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Looking for standards with no accidentals so i can make a strip for my music box
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07-06-2019 02:17 PM
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Long Ago And Far Away.
Check that one.
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close but no cigar
Originally Posted by A. Kingstone
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got one! my romance. anyone else?
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My Romance! That's the one.
Try Confirmation.
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that thing’s got more accidentals than my sister’s nursery Originally Posted by A. Kingstone
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Richard Rodgers seemed to relish the challenge of writing completely diatonic melodies that give the impression of chromatic movement via their relatively complex harmonic backgrounds. The Blue Room is another one. Originally Posted by joe2758
I reckon there'd be a number of tunes from the '20s that would fit the bill. Avalon is one off the top of my head.
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Rodgers' tune, Falling in Love with Love is yet another.
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Irving Berlin was famous for writing many of his tunes using just the white notes on the piano. Check them out. Originally Posted by joe2758
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It was actually the reverse. He never learned to read music and wrote everything in F# major on a special piano with a lever that enabled him to transpose to other keys. Originally Posted by sgcim
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Blue Room. Not an accidental in sight. I presume you mean in the melody.
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"With this piano I was able to transpose into my singing key, or rather to keep it within the range of my voice." So he'd set the key at the start, instead of using it throughout the song. Originally Posted by PMB
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Aren't the Bs flat since it's in the key of F? Originally Posted by ragman1
Blue Room. Not an accidental in sight. I presume you mean in the melody.
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If they weren’t flat they would be marked as accidentals. Originally Posted by DRS
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I may have misunderstood the OPs post. I assumed that he meant his music box only played in C.
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I just need to be able to transpose to C and not have any sharps or flats
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I knew it was something weird like that.... Originally Posted by PMB
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How are you going to put this music strip on the box? Is it a print out? From what? Will it stick? Will it crinkle? Originally Posted by joe2758
Does the strip have to fit the tune being played? Most music boxes just play very simple tunes... why not make your own strip? Or paint it on, maybe.
Not enough information, Joe. Enlighten us.
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it's like this. My Romance is working well so far
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Okay
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Ok so you’ve given up on the guitar then.
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yes; you're welcome Originally Posted by grahambop
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cool, look forward to some bebop solos on the music box.
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what you need is one of these.
30 Note Music Box Set
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lol first diatonic C only bebop soloist
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that's really cool! maybe if i do my romance and blue room my wife will let me buy it Originally Posted by grahambop
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Your first assignment:
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yes I was intrigued with it, I would fancy doing a Bach fugue or something, would probably take me about a year! Originally Posted by joe2758
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omg hahahaha that is great Originally Posted by grahambop
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Loved it, especially the C chord notation over every bar. But those pesky A flats keep popping up! Originally Posted by grahambop
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It might be accidental
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Many songs can be adjusted to diatonic notes only. Originally Posted by joe2758
Alex, from minisax.com, performs lots of songs (in a jazz context) on his 1-octave, diatonic minisax, with no accidentals.
His web-site contains videos of his performances. There is a link on that page to even more videos.
Erik, on eriktheflutemaker.com, also performs songs on his mini sax.
These are definitely sources of songs for you to use for your purpose.
Also, much blues is played on a pentatonic scale, which is a subset of a diatonic scale, with no accidentals.
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So ... you can play My Romance and Blue Room with one of those Bob Dylan harmonica setups.
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