Embraceable You (F) - Slow Swing || BACKING TRACK
Head In, Solo x4, Head Out Slow Swing 85 BPM Download a free chord chart for this tune here: https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.c... Check out my page for hundreds more of the best Play-Alongs and Loops in the world! Join me on Patreon for Backing Tracks and Lead Sheets each week, as well as much more: ► / jazzguitarcomprehensive Some notes about the composition as found on https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ Composer: George Gershwin Lyricist: Ira Gershwin Year: 1928 Origin: Premiered in the 1930 Musical Girl Crazy. Style: Almost always approached as a ballad. Form: A-B-A-C (32 Bars) [8-8-8-8] Verse: A-B-C (20 Bars) [8-8-4] Rarely included in performances, an instrumental rendition of the verse can be heard mid-way through first recording by the Majestic Dance Orchestra in 1930. Judy Garland performed a vocal rendition of the verse in the 1943 film adaptation Girl Crazy. Key: Most commonly performed in G Major. It has also been recorded in F by the likes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Sonny Stitt to name a few. Harmony/Overview: The harmony of this composition is functional, remaining mostly diatonic while venturing to new key centers for only brief stints at a time. The main theme begins with IMaj7 - bIIIdim7 - IImi7 and the initial contour of the melody is used as a recurring motif throughout the entire piece. The B section begins on the relative minor and finishes with a I - VI - II - V in V Major. The C section begins on IVMaj7 and proceeds in bars 3-5 with the descending bassline of Emi7 - Emi7/D - C# mi7b5 - Cmi6 - GMaj7/B. The song then reaches it climax with IMaj7 - IImi7 - IIImi7 - IVmi6 while the title of the composition is stated one last time in the lyric. Charlie Parker would later use the changes of this piece as the basis of his tune "Quasimodo". Recordings: This song has been recorded over 570 times to date. It was first recorded by the Majestic Dance Orchestra in 1930. It was originally composed for the 1928 operetta East Is West which ultimately never came to fruition. It was finally introduced by Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy. The musical was later adapted to film in 1943 and the song was featured by Judy Garland alongside Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, helping to make it become a favorite amongst audiences. It eventually found its way into the repertoire of many prominent jazz musicians and it continues to be one of the most popular torch songs in the repertoire. JGC Top Picks: Charlie Parker, Bird at St. Nicks, 1950 Herbie Hancock, Gershwin’s World, 1998 Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes, 2000 Please consider supporting this channel through a donation, https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jazzg... Be sure to subscribe to my main channel: / @jazzguitarcomprehensive As well as JGC History to trace the lineage of some of the most important compositions in jazz: / @jgchistory The World's Premier Site for Jazz Guitar Education and Beyond https://www.jazzguitarcomprehensive.com/ #EmbraceableYou #JazzBackingTracks #CharlieParker
