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Hi all,
I hope this is the right forum for this question...
Does anyone know of examples of tritone substitutions in printed scores or lead sheets? (I'm doing a video presentation on augmented sixth chords and wanted to include an example from jazz.) Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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04-10-2019 05:54 PM
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Check out Sippin' At Bells, tritone subs bars 4 and 10 Miles Davis "Sippin' at Bells" Sheet Music (Piano Solo) in F Major - Download & Print - SKU: MN0129609
PK
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here's D7 going to Db. They are probably in most lead sheets in the "real book."
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Well done, Joe. Presumably the OP means tritone subs which are actually written in by the composer, not ones that we might sub for ourselves.
I was racking my brains a bit, it has to be said. Satin Doll has the Db7 instead of G7, I think.
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Just for fun, I did a quick search for examples of tritone subs in “classical” music. I found this mention of Chopin's Prelude #8.
Chopin's Prelude #8
That’s not to suggest that Chopin thought of them as tritone subs, but perhaps they served a similar purpose in allowing some chromaticism in the melody?
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Oh, there's tons of it in classical music. The Wiki sites have quite a few examples.
Tritone - Wikipedia
Tritone substitution - Wikipedia
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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The Db7 (or Abm7/Db7) is in every sheet I've seen. What was the original?
We're talking about Satin Doll, bar 6, I assume.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by joe2758
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Thanks a lot everyone! I'll link my video about +6 vs tritone sub for anyone interested, when I'm done with it. (Those chords actually differ in both theory and practice.) It's dry theory for most, but some people like it.
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Girl from Impanema is another one that jumps on my mind when thinking about "composed" tritone-subs.
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Originally Posted by joe2758
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