the most beautiful melody in the world?

[alocispepraluger102]

that earliest travelin' light as done by billie is hard to top.

[Larry Kart]

Maybe "Skylark" -- both the main strain and the bridge (supposedly Bix inspired) and how they fit together.

[Jim R]

It's funny. While I wouldn't consider I Am The Walrus a beautiful melody, I can dig the lurching, grinding factor involved.

It's like sonic waves on the beach that just keep digging away in a rather sinister fashion.

See: Born On a Bayou.

Yeah, I enjoy all kinds of music, and have nothing in particular against "I Am The Walrus" (although between that and "Born On The Bayou", I'll take the latter). I also like chocolate, but that's not a beautiful melody either.

[John Litweiler]

The verse of Stardust, which Carmichael composed years after he composed the familiar chorus.

Some of the most beautiful melodies depend, to me, on who played them and how. Several King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton pieces, for example, or the At The Window version of a Jimmy Yancey blues - he also recorded it under two other titles.

[Rooster_Ties]

Beatrice (Sam Rivers), Black Narcissus (Joe Henderson), and Little Wing (Hendrix) all immediately come to mind as examples of really great melodic beauty, with equally beautiful changes.

My first post (ever) from my iPhone - just upgraded from a 10 year old flip-phone.

[alocispepraluger102]

something Bev just listened to - if the world was a better place, the *famous* melodic line that is the centerpiece of Barry Guy's "Harmos"

thx-i love harmos-------that's an incredible line, original to guy, or so i thought.

[Larry Kart]

The verse of Stardust, which Carmichael composed years after he composed the familiar chorus.

Yes, indeed.

[alocispepraluger102]

The verse of Stardust, which Carmichael composed years after he composed the familiar chorus.

Some of the most beautiful melodies depend, to me, on who played them and how. Several King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton pieces, for example, or the At The Window version of a Jimmy Yancey blues - he also recorded it under two other titles.

sinatra recorded just the verse around 1960 for reprise with a gorgeous don costa arrangement and huge orchestra on the album sinatra and strings . that version stopped me in my tracks when i heard it first in a bowling alley in 1961. it still does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yc0gVEdYEiE

Edited August 1, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

[John Tapscott]

I think that Ralph Burns' "Early Autumn" with lyrics byJohnny Mercer is just about perfect.

[JSngry]

[alocispepraluger102]

oh my goodness-------that line is so perfect and beautiful it hurts, bad. thank you!!!

The film music of David Raksin holds many great melodic treasures.

and those of john barry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DANTmyx9mLs

Edited August 1, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

[alocispepraluger102]

highly recommended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8H6abSJnTwg

[Head Man]

I always loved "Autumn in New York" whether played or sung.

Me also. For lots of very personal reasons this is my my favourite version:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=59GYrzT4Los

PS I know this has been covered before but how do you imbed pictures from YouTube?

Edited August 1, 2013 by Head Man

[A Lark Ascending]

I use the word "changes" in the jazz sense to mean chord sequence.

I know - but many other musics rely on interesting chord sequences (maybe not Cuban!). Kern's tunes are famous for their intricate chord chains - one of the reasons they are used quite a bit in jazz. Is it the melody of 'All The Things You Are' that pleases the ear or the chord sequence?

Edited August 1, 2013 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

There's an old morris tune called Old Tom of Oxford that I meet again and again and it always has me humming along. Think the beauty there might lie in the melody line.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Maybe "Skylark" -- both the main strain and the bridge (supposedly Bix inspired) and how they fit together.

Yes; another with a descending melody line - in the main part The bridge doesn't make me think of Bix, because I don't know his work, but of Woody Shaw.

MG

[crisp]

The Andante cantabile from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

The Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana

Meditation from Massenet's Thais

Richard Rodgers's You'll Never Walk Alone, Something Wonderful, This Nearly Was Mine, If I Loved You

George Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me, Isn't It a Pity?

[BillF]

I use the word "changes" in the jazz sense to mean chord sequence.

Is it the melody of 'All The Things You Are' that pleases the ear or the chord sequence?

It's the chord sequence that pleases me. Chop the melody statements off and the magic's still there.

[crisp]

Debussy's Clair de Lune

J.S. Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze

Richard Rodgers's My Romance, It Never Entered My Mind

Jerome Kern's Bill, They Didn't Believe Me, The Way You Look Tonight

[Larry Kart]

[Head Man]

Larry, can you tell me how you managed to imbed this youtube video please. I'm going nuts trying to work it out.

[Larry Kart]

Larry, can you tell me how you managed to imbed this youtube video please. I'm going nuts trying to work it out.

I just copied the URL into my message and posted it.

[Head Man]

I always loved "Autumn in New York" whether played or sung.

Me also. For lots of very personal reasons this is my my favourite version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

PS I know this has been covered before but how do you imbed pictures from YouTube?

So why does mine end up looking like this then?

Edited August 1, 2013 by Head Man

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

[Head Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GYrzT4Los

Ah, so you post the link directly into the blank area rather than post it using the "link" symbol.......I see

Thank you, Mr Sangrey.....and you too Mr Kart.

Edited August 1, 2013 by Head Man