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Bye Bye Blues (1930)

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Rank 499
Words and Music David Bennett
Chauncey Gray
Frederick L Hamm
Bert Lown

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Year Rank Title
1930 1 “Body and Soul”
1939 2 “All the Things You Are”
1935 3 “Summertime”
1944 4 “'Round Midnight”
1935 5 “I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937 6 “My Funny Valentine”
1942 7 “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930 8 “What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933 9 “Yesterdays”
1946 10 “Stella by Starlight”

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Half-step pitch discrimination, both melodically and chordally.

Downward leaps good for “crossing the break” work. Excellent base for improvisation and learning to hear an underlying chord structure.

Marty Heresniak, Voice Teacher, Actor, Writer, Singer

Quoted from: Heresniak, Marty and Christopher Woitach, “Changing the Standards -- Alternative Teaching Materials.” Journal of Singing, vol. 58, no. 1, Sep./Oct. 2001.

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David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Frederick L Hamm and Bert Lown

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1930 499 “Bye Bye Blues”

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