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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)
  "So What" (Miles Davis)--opening "theme"
  =========
  -- comp. Miles Davis & Bill Evans (from _Kind_of_Blue_, 1959)
    -- guitar arr., tcg, '8?, '94
    -- 4/4 // Keys: Dm; Ebm // Allegro
                                                      __3__
    -- eighth notes (1 &) are "swing" 8ths: closer to 1 & & . . . .
                                                      DAH duh
    -- what follows is the opening of the tune (after some Debussy-esque 
        ad-lib piano diddling by Evans), apparently the only pre-composed
        part of the song; it's a neat interplay of bluesy bass and quartal
        piano chords, both integrated into the following guitar "arrangement":
   
  Form (32-bar): ||: A (8 measures) - A (8) - B (8) - A (8) :||
   
  {pick-up measure}  A::    Em7/11 Dm7/11                         Em7/11 Dm7/11
  -----------------||----------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  -----------------||----------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|
  -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  ----------5-/7---||--5==-----7==---5--|----------5-/7----|--5-------7==---5-|
  --3/5-7-8------8-||-------------------|--3/5-7-8------8--|----5==-----------|
  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  
   
                            Em7/11 Dm7/11                         Em7/11 Dm7/11
  |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  |------------------|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
  |----------5-/7----|-5==-----7==---5--|---5/7--/7--/7-5==|==5==-----7==---5-|
  |--3/5-7-8------8--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
   
   __________________ __________________
  | 1.     [repeat A]| 2.       [to B->]
  |-----------------||------------------|-
  |-----------------||------------------|-
  |----------------o||------------------|-
  |----------------o||------------------|-
  |----------5-/7---||----------6-/8----|-
  |--3/5-7-8------8-||--4/6-8-9------9--|-
   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &
   
  B::    Fm7/11 Ebm7/11                        Fm7/11 Ebm7/11
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
  |---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|------------------|
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|------------------|
  |-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------6-/8----|
  |------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--4/6-8-9------9--|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &
   
         Fm7/11 Ebm7/11                        Fm7/11 Ebm7/11          [to A->]
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|-----------------||
  |---------9==---7--|------------------|----------9==---7-|-----------------||
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o||
  |---------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|----------------o||
  |-6==-----8==---6--|----------6-/8----|--6-------8==---6-|----------5-/7---||
  |------------------|--4/6-8-9------9--|----6==-----------|--3/5-7-8------8-||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &
   
  ----------------
  ... rest of tune a free-form improv over the same A-A-B-A 32-bar form: two 
  8-bar sections ("A-A") of Dm dorian, 8 bars of Ebm dorian ("B"), and 8 more 
  bars ("A") of Dm dorian. The bass starts "walking," the piano comps/
  ad-libs quartal-modal chord voicings, and Miles & the other horn players
  take leads in Dm & Ebm Dorian. (Dorian in Dm: d-e-f-g-a-b-c-d; Eb Dorian
  a half-step higher). . . . Here's the start of Miles' lead, to give you a
  better idea (note that the D dorian scale "fits" whether the chord is Dm7/11
  or Em7/11: both consist of notes from this very scale)--
   
  {pick-up}  A::
  -10=====-||------------------|------------------|------>
  ---------||------------------|------10-8----10--|-------
  ---------||--7============---|--10--------------|--7-7===
  ---------||------------------|------------------|---------
  ---------||------------------|------------------|----------
  ---------||------------------|------------------|----------->
   3 & 4 &     1   2   3   4     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     1 & 2 &
 
 
    |
  --:--tcg
    )