My understanding, my music, and the only way I've heard Summertime performed, is
that the last note of the piece goes up an octave:
Sta - and - in by -
F#-e d d-b -8va: b
Susan
----- Original Message -----
From: John Link
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [vocalist] Barbara Hendricks sings Gershwin
I wrote:
>The first phrase ("Summertime, and the livin' is easy") starts on
>the fifth of the key and descends an octave. I believe that that is
>the entire range of the song. At least it is the only way I've
>heard anybody sing the melody.
I meant that anything I've heard outside of that range has been
embellishment, not the composed melody.
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