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Cole Porter: What is this thing called love

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Frank

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Opening post by Frank

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I am attaching a standard taken from "The Real Dr.Jellyfish Book (2nd Ed.) FREE COPY - SMALL" (thanks Doc)

I wonder how original the E-flat in measure 16 is. Viewed this way, it could be a rhythmic anticipation... but I'm not convinced.

What do you think?

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Reply 2 by micamahler

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Val Maira

Why doesn't it convince you? It picks up the pace of the piece from a rhythmic point of view. Or does the fact that it is flat not convince you?

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Reply 3 by DrJellyfish

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Par Bastet

Yes, as micamahler was saying, it repeats the opening phrase; I found it here:

(anyway, you are right to check: I found some errors)

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