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CHAPTER 1 MELODIC CONSIDERATIONS

EXERCISE
On the lead sheet of “Strays,” identify and label:

1. the main motif (circle it each time it occurs)

2. breath phrases (with curved lines)

3. the antecedent and consequent phrases (with brackets)

1 Strays (for Billy Strayhorn)

Ted Pease
Ballad
E 7( 9, 11) F 6/9 E 7( 9, 11) F 6/9
1 2 3 3 4

3 3

1 2
To Coda
B7( 9, 11) B 6/9 G 7( 9, 11) F 7 FMaj7 F 7 FMaj7
5 6 7 8 9

3
3 3

D 6/9 B –7 E –7 A 7( 9) D Maj7 D 7
10 11 3 12 3 13
3

D.C. al Coda
E 6/9 C–7 F–7 B 7( 9) E Maj7 DMaj7 D Maj7 CMaj7 F 7
3
14 3 3 15 16 17

Coda
F 7 FMaj7