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:
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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.
John Link
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