You were never lovelier - Kern, Mercer - Ukulel chord-melody w. pdf

Описание: You were never lovelier - J. Kern, J. Mercer (1942). A wonderful and little known tune by Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in the Columbia Musical Production “You were never lovelier” with Adolphe Menjou and Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra. Bonus: Fred sings the verse! Second Hand Songs has just a few besides Astaire: Turner Layton, Andrea Marcovicci, Mary Cleere Haran, George Dvorsky, Victor Silvester, Winifred Atwell. Philip Green, Peter Mintun, Ralph Sharon. The version by Mary Cleere Haran is outstanding.

Uke key: G. 16-bar verse in 4-bar phrases. The second phrase has this E minor - B minor alternation which is very attractive, since the E minor sounds like a modal tonic, but turns out in retrospect to have been iv of B minor. Phrase 3 turns to a single chord, B major, in a sort of fanfare gesture, with phrase 4 turning back to B minor for three bars, only to end on a D7 to lead into the chorus. A very adroit and dramatic bit of tone painting, which should clearly NOT be skipped by anyone interested in this song.

Chorus: 32 bars ABAB, or better: A1 B1 A2 B2, with a few bars added to make an ending. Note the D# in the tune in bars 2 & 3, first harmonized as a appogiatura and then as an enharmonically spelled Eb = D# in bar 3. The Eb7 in bar 3 is a tritone sub for an A7b5, but the whole 8-bar chunk is squarely in the home key. The two B sections line up for a few bars, but where the first one has a deflected cadence at “To light your face” (IV V / iii vi) the second B section changes this into an A7, to bring in the highest note, A, at “Honor bright.” Beautifully constructed melody. Does anyone ever say “honor bright” anymore?

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