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This summer and every summer!

Thanks! A lot of the cool ones using both hands were taken from Mulgrew Miller's intro chorus on the Tony Williams album Young At Heart.

I should probably have mentioned that I have the sheet music if need be.

No, they're as far apart as can be. "Linus and Lucy" is in Ab and "Everlong" is in D (or B minor, but two sharps in the key signature regardless), so a tritone apart. I pitched the "Everlong" vocals down a semitone so I was dealing with Db, which is only a one-accidental difference in the key signature, so I could make it work with some careful placement. "Everlong" doesn't go anywhere surprising harmonically. (Stripping away all the cool color tones, the only chords in the original key are D, Bm, A, and G.) "Linus and Lucy" has that surprising B chord (or Cb chord if you want to be that kind of person), which is a bit of an unexpected treat for a song of that genre in the key of Ab. Fortunately, by moving "Everlong" to the key of C#/Db instead of D, it ends up in a key that has lots of tones that work very nicely over a "surprise" B in a jazzy-ish sort of way: You have C#, D#, F#, G#, A#....even E# (F) works nicely as a #11 in this context.

I see what you did there.

You're welcome!

Thanks! I never can tell "fresh" from "fly" but I've been instructed in no uncertain terms that there *is* a difference.

I should frame these as educational videos!

That's the gold standard we're all aiming for!

I make Homestar Runner videos every Saturday....er, I mean, waffles! I make waffles every Saturday!

Sorry/you're welcome!

@@trott no probalo

@@trott might have a question for ya eventually that i'll probably send in email form, just a heads up and i hope that didnt feel random or weird or anything

@@berrypepperroni7708 Yeah, send it any time.

I momentarily read "TBC" as "TCBY" and was trying to think of a yogurt connection, but eventually the synapses fired correctly. Thanks!

Thanks!

I just wish I could really buy those sunglasses and vest.

Now I have! th-cam.com/video/v7xs5WhcPMA/w-d-xo.html

This is the reboot of the reimagining of the reinvention of the original!

The F-Gb7 progression brings "Well, You Needn't" to mind for me.

I accidentally made some ska! That IS spooky!

I always tear up when I realize none of us have ever washed our hands correctly.

Thanks for the kind words!

Hey, Strong Sad, Batman. What are you guys doing in my house?

Thanks!

It is🐴

Yes, but not as much as this does: th-cam.com/video/1mdKd74e8FQ/w-d-xo.html

Another reference: The first few bars of the melody statement and the first few bars of the solo (which I don't play here) are transcribed in Alec Villars Huntley's Ph.D. thesis. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752365/m2/1/high_res_d/HUNTLEY-DISSERTATION-2020.pdf

@@trott Thanks for that document link, I had seen the performance, but was unaware of the dissertation paper.

The video of his thesis defense is great, and the thesis itself is very readable for anyone who can read music and knows just a little bit of jazz theory. And even for people who don't read music or know jazz theory, there's some great stuff. The later section on why Guaraldi is largely dismissed by jazz academics is pretty great and even-handed.

Here it is: th-cam.com/video/yDFcTNm_9zQ/w-d-xo.html

Thanks for listening!

Yeah, TH-cam offered that among the three autogenerated options and it was really no competition.

Black key glissando over a Bmaj7 chord for the win. It gets all the sweet notes.

My guess is it refers to Newport Beach, California.

Speaking of which: th-cam.com/video/HRoCreHCt40/w-d-xo.html

Where all good buttdance rhythms belong.

Thank you!

Thanks!