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 ever heard outside of that octave is
obviously embellishment, and not the composed melody.
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