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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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    here's D7 going to Db. They are probably in most lead sheets in the "real book."
    Examples of tritone substitutions in music?-maxresdefault-jpg

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by ragman1
    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.
    Oh okay, that's what i thought he meant by lead sheet. That D7(should be D9 imo) in bar 7 is almost mandatory as part of the tune. I don't think it's in the original though. I can barely hear anything else there.

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by ragman1
    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.
    No I was talking about Body and soul. I do have the original for that, but don't have it for Satin Doll (yet. I collect it). I'll take a look, but I'm thinking it isn't a tritone sub

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    Quote Originally Posted by joe2758
    No I was talking about Body and soul. I do have the original for that, but don't have it for Satin Doll (yet. I collect it). I'll take a look, but I'm thinking it isn't a tritone sub
    Satin Doll? I'd say so. The Db7 comes after a D7 and before a C. Just where you'd put a G7 :-)

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by joe2758
    No I was talking about Body and soul. I do have the original for that, but don't have it for Satin Doll (yet. I collect it). I'll take a look, but I'm thinking it isn't a tritone sub
    For Body and Soul and bar 2 I like using: Am7, D7b9 instead of an Ab chord (and I never liked the sound of D7 there).