Put in three hours on this yesterday and finished it. It is quite rubato, tempo fluctuating during performance. Other than a few speed ups, it can be fairly consistent. I chose to notate it by phrase and inserting fermattas where appropriate. The only way to truly get it is to listen to the recording, which I highly recommend, Vertigo by Chris Potter. I may repost this later with the analysis for practical use. I can say upon a quick overview he likes to color alternate tonalities on the same root note. Meaning he pulls many tensions out of this B minorish kind of world. Depending on your interpretation that could be polymodality or other fancy words. Another big feature I enjoy is its a half step above the bass line vamp for the song (written at in on the last bar [7/4 time]). So its like one big tritone sub-dominant of the Bb minor figure.
I'm glad this one is over, now I can get on to do other things with my life. Like another transcription.....
Vertigo Scott
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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