Chris 'The Grouts' Michie

Nothin' But Da Truth – lead-sheet

BtP pointed out that this was not really a lead-sheet, since it lacks the melody, and Chris Michie agreed, adding that 'I've always heard the term used when a musician was referring to something less comprehensive than a score. I suppose the correct term depends on whether it's a chart, score, lead sheet or back of a cigarette packet that's being referred to.'

Of some interest is Gary Brooker's inclusion of the bassline as an integral element of the composition, and the combination of learned and informal notation: the repeat-bar mark (three bars {'measures'} from the end, for instance) is a device of orchestral arrangers; the wording 'break' with counted beats '1 2 3 4 5 6' is not!

The A, B and C at the foot of the page are not chords but refer to the pattern of sections so labelled above. Try following it!

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