...which most probably yet might have been coming from tape in the original Rainbow Theatre performance.
Best regards!
01 - If I Fell - The Beatles (at 0:19 on the word "just"
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
01 - If I Fell - The Beatles (at 0:19 on the word "just"
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
13 - My Generation - The Who (begins in G, moves to A, then Bb and ends in C)
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
13 - My Generation - The Who (begins in G, moves to A, then Bb and ends in C)
I'm shocked and somewhat disappointed so far by some of the responses to this list. Do you actually hear key changes in that free form jazz? I certainly can't. Perhaps if I were a savant I might discern some semblance of key change in that a-melodic free-for-all where everyone plays whatever they want, whenever they want. I'd be surprised if that tune even has a time signature let alone a key signature. Out To Lunch is a good title for that one because I really think they all are.
When I chose this category for the list I worried it might be too easy because I could have done the whole list myself with just American pop songs. No need to use any classical pieces. I chose the first Beatle's "If I Fell" because it's a little difficult to hear at first. It happens at an odd place. In the middle of a phrase with a half step up, E to F. As a teenager I idolized the Beatles as most of my piers did. I would try to figure out the cord changes to their songs. But this one threw me a curve with that modulation. And when I finally realized what they were doing it was an epiphany of sorts that got burned into my memory banks. Part of what made their compositions so great. (and them so rich) Probably my first real experience with key change.
Number 14 is an example of a very easy to hear triple modulation. Each verse goes up.
01 - If I Fell - The Beatles (at 0:19 on the word "just"
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
13 - My Generation - The Who (begins in G, moves to A, then Bb and ends in C)
14 - How High's The Water Mamma - Johnny Cash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8
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01 - If I Fell - The Beatles (at 0:19 on the word "just"
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
13 - My Generation - The Who (begins in G, moves to A, then Bb and ends in C)
14 - How High's The Water Mamma - Johnny Cash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8
15 - Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick - Like so many of Burt Bacharach wonderful tunes, there is a shift in chords, shifts from major to minor, shifts in tempo, shifts in emotion. Many of his tunes could fit this theme, I just chose one of the six or so I just listened to, because I liked the clip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDblF-J6qvY Great stuff!
Someone else pick please...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDblF-J6qvY
02 - 16 Days Gathering Dust - This Mortal Coil - https://youtu.be/_0ioEa4f9n0 ( 09:01 )
03 - Quicksand - David Bowie ( 1: 10 )
04 - Telstar - The Tornados
05 - Morning Star - Philip Sayce ( 2.42 solo start till 3.03 solo end (first part)
06 - La Villa Strangiato - Rush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo (too many to list where)
07 - Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (three keys in the opening riff, each one a whole step apart from the proceeding one, and yet another key in the main song)
08 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul Mc Cartney (over 12 I think between vocals and instruments) I always thought this pop song? to be a masterpiece of modern musical expression) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmMCEYpBRc
09 - Decent Changes - Klaus Schulze
( I know that there are at least 2 key changes, but as it is over 30 minutes long I haven't been able to pin down the exact places where they occur )
10 - Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgJP-_ldpQ
11 - Wreck - Gentle Giant (unison bass and synth intro in B flat major, most of the song in A major, the baroque style part in the middle in yet another key)
12 - Il re del circo - Museo Rosenbach (The king of the circus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcsF_lAauI)
13 - My Generation - The Who (begins in G, moves to A, then Bb and ends in C)
14 - How High's The Water Mamma - Johnny Cash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8
15 - Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick - Like so many of Burt Bacharach wonderful tunes, there is a shift in chords, shifts from major to minor, shifts in tempo, shifts in emotion. Many of his tunes could fit this theme, I just chose one of the six or so I just listened to, because I liked the clip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDblF-J6qvY Great stuff!
Someone else pick please...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDblF-J6qvY
01 - Once Upon A Time In The West - Dire Straits
02 - South Side Of The Sky - Yes
03 - 23 Degrees and South - Billy Currington
04 - North West Blues - Dave Hole (Aussie slideman)
05 - Eastwest - Mama Oliver (The K&D Sessions)
06 - Northern Lights - Renaissance
07 - East At Easter - Simple Minds
02 - South Side Of The Sky - Yes
03 - 23 Degrees and South - Billy Currington
04 - North West Blues - Dave Hole (Aussie slideman)
05 - Eastwest - Mama Oliver (The K&D Sessions)
06 - Northern Lights - Renaissance
07 - East At Easter - Simple Minds
01 - Once Upon A Time In The West - Dire Straits
02 - South Side Of The Sky - Yes
03 - 23 Degrees and South - Billy Currington
04 - North West Blues - Dave Hole (Aussie slideman)
05 - Eastwest - Mama Oliver (The K&D Sessions)
06 - Northern Lights - Renaissance
07 - East At Easter - Simple Minds
08 - Northern Hemisphere - East Of Eden (rare video of EOE here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8db_tU99M)
02 - South Side Of The Sky - Yes
03 - 23 Degrees and South - Billy Currington
04 - North West Blues - Dave Hole (Aussie slideman)
05 - Eastwest - Mama Oliver (The K&D Sessions)
06 - Northern Lights - Renaissance
07 - East At Easter - Simple Minds
08 - Northern Hemisphere - East Of Eden (rare video of EOE here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8db_tU99M)
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