All Of Me in original Key

yevetz · #1 09-01-2010, 01:10 PM

Hello! Guys I can't find a harmony of AOM in google. Do someone have it in original key?

Thanks

BigDaddyLoveHandles · #2 09-01-2010, 01:19 PM

Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks - All Of Me | Wikifonia

I think that's the original key - C. If not, the top of the page has transposing buttons for Bb and Eb instruments, and closer to the bottom of the page is a transposing option into any key.

yevetz · #3 09-01-2010, 01:19 PM

Thanks

BigDaddyLoveHandles · #4 09-01-2010, 01:21 PM

You're welcome. I don't know if that site, Wikifonia, is legal, but it is handy!

larry graves · #5 09-01-2010, 02:04 PM

C is the key,the tune's so simple you should'nt need any score for it, unless of course your just learning the guitar,

yevetz · #6 09-01-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by larry graves

C is the key,the tune's so simple you should'nt need any score for it, unless of course your just learning the guitar,

thanks, I am not learning guitar but I am newbie into jazz, and I am not experienced to get a tune by ear, it's my weak side

SwingSwangSwung · #7 09-01-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks - All Of Me | Wikifonia

I think that's the original key - C. If not, the top of the page has transposing buttons for Bb and Eb instruments, and closer to the bottom of the page is a transposing option into any key.

On bar 27 of that chart, you can try substituting

|Em7 |

with

|Em7 C6 |

yevetz · #8 09-03-2010, 01:42 AM

Thanks I'll try it

Eddie Lang · #9 09-05-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by yevetz

Hello! Guys I can't find a harmony of AOM in google. Do someone have it in original key?

Thanks

I have always seen this song in C, but Bb was the original key.

Vaudeville star Belle Baker introduced it to the public in 1931 and it was in Bb. Later that year, Ruth Etting recorded it in Bb and also Paul Whiteman and His Orchesra with Mildred Bailey on vocals, once again in Bb.

@ Big Daddy, thanks for Wikifonia. I didn't know about it and it seems great at first glance.

Eddie Lang · #10 09-05-2010, 03:34 PM

Ok, I just checked in my vintage sheet music collection. I two sheets of All Of Me, both the same, both from 1931, only one has Belle Baker on the cover and the other one Paul Whiteman.

Although they recorded the song in Bb, the sheet music is in C. At the time, ukulele was big and they had ukulele chord diagrams on sheet music instead of guitar chord diagrams. C is certainly more ukulele friendly than Bb.

yevetz · #11 09-05-2010, 04:41 PM

Thanks a ton mate

whatswisdom · #12 12-28-2011, 02:56 PM

Anyone familiar with Lee Konitz's version of "All of Me" from his album Motion (with Elvin Jones & Sonny Dallas)? I've been listening to it but can't relate it to the familar melody. I know that Konitz plays with a lot of freedom and doesn't even play the head on some tracks but I can't make out what he's doing on "All of Me." This is not a put down as I love his playing. I thought that maybe there was another standard with the same name. Any insights?

brad4d8 · #13 12-29-2011, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

You're welcome. I don't know if that site, Wikifonia, is legal, but it is handy!

From their home page:
>Author rights of copyrighted music are compensated.<
and:
>Select a license such as Creative Commons.<
So it would appear to be legal.
Brad

brad4d8 · #14 12-29-2011, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by whatswisdom

Anyone familiar with Lee Konitz's version of "All of Me" from his album Motion (with Elvin Jones & Sonny Dallas)? I've been listening to it but can't relate it to the familar melody. I know that Konitz plays with a lot of freedom and doesn't even play the head on some tracks but I can't make out what he's doing on "All of Me."

I just pulled it up on Youtube, and agree about no head, but it sounds like the bass is playing pretty strait ahead changes, maybe try isolating the bass and see what he's doing. I'll see if I can when I have a little more time.
Brad
PS FWIW, I studied with Lee for about a year when I was playing alto more than guitar.

whatswisdom · #15 12-29-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by brad4d8

I studied with Lee for about a year when I was playing alto more than guitar.

Brad - Thanks a lot for your reply. Lucky you to have had that experience! My buddy saw him earlier this year in Washington. Konitz opened the set by playing one note; telling the audience to sing the note; and then improvising for 10 minutes over the audience pedal. I'll listen more closely again to "All of Me." Motion is one of the hottest albums I've ever heard. Elvin Jones is amazing on it!

TruthHertz · #16 12-29-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by whatswisdom

Anyone familiar with Lee Konitz's version of "All of Me" from his album Motion (with Elvin Jones & Sonny Dallas)? I've been listening to it but can't relate it to the familar melody.

It's pretty solidly All Of Me, but you do need to know the tune well enough to know exactly what his commentary is referring to, if you get my point. Many times his phrases will not begin on the 1st beat, and it goes by pretty quickly.
Listen for key points in the piece, Dom7 that goes to the VI for instance.
Yes, I'm listening to it right now, what a great solo! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Listen for cues in his phrasing for when the changes are going by, a change in direction or a leap to a new phrase will help cue you in to a bar line with a change.
Great ear training!
David

whatswisdom · #17 12-29-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TruthHertz

It's pretty solidly All Of Me... Many times his phrases will not begin on the 1st beat... Listen for key points in the piece, Dom7 that goes to the VI for instance...a change in direction or a leap to a new phrase will help cue you in to a bar line with a change.Great ear training!

Thank you. Very helpful indeed. Looking forward to checking it out again on the drive home...

Chet Force · #18 12-31-2011, 11:29 AM

What I would like to find is a chart with Freddie Greens drop2 changes to AOM. I'm trying to learn the 4/4 drop2 style. I've got a lot of the chords down, just need guidence on where and how to apply them.

Chet

Rontogeny · #19 12-31-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie Lang

Ok, I just checked in my vintage sheet music collection. I two sheets of All Of Me, both the same, both from 1931, only one has Belle Baker on the cover and the other one Paul Whiteman.

Although they recorded the song in Bb, the sheet music is in C. At the time, ukulele was big and they had ukulele chord diagrams on sheet music instead of guitar chord diagrams. C is certainly more ukulele friendly than Bb.

Thanks for posting this, "Eddie" (not the original Eddie Lang, I hope). I never knew AOM had a verse. This is also the first reference I've seen to the "Banjolele banjo" which is an instrument my great uncle left to me with all of his 1920s fraternity brothers' autographs on the drum.

I also appreciated the pointer to the Youtube version of Lee Konitz's version (and the discussion of it). It's easier to "hear" the melody when the various players trade 4s, and then 2s, late in the song -- sax does the start of the melody, drums take the second 4, etc.

Ron