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Ramsgate gig 09/06/15 the Major Music Project was given to us just before spring break. Our entire class got divided up into two groups; one was to put on a gig at the college and one to collaborate with East Kent College to put on a gig in Margate. I was put into the group of Margate together with: Melissa, Alijah, Donte, Cody, Shaquille, Maria K, Junior, Erika, Deonne, Shaniece and Mykaela. During our first meeting, we came up with all the roles and divided them between everyone. Olly did point out that, just because you got assigned a role, didn't mean that you had to do it completely on your own. People still had to help one another but it meant that you had to keep all the information together ROLES AND ASSIGNED PEOPLE: -  Make an Equipment list for on the day of departure to make sure that all the equipment we needed was taken to Ramsgate and, more importantly, back to the college. This was done after confirming the tech spec with Alijah.  - Er...

BLUE IN GREEN by Miles Davis and Bill Evans Bill Evans created a harmonic language that was a scalar (harmony based on scales) understanding of harmony, rather then chordal. The scale represents one harmonic moment. So, instead of the chords, the scale provides the notes that the piano uses while comping (however the piano/guitar player interprets the chords/scales). He represented it as thinking about different flavours/colours, altered modes, instead of thinking about chords. He executed this in one of his songs, called 'Blues in Green'. 'Blue in Green' is a Jazz ballad, characterised by the slow 4/4 time signature, brushes and harmonic movement, released in 1959, New York. It was written by Miles Davis and Bill Evans. The modes used in this track are D dorian and Lydian, alongside altered scales (add b9, #9, #5, b6, b7). The scales and modes provide the notes that the piano uses in the comping and that the soloists use. However, the piano player is interpreting ...