[TPIN] 2 down or 1 up or 3 sideways

[Rich Willey]

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> From: Bill Biffle bbiffle at brgcc.com
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> By the way, you can solve the whole major/minor key thing by calling "2 down" or "1 up"
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>


My first experience with this club date "key code" using finger signals was when a leader called After You've Gone in "3."

I was the only horn on the gig, and I proceeded to play After You've Gone in Eb concert, which was correct, but I was playing a jazz waltz WAY faster than the leader wanted it. I interpreted every finger snap as a measure of 3/4. I thought to myself, "This guy's going to be thrilled with me because I know the tune he called and how to do what he asks at this ridiculously bright tempo."

Wow, was I embarrassed later when I learned what he had intended!

Funniest part of it is that the rhythm section enjoyed the challenge of interpreting the tune the way I misinterpreted it. The guy hired me over the phone because I knew and sang him the bridge to Someone To Watch Over Me but he didn't know how inexperienced I was. That leader groomed me into a much better player . . . thank God he was cool with paying me while giving me on-the-job training.
 
Oh, and he held his three fingers sideways/horizontal, not up or down.

 
Rich Willey / Boptism Music Publishing
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