A while back I was reading about a Real Book that includes the verses
to the tunes but can't remember it's name. Does anyone know what I'm
talking about?
On 2020-10-22 19:11:47 +0000, charlieguitar said:
A while back I was reading about a Real Book that includes the verses
to the tunes but can't remember it's name. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
No, I do not. Was "a while back" like six years or something?
Sher Publications "New Real Book - Standards" has quite a few of those verses.
A while back I was reading about a Real Book that includes the verses to the tunes but can't remember it's name. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Not quite as convenient, but I don't think I've ever googled lyrics and
not found them.
On 2020-10-23 17:01:32 +0000, John said:
Not quite as convenient, but I don't think I've ever googled lyrics andHe's not talking about "lyrics" but what use to be called the "verse",
not found them.
that introductory part of a Broadway tune that allowed the singer to
get upstage, the lights to shift, etc. What Ira Gershwin use to call
"the vest".
On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:48:54 PM UTC-7, Gerry wrote:
On 2020-10-23 17:01:32 +0000, John said:
Not quite as convenient, but I don't think I've ever googled lyrics andHe's not talking about "lyrics" but what use to be called the "verse",
not found them.
that introductory part of a Broadway tune that allowed the singer to
get upstage, the lights to shift, etc. What Ira Gershwin use to call
"the vest".
Aha. Just think, I actually learned something. Sorry for the bandwidth.
On 2020-10-24 17:25:59 +0000, John said:They were show tunes remember and the verse was a part of the the play that usually introduced whatever was being expressed in the main body of the tune. Sometimes the verse was better than the tune that it introduced. I remember years ago there was a
On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:48:54 PM UTC-7, Gerry wrote:
On 2020-10-23 17:01:32 +0000, John said:
Not quite as convenient, but I don't think I've ever googled lyrics and >>> not found them.He's not talking about "lyrics" but what use to be called the "verse",
that introductory part of a Broadway tune that allowed the singer to
get upstage, the lights to shift, etc. What Ira Gershwin use to call
"the vest".
Aha. Just think, I actually learned something. Sorry for the bandwidth.For well over 70 years folk songs and the pop and rock songs that
followed them used the terms "verse" for the part of the lyric this
isn't repeated, and "chorus" for the repeated part. Your mistake was
only in the narrow context of Broadway tunes of a certain period. I
think they did away with this by the 60's.
The reason Ira Gershwin called it "the vest" was this: It's not a
jacket, it's not a shirt, what the hell it is it? It's the totally superflous and unnecessary part.
And as sheet music proves, it is as thoroughly forgotten as a publisher
can make it.
On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 11:33:11 PM UTC-4, Gerry wrote:lot of argument in this group as to whether they should be called verses at all (how could there be a second verse etc.). Anyway thanks to Gerry, Joey (long time no see)and John for the advice on books. Charlie
On 2020-10-24 17:25:59 +0000, John said:
On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:48:54 PM UTC-7, Gerry wrote:
On 2020-10-23 17:01:32 +0000, John said:
Not quite as convenient, but I don't think I've ever googled lyrics andHe's not talking about "lyrics" but what use to be called the "verse", >> that introductory part of a Broadway tune that allowed the singer to
not found them.
get upstage, the lights to shift, etc. What Ira Gershwin use to call
"the vest".
Aha. Just think, I actually learned something. Sorry for the bandwidth.For well over 70 years folk songs and the pop and rock songs that
followed them used the terms "verse" for the part of the lyric this
isn't repeated, and "chorus" for the repeated part. Your mistake was
only in the narrow context of Broadway tunes of a certain period. I
think they did away with this by the 60's.
The reason Ira Gershwin called it "the vest" was this: It's not a
jacket, it's not a shirt, what the hell it is it? It's the totally superflous and unnecessary part.
And as sheet music proves, it is as thoroughly forgotten as a publisher can make it.They were show tunes remember and the verse was a part of the the play that usually introduced whatever was being expressed in the main body of the tune. Sometimes the verse was better than the tune that it introduced. I remember years ago there was a
A while back I was reading about a Real Book that includes the verses to the tunes but can't remember it's name. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
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