Again, there is no list of songs in the "American Standards" that have chord progressions requiring more resolution than 4 chord changes per 'unit', 'cell', or 'measure'. I don't think I need to open any book. I do have all the Mantooth books and most of them are dog eared and falling apart from use, I something from them every day. I thought at first maybe Elmer's tune, but I pulled that out and I'm just remembering my embellishing some runs, but it's just a shell game at that point.

Several songs in my memory ring a bell but each time I check one out it's just my brain making up more or less chromatic things that imply chords.

That said things differ when you get to 12/8 or some other time sigs you don't find often in the standard repetoire.


John Conley
Musica est vita