May Moon – Dena DeRose

A beautifully lyrical, expressive song with a long form and colorful changes. The key signature is G major, which is the first chord, but much of the 16-measure A sections have a B♭ major tonality. However, the end of the C section resolves back to G major for a cyclical form. The first note of the melody is played at the beginning of the first solo chorus; this is shown in our Minus You parts. The second halves of the two A sections are different, so the entire form is written out with no repeats. The bridge is 24 measures long; the last eight measures are open for solo fills on C♯m11.

Our Minus You parts show the piano intro from the recording, which is based on the bridge. Our parts also have an extended “coda” starting on the last 8 measures of the bridge, to show the flugelhorn fills on the Minus Melody track. The out head ends on the 13th measure of the C section with an E♭ major chord. See the Minus You tab for details.

Rhythm section players should get the C treble clef part (or C bass clef).

"Further Explorations" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

This is the same track as the original vocal recording by Meredith D’Ambrosio, with her lyrics and titled In The Glow Of The Moon. Don Sickler overdubbed muted trumpet in place of the vocals. For another song from this session in instrumental Minus You format, check out Try As I May.

Exclusive Minus You audio tracks
CLIP Form of the full track:
-- intro
-- melody (muted trumpet)
-- flugelhorn solo AA
-- piano solo B
-- flugelhorn solo C
-- out melody (muted trumpet)
- flugelhorn fills at end of B and at C

mp3 minus melody
-- tacet for the intro
-- play the melody
-- solo 1 chorus
-- play the out melody

mp3 minus Piano
-- count off sets up the intro
-- play the intro
-- comp for the melody
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo AA
-- solo B
-- comp for the flugelhorn solo C
-- comp for the out melody

mp3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the intro
-- 1-feel for the intro and melody
-- 1-feel for the solo chorus (flugelhorn AA, piano B, flugelhorn C)
-- 1-feel for the out melody

mp3 minus Drums
-- count off sets up the intro
-- comp for the intro and melody
-- comp for the solo chorus (flugelhorn AA, piano B, flugelhorn C)
-- comp for the out melody