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A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
Joe Henderson
Bb Tenor
1) The time signature was chosen to elongate the rhythms, making
them more readable.2) Imitating the sound of a shakuhachi (accent
the grace notes).
3) Comical (bend down to the next note). MollyAm 1995
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4) Henderson plays a flurry of notes against the beat...his
trademark. The 6/4 bar was chosen to make the notes more readable.
With thetempo change, there are six beats in the space of four.5)
The harmonic is achieved by blowing for the higher note, while
fingering the lower note.
