Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore".
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Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: Don't Get Around Much Anymore.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942.
Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's own band, reached No. 1 on the R&B chart in the US in 1943. Both were top-ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray. The Duke Ellington version reached No. 8 on the pop chart (wikiwand)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore is an AABA song form.
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore is an AABA song form.
( V of VI)
( V of V)
( V of V)
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Key of C 4/4
Pickup | G7 |
[: C | C | A7 | A7 |
1._____________________________
| D7 | Dm7 G7 | C | G7 :]
2.____________________________
| C | C7 | F | F#dim |
| C | Gm7 C7 | F | F#m7b5 B7 |
| Em D7 | G7 || C | C |
| A7 | A7 | D7 | Dm7 G7 |
| C | C |
lead leadsheet.Minimal roadmap information such as repeats, fine, D.S., D.C., and codas has been used in preparing the worksheets to somewhat mirror the leadsheet in the Daily Ukulele book.
Yellow Book. You should start to recognize that 1st endings typically always return to a previous verse or an
section. With a 2nd ending, a transition to a different part of the song, a 
or chorus. Harmonic Principles are used for these repeats and transitions.- Don't Get Around Much Anymore is in 4/4, Common Time and the Key of G .
- The Original key for Don't Get Around Much Anymore is Key of C .
- Full Diatonic
- Partial Diatonic • Full Diatonic includes Secondary Dominant chords
- Internal Modulation
- Chromatic
Contemporary Scales: Minor Pent: Minor Pentatonic, Pent: Major Pentatonic, Blues,
Scale/Mode Names: Ion: Ionian (Major), Dor: Dorian (Minor), Phrygian: Phrygian, Lyd: Lydian, Mix: Mixolydian (Dominant), Aeol: Aeolian (Natural Minor), Loc: Locrian
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. The tune was originally titled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Ellington in 1940 as a big band instrumental. Russell's lyrics and the new title were added in 1942.
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