Question

This is the first title word of a Wes Mongomery standard that opens with a guitar and bass repeating the unison quarter notes “G, high D, C, high G.” Eddie (15[1])Vinson claimed authorship of a Miles Davis song with this one-word title, which follows 32-bar ABAC form and was recorded by Davis’s First Great Quintet on Workin’. The scale degree of this number is raised in a mode (15[1])that can be built from the circle of fifths and is the only mode with no “avoid notes,” as noted in a 1953 theory book by George Russell. (15[2])Bill Evans used harmony based on (15[1]-5[1])(*) stacked intervals of this number on Miles Davis’s (10[1])“So What.” This number partially titles a Nina Simone song told from the perspectives of women like Saffronia and Peaches. A seventh chord built on this scale degree follows the first I (“one”) chord in a blues progression. A common Swing Era drum groove in which the bass drum is hit on every beat is named “[this number] (10[1])on the floor.” (10[1])For 10 points, what scale degree is also called the subdominant? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: four [or fourth; prompt on subdominant until read] (The first line refers to Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six;” the theory book is Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization; the Nina Simone song is “Four Women”)
<Victor Pavao, Other Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kenji Shimizuremembrance of lost timeDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too2915
Aseem KeyalThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubThe Canadians6715
John LawrenceCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!In Search of Things Past9515
Earthflax GeologybuzzerThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Evans Hall destruction awaiters9515
Taylor HarveySaint Peter Andre 3000BHSU10115
Vincent DuQuasicrystal SilenceRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill101-5
Ethan StrombeckTeam Name Think DetailThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club10910
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp16610
Jason ChengI would prefer not toI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble16910
Dylan MinarikRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillQuasicrystal Silence18110

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%56%11%112.44