ABSTRACT
Figure 26.1 shows a partially annotated transcription of Lennie Tristano’s “Line Up.” To facilitate comprehension, various analytical markings and symbols are used. Neighbor figures prepare chord tones or structural tones by step from below and/or above. In the transcription, UN indicates upper neighbor, LN lower neighbor, and DN double neighbor (which some jazz musicians also call pitch enclosure). Double-neighbor figures typically involve three-or four-note groupings, but in the case of longer gestures, they are designated EDN (extended double neighbor). The chord tone decorated with a neighbor figure is analyzed with an Arabic number written in parenthesis to show its chord membership. Somewhat related to neighbor figures is the escape note, EN, which leaves a chord tone with a step and resolves to another chord tone by a skip in the opposite direction. In addition to neighbor and escape notes, Tristano employs a variety of passing notes, PN. Those derived from bebop scales are designated BPN (bebop passing notes). In the score, passing and escape notes are placed in parenthesis and analyzed accordingly. Occasionally, D (diatonic) and C (chromatic) are written in front of LN, DN, PN, etc.: for instance, CUN stands for chromatic upper neighbor, DDN for diatonic double neighbor, etc. In the case of accented figures, A written in front of the symbol is used: ALN indicates accented lower neighbor, ACPN accented chromatic passing note, etc.
