C6th Course - All The Things You Are - Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course

"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

It was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939), where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart. It was later featured in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944), and was performed during the opening credits and as a recurring theme for the romantic comedy A Letter for Evie (1945).  The song ranked in the top five of the Record Buying Guide of Billboard, a pre-retail listing which surveyed primarily the jukebox industry. Recordings by Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and Frankie Masters propelled the song during its initial popularity.

The modulations in this song are very unusual for a pop song of the period, and present challenges to a singer or improviser, including a semitone modulation that ends each A section (these modulations start with measure 6 in the A and A₂ sections and measure 9 of the A₃ section), and a striking use of enharmonic substitution at the turnaround of the B section (last two measures of the B Section), where the G# melody note over a E major chord turns into an A-flat over the F minor 7th of measure 1 of section A₃. The result is a tune that in the space of every chorus manages to include at least one chord built on every note of the Western 12-tone scale. Because of its combination of a strong melody and challenging but logical chord structure, "All the Things You Are" has become a popular jazz standard.

Jim teaches this medium tempo jazz standard as a chord melody for C6th pedal steel.

30-minute audio CD course with printed C6th tablature, rhythm tracks and chord charts.