On Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Nick Yeast wrote:   
   > Normally, I don't spend huge amounts of time trying to decode Dan   
   > phrases I don't comprehend, but this one's got me intrigued.  Does   
   > anyone know what 'trading fours' means?   
   >    
   > For convenience:   
   > "Better move now, little Darlin', or you'll be   
   > Trading fours with the Jack of Speed"   
   >    
   > I assume that 'trading fours' implies a close and active association   
   > of some kind, and that the lyric serves as a warning that the person   
   > being addressed would become hooked herself.     
   >    
   > But is 'trading fours' a phrase in common usage anywhere other than in   
   > this song?  (My only conjecture is that it might be a term used by   
   > musicians meaning to trade off taking the melody 'four bars at a   
   > time', sort of like a duet)   
   >    
   > Thanks!!   
   >    
   > Nick Yeast   
   > club11@bigfoot.com   
      
   TRADING FOURS IS A JAZZ MUSICIAN'S PHRASE. IT MEANS WHEN SOLOISTS PLAY A 4 BAR   
   PHRASE, THEN HAND IT TO THE OTHER SOLOIST WHO, IN TURN PLAYS A 4 BAR PHRASE.   
   THIS TRADING PHRASES BACK AND FORTH (MUSICAL SPARRING, IF YOU WILL) IS A WAY   
   TO TEST THE OTHER    
   PLAYERS ABILITY TO IMPROVISE ACROSS A SET OF CHORD CHANGES AND CAN ALSO LEAD   
   TO A BUILDING IN INTENSITY TO THE MUSIC. THIS CAN BE DONE ONCE OR MANY TIMES,   
   DEPENDING ON THE SETTING AND COMPOSITION.   
      
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