Mine and Amy's Rehearsal

To create the piano intro I played different chords, changing the chord if we felt it wasn't jazzy enough until we found a chord sequence we were both happy with but yet that still sounded sultry and was appropriate to the genre. Whilst playing these chords with my left hand, I then began to play a few notes with my right hand, changing notes each time until I came up with a piano solo that fitted the theme but wasn't too difficult for me to play. Improvisation was a key feature of jazz and therefore why I found it a good way too compose my piano part. We then used it to create the singing part by me just playing and then us trying to improvise melodies and lyrics over the top for the introduction.

For the piano part in the verse I decided to add a right hand part playing a constant B flat and D, quite high up the piano to contrast with the lower, bass chordal pattern I'd been following so far. This gave the piece more of a jazzy feel whilst also changing it up to keep the piece engaging and interesting. The verse for the singing focused on telling the story so far and explaining what she really wants and that is not love, especially with him. She's focus on money and fortune and through use of exaggerated lyrics and heightened emotion this aims to add comedic affect which will keep the audience engaged.

For the chorus we kept the chord sequence the same as previous so that this still reflected the genre. I decided that the piano part would only be minimal as too much would take away from the singing, which I can always do in other parts of the song like the instrumental. The focus of the chorus has to be the singing of the lyrics which is therefore why I just need to be accompaniment. It was important the chorus relates to a contemporary audience and adds elements of comedy so to do this we thought the best way would be through pickup lines. I think although this worked on the comedic and Musical Theatre side of things, we felt this took away a little from the 20's and 30's style that is essential to what we're meant to be creating.