lesson: Lean Cotton Tail and Leste Leaps In. Impovise y paaphasing the melody, using tiads on the A sections and dominant9 chods on the idge (B section), and impovise y using iffs that ae discussed in class. Theoy Concept: Discuss melodic and hamonic intevals (unison/pime, 2 nd, 3 d, 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th and 8 th /octave). Intoduce dotted eight notes and dotted eight note ests and the 5/4 time signatue. Sight ead moe complex and syncopated hythms (oksheet). Discuss the #IVo7 sustitution (I-I7-IV-#IVo7 ). The #IVo7 chod is a sustitution fo the IV chod. Discuss the Tunaound iii7-vi7/ ii7-v7/ I. Ea Taining: Sing the oots and tiads on the A sections and dominant7 on the idge. Students ill e tested on the chod pogession to Rhythm Changes played out of sequence. Goal: Memoize Cotton Tail and Leste Leaps In. Impovise feely y paaphasing the melody/iffs and playing the hamony (playing on the chods).

2 Cottontail Duke Ellington B c... D min G min. n. E o E G min # # n n Ó. B ( 2nd X) 1 2 B # Ó D 7 D 7 C 7 C 7 B.. D min G min. n. E o E B # # n ( ) B # Ó

3 Leste Leaps In Leste Young B c. B. Ó E 6 E min7 B /F ( 2nd X) 1. 2 B D 7 D 7 C 7 C 7 B B. Ó E 6 E min B

4 Cottontail/Leste Leaps In - asic 7th/6th chod voicings ith invesions Piano B ma7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 E 6 E o 7 B ma7/f Gm7 Cm7F7 c n B ma7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 E 6 E o 7 n B ma7/f F7 B ma7 D7 # D7 # G7 n n C7 n C7 n B ma7 Gm7 Cm7 Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 E 6 E o 7 B ma7/f Gm7 Cm7 F7 n. Advanced chod voicings (ochestated). B ma9 Gm9 Dm7 Gm9 B 6 B 13 E 6 # # Eo7(9) B ma9 Gm9. n B ma9 Gm9 Dm7 Gm9 B 6 B 13 E 6 # # Eo7(9) B ma9 F13 B ma9 n

5 Cottontail - Piano (pg. 2) D13 n n # D13 n n # G13 n G13 n C13 n C13 n F13 F13? n n B ma9 Gm9 Cm9 F13 Dm7 Gm9 B 6 B 13 E 6 # # Eo7(9) B ma9 Gm9 n - 2 -

6 Cottontail/Leste Leaps In (apeggiate chods on the fom) c B ma7 E 6 o E 7 n D m7 B ma7 B ma7 D m7 E 6 o E 7 n B ma7 B ma7 D7 # # C7 B ma7 D m7 E 6 o E 7 n B ma7

7 Bidge to Cottontail/Leste Leaps In dom9 ( ) on the azz Poem D 9 c # Ó #. 3 3 Ó #.. G 9 Ó. 3 3 Ó.. C 9 Ó. 3 3 Ó.. F 9 Ó. 3 Ó 3..

8 Root Pogession Sections 1-3 Section 1-1/2 steps ascending c # # # # # Section 2 - hole-steps descending # Section 3-1/2 step/hole-step ascending # # # 1/2 step/hole-step descending n

9 Melodic intevals (apeggiated) 1. Melodic and hamonic intevals dotted eighth notes, dotted eighth ests, 5/4 time signatue unison/pime 2nd 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 1/8/octave 4 4 Hamonic intevals (played togethe) 2. unison/pime 2nd 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 1/8/octave Clap hythmns c c Ó Ó

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