This jazz standard was composed in 1931 by Gerald Marks with lyrics by Seymour Simons.
The song is a 32-bar ABAC form with a fairly easy melody. The harmony uses the usual secondary dominants and a plagal cadence.
In this lesson we study the Do solfege, melodic analysis, harmonic analysis, chords scales, triads and the solo transcriptions of Johnny Hodges and Louis Armstrong.
All Of Me - Course
Do solfege
Melodic Analysis
Voice Leading
Harmony
Louis Armstrong
Johnny Hodges
Triads
Do solfege
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Melodic Analysis
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Voice Leading
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Harmony
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Louis Armstrong
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Johnny Hodges
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Triads
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Lyrics:
All of meWhy not take all of meCan’t you seeI’m no good without you
Take my lipsI want to loose themTake my armsI’ll never use them
Your goodbyeLeft me with eyes that cryHow can I go on dear without you
You took the partThat once was my heartSo why not take all of me
All of meWhy not take all of meCan’t you seeI’m no good without you
Take my lipsI want to loose themTake my armsI’ll never use them
Your goodbyeLeft me with eyes that cryHow can I go on dear without you
You took the bestSo why not take the restBaby, take all of me
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Hi everyone,
Here’s an improvisation attempt on All of Me in Bb.
An exercise imposed to get closer to a jam session, only one take per video, only one video per day !
So yes, the take is far from perfect.
Best regards
https://youtu.be/LUZ0PVC_4uM?si=zf0FQajDxI_fbWoi
Great job! 👏 This is exactly the kind of practice that helps develop confidence and spontaneity in a jam session setting. Keep pushing yourself—every take brings you closer to effortless improvisation! Looking forward to hearing more. 🎶🔥
Hey Alex, wondering if you have this solo in B flat concert… I’m in a Veteran jazz band and we are using a book that is in B flat concert, key of G on my alto….
Thank, you.
Hi Johnny! Duke Ellington played in A-flat, the transcription is available in concert key, B-flat and E-flat instruments (so in Bb and F). I would suggest to isolate some of the phrases that really speak to you and transpose them so you can take them as a springboard for your solo. If you take the E-flat transcriptions you just need to write the phrases a whole step above.
Little improvisation by myself 🙂