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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)

 "So What" (Miles Davis)--opening "theme"
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 -- comp. Miles Davis & Bill Evans (from _Kind_of_Blue_, 1959)
   -- guitar arr., tcg, '8?, '94
   -- 4/4 // Keys: Dm; Ebm // Allegro
                                                     __3__
   -- eighth notes (1 &) are "swing" 8ths: closer to 1 & & . . . .
                                                     DAH duh
   -- what follows is the opening of the tune (after some Debussy-esque 
       ad-lib piano diddling by Evans), apparently the only pre-composed
       part of the song; it's a neat interplay of bluesy bass and quartal
       piano chords, both integrated into the following guitar "arrangement":
  
 Form (32-bar): ||: A (8 measures) - A (8) - B (8) - A (8) :||
  
 {pick-up measure}  A::    Em7/11 Dm7/11                         Em7/11 Dm7/11
 -----------------||----------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 -----------------||----------8==---6--|------------------|----------8==---6-|
 -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 -----------------||o---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 ----------5-/7---||--5==-----7==---5--|----------5-/7----|--5-------7==---5-|
 --3/5-7-8------8-||-------------------|--3/5-7-8------8--|----5==-----------|
 1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  
  
                           Em7/11 Dm7/11                         Em7/11 Dm7/11
 |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 |------------------|---------8==---6--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 |------------------|---------7==---5--|------------------|----------7==---5-|
 |----------5-/7----|-5==-----7==---5--|---5/7--/7--/7-5==|==5==-----7==---5-|
 |--3/5-7-8------8--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
  
  __________________ __________________
 | 1.     [repeat A]| 2.       [to B->]
 |-----------------||------------------|-
 |-----------------||------------------|-
 |----------------o||------------------|-
 |----------------o||------------------|-
 |----------5-/7---||----------6-/8----|-
 |--3/5-7-8------8-||--4/6-8-9------9--|-