Piece: “All day long” Composer: Duke Ellington
Time
Episode/Measure
Featured Elements
Notes
Intro
Brass Shout+Reed
Unison underneath
Fdim/C~C
altered~C7sus sound,
gradually decrease
tension
0:10-1:01
Solo muted trumpet
melody; Form: ABAC
Bone+saxes
background
RS: AB in 2-feel; AC in
walking
1:01-1:55
Arranger’s chorus;
Form: ABAC
Sax soli with brass hits
call and response
Soli with drop 2 double
voicing
1:56- 2:09
First A of shout chorus
Trumpet close voicing
tutti+Trombone
unison+Sax unison
background
Inactive sax lines(very
rare to see)
2:10-2:21
B of the shout chorus
Trumpet octave
unison+bones&sax tutti
kicks over time
Break in the end of
section
2:21-2:34
A
Brass soli+sax unison
trading melody;
Setting up density begin
with sax unison
2:34
C
Sax soli+trombone
unison with trumpet
harmonized kicks
Increasing notes and
density(sax and trumpet
both harmonized)
2:34-end
Outro.
Reed brass all in tutti,
all harmonized
Maximum density and
volume(all harmonized)